Politics

Former Finance Minister Pradip Kumar Amat was on Tuesday unanimously elected as the Speaker of the Odisha Legislative Assembly.

BJP National President Amit Shah will embark on a three-day tour to Odisha starting June 22. Shah will launch the party’s ‘Mo Booth Sabutharu Majbut’ programme in the state.

Pratap Keshari Deb on Monday filed his nomination as BJD candidate for the by-poll to the lone vacant Rajya Sabha (RS) seat from Odisha.

The state unit of BJP on Saturday demanded the removal of Sam Pitroda as technical advisor to the Odisha government for his alleged involvement in the National Herald scam.

The members of Chhatra Congress led by its president Itish Pradhan were detained while they were trying to barge into the Chief Minister’s residence on Saturday.

Senior Congress Leader Niranjan Patnaik has rejected Cabinet decision accepting a “sterile” Kalinga Nagar Commission Report and has demanded immediate tabling of the same in the State Assembly for a discussion.

With resentment brewing within ruling BJD following ministry reshuffle, BJD supremo and Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Thursday said that it is impossible to accommodate all districts in a ministry reshuffle due to constitutional restrictions.

Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Thursday announced party spokesperson Pratap Deb as BJD candidate for the Rajya Sabha by-polls scheduled to be held on May 25.

The Election Commission of India (ECI) on Wednesday announced to hold bye-election to the lone vacant Rajya Sabha seat from Odisha on May 25.

BJD president and Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Wednesday hinted at a massive change within the BJD ranks and files with the re-induction of many BJD leaders, who had left the party for various reasons.