On the other hand, BJD leader Umakanta Samantaray targeted the state government on Tuesday over its alleged apathy towards the grim situation in Kanas block. Speaking at a press conference here, ...

Bhubaneswar (Odisha) [India], January 21 (ANI): The Biju Janata Dal (BJD) has appointed MLA Pratap Keshari Deb as the Returning Officer for the party's organisational elections, as per an official ...

BERHAMPUR: Even as the internal conflict in BJD paralyses service delivery in the silk city, a fight between two corporators of Berhampur Municipal Corporation (BeMC) owing allegiance to the ...

Odisha, ruled by the BJD till June 2024, was among the few Opposition-ruled states that didn’t implement the Centre’s Ayushman Bharat scheme and launched its healthcare scheme instead, triggering a ...

The Biju Janata Dal (BJD) on Thursday demanded a comprehensive caste census in the country, calling the exercise crucial to understanding the socio-economic conditions of backward classes. The party ...

The leaders said the Socio-Economic and Caste Census in 2011 offered insights on the economic status of urban and rural households but lacked crucial caste data necessary for informed policy ...

As the exact reason behind such a meeting remains unknown, it has triggered speculations with experts indicating a possible show of strength ahead of BJD’s organisation elections. A closed-door ...

Bhubaneswar, Jan 14 (PTI) Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi on Tuesday slammed the previous Naveen Patnaik government for not implementing the ‘Ayushman Bharat’ scheme in the state, alleging ...

Majhi arrived this morning at the Biju Patnaik International Airport here from New Delhi where he joined a programme on signing of a memorandum of understanding between the Odisha government and ...

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Monday (January 13, 2025) demanded the cancellation of land allotted to the Biju Janata Dal (BJD), alleging the regional party had violated the Bhubaneswar ...

Bhubaneswar: The ruling Bharatiya Janata Party in Odisha and main opposition Biju Janata Dal on Monday engaged in a war of words over the alleged conversion of 'Sankha Bhawan', the BJD party ...

BJP leader Jagannath Pradhan claimed that this transformation could be a measure to arrange money as already the corporate donations to BJD have stopped; as a result, the BJD has been compelled to ...