Politics

BJP national president Amit Shah on Tuesday hailed the warriors of Paika rebellion in Odisha who fought the British.

Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) national president Amit Shah will be on a four-day visit to Odisha on July 3. Shah will address party workers’ conferences at Jajpur and Berhampur during his visit, said BJP spokesperson Sajjan Sharma.

Senior BJD leader and Odisha Food Supplies minister Surya Narayan Patro will be present during the filing of nomination papers by Ram Nath Kovind for the Presidential Polls 2017.

Sulochana Das, who resigned as the spokesperson and general secretary of Odisha Congress, on Tuesday joined the ruling Biju Janata Dal (BJD) in presence of party president Naveen Patnaik here.

Biju Janata Dal (BJD) president and Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Monday said his party will support NDA’s presidential nominee Ramnath Kovind.

BJD president and Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Monday said his party will decide on NDA's Presidential candidate after discussion with senior party leaders.

Hours after meeting Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik at his residence, Odisha Pradesh Congress Committee (OPCC) spokesperson Sulochana Das on Monday declared her resignation from the party.

BJD MP Tathagata Satpathy and former Minister Debi Prasad Mishra on Sunday met BJD president Naveen Patnaik over the ‘thief’ remark by the BJD MP.

Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Saturday said Odisha would not achieve development as long as Biju Janata Dal (BJD) remains in power.

Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Saturday condemned the incidents of egg-hurling on Union Ministers as well as the Ministers of Odisha government in various part of the state in the recent past.