Bhubaneswar: In a possible revolt against the Naveen Patnaik government in Odisha, more than 25 Biju Janata Dal (BJD) MLAs and four ministers the Chief Minister's rival Pyari Mohan Mahapatra at his residence in Bhubaneswar on Tuesday. Notably, Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik is currently in London and scheduled to return on June 1. According to BJD vice president Damodar Rout, some MLAs met Pyari Mohan Mahapatra and are planning to...
10:52 PM, May 29, 2012
Bhubaneswar: Odisha's ruling Biju Janata Dal (BJD) on Friday called for a statewide shutdown May 31 to protest the hike in petrol prices by oil marketing companies. At an emergency meeting, the office bearers of the party here decided to organise demonstrations and protests across the state on their own, even though the Left parties and the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) also have called a nation-wide shutdown the same...
05:33 PM, May 25, 2012
New Delhi: Biju Janata Dal (BJD) leader Pinaki Mishra on Friday showered praise on CNN-IBN for predicted the Rajya Sabha farce. ...
02:25 PM, Dec 30, 2011
Bhubaneswar: A day after DMK announced pulling out its minister from the UPA cabinet, the Biju Janata Dal (BJD) on Sunday hinted that it could examine any proposal for supporting the Congress-led coalition if approached. "No one has approached us so far. If any proposal (for support) comes, we will discuss amongs ourselves and consider," senior BJD leader and Rajya Sabha member Pyari Mohan Mohapatra said. The matter would be...
09:33 PM, Mar 06, 2011
He's clad in simple attire, the man's appearance belies his achievements. ...
11:17 PM, May 17, 2009
The party is leading in 93 assembly seats in the state. ...
10:56 AM, May 16, 2009
Find out what leaders from different parties have to say to this. ...
03:38 AM, May 12, 2009
Orissa CM says comparing him with Narendra Modi is unbelievable. ...
09:06 PM, Apr 19, 2009
Parties came together after Naveen Patnaik dumped BJP. ...
11:05 PM, Mar 25, 2009
The party has yet to decide if they will join the Third Front. ...
11:09 PM, Mar 14, 2009
On Saturday the BJP and BJD ended their decade-old alliance. ...
09:54 AM, Mar 08, 2009
Congress says the state govt refused to probe into Kandhamal violence. ...
06:02 PM, Mar 07, 2009
The BJD wants BJP to agree with reduced number of seats in Orissa. ...
05:20 PM, Mar 07, 2009
