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Amid the escalating backlash, Mr Patra took to social media to clarify his statement. New Delhi: BJP leader Sambit Patra found himself in the eye of a political storm following an unfortunate slip of the tongue. During an interaction with media after Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s roadshow in Odisha’s Puri yesterday, Mr Patra suggested that…
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“I challenge the BJP to declare its CM candidate,” VK Pandian added (File) Bhubaneswar: Senior BJD leader VK Pandian on Saturday challenged the BJP to declare its CM candidate for Odisha and claimed that the party would get less than 10 per cent votes if it names any of its current state leaders. Campaigning in…
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New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi, during a public meeting in Odisha’s Kandhamal, issued a bold challenge to Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik. PM Modi urged Mr Patnaik to name all the districts of Odisha without the aid of written notes. This challenge, as PM Modi framed it, was a litmus test of Naveen Patnaik’s intimate…
The party plans to continue and expand initiatives like the KALIA scheme. Bhubaneswar: The ruling Biju Janata Dal (BJD) on Thursday unveiled its manifesto for the simultaneous Lok Sabha and assembly polls to make Odisha the No. 1 state in the country by 2036. Releasing the regional party’s manifesto, BJD president Naveen Patnaik announced the…
VK Pandian has taken voluntary retirement as Naveen Patnaik’s private secretary New Delhi: A day after his request for a voluntary retirement came through, VK Pandian, former private secretary to Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik, has been given a cabinet minister rank in the state government. An order issued by Odisha’s General Administration and Public…
VK Pandian was a 2000-batch IAS officer of the Odisha cadre Bhubaneswar: IAS officer VK Pandian, the private secretary of Odisha CM Naveen Patnaik, took voluntary retirement from government service, officials said on Monday. Mr Pandian whose rose to prominence as the close aide of the chief minister has often landed him in controversies, with…
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The workers alleged that the company had forcibly taken away their passports. Bhubaneswar: A group of 35 labourers from Odisha alleged that they were held captive by a company in Laos for which they were working. Urging the government to bring them back, the labourers in a video clip said the plywood company stopped its operations…
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Soumya Patnaik was earlier removed from the party’s vice-president post on September 12. (File) Bhubaneswar: BJD president Naveen Patnaik on Thursday expelled two MLAs including Soumya Ranjan Patnaik, also the owner-editor of Odiya daily Sambad, on charges of anti-people activities. “Two MLAs have been expelled from the BJD. They are Sudhansu Sekhar Parida from Remuna…
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Naveen Patnaik expressed concern over the distress of people and loss of property. (Representational) Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Saturday announced an assistance of Rs 5 crore for rain-ravaged Himachal Pradesh. The state has recently been hit by incessant rains, causing massive loss of life and property. The assistance will be given from…
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