In letter to Naveen Patnaik, BJD veteran flags attempt to 'hijack party', dent on secular credentialsSenior BJD leader Ranendra Pratap Swain has cautioned Naveen Patnaik about potential attempts to hijack the party, citing concerns over the...
14 Apr, 2025, 08.27 PM IST
BJD calls BJP 'anti-tribal', slams Odisha government for stopping schemesThe opposition BJD has accused the ruling BJP of being anti-tribal and neglecting the tribal community by discontinuing several schemes ini...
25 Sep, 2024, 03.46 PM IST
Overconfidence or ignorance? BJP's disregard for ground reality could be the real reason behind below-par performanceThe Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) approached the 2024 Lok Sabha elections with high hopes. The slogan "Ab ki baar 400 paar" reflected the pa...
05 Jun, 2024, 03.53 PM IST
Sharad Pawar plays ‘United Opposition’ card against BJP; Mamata agreesMamata Banerjee agreed and added she favoured united and well-coordinated efforts of Opposition parties to defeat BJP in the next elections.
28 Mar, 2018, 07.19 AM IST
Rahul Gandhi sets agenda, Congress to target VK Singh in both housesWith Sonia Gandhi abroad, Congress V-P Rahul Gandhi presided over the party’s strategic committee for parliamentary affairs and also chaire...
04 Dec, 2015, 04.00 AM IST
Ahead of Land Acquisition Bill and GST, Naveen Patnaik discusses strategy with MPsBJD has 28 MPs - 20 in Lok Sabha and 8 in Rajya Sabha. The hour-long meeting took place at the party's office inside Parliament building, b...
08 May, 2015, 01.43 AM IST
Land Bill: Government mulls joint session in parliament for legislation as some parties change stanceBJD had walked out of the LS the last time the bill was debated, after the government accepted four of nine amendments the party had propos...
29 Apr, 2015, 03.39 AM IST
MPs of opposition parties to take out march against land billStepping up campaign against the controversial land bill, MPs from opposition parties will take out a march to Rashtrapati Bhavan next Tues...
13 Mar, 2015, 05.54 PM IST
Opposition MPs to march to President House to protest land BillJD(U) chief Sharad Yadav is coordinating with other parties like Congress, TMC, Samajwadi Party, BSP, DMK and Left parties to organise the ...
13 Mar, 2015, 04.31 PM IST
Sonia Gandhi and Mulayam Singh Lok Sabha neighbours?Sonia Gandhi may find Samajwadi Party leader Mulayam Singh and former PM Deve Gowda as her neighbours in Lok Sabha when it meets on July 7.
24 Jun, 2014, 10.18 AM IST
TMC, BJD and AIADMK could coalesce to form a numerically respectable oppositionSeveral parties like the Trinamool Congress, BJD and AIADMK, which together account for 91 MPs in the Lok Sabha, could co-ordinate with eac...
09 Jun, 2014, 06.48 AM IST
Regional parties may form ‘federal front’, isolate Congress in ParliamentLooking to corner the main opposition at the expense of Cong, AIADMK, Trinamool Congress and BJD are in discussions to forge an alliance in...
07 Jun, 2014, 10.47 AM IST
Odisha CM Naveen Patnaik’s leadership made all the difference in reducing Phailin's damageOdisha CM Naveen Patnaik, who ordered the evacuation of a million from cyclone Phailin, has changed the Indian’s perception of government r...
15 Oct, 2013, 04.00 AM IST
- Centre allocated coal blocks without consulting states: Parliament's Public Accounts Committee
Parliament's Public Accounts Committee Convenor Bhartuhari Mahtab today alleged coal blocks were allocated to different companies without c...
03 Nov, 2012, 08.40 PM IST
- Presidential poll: P A Sangma meets D Raja, seeks support
Raja said Sangma met him and handed over a letter signed by tribal MPs who is canvassing for a tribal leader to be elected as President.
21 May, 2012, 09.16 PM IST
- Trust vote: Who is doing what20 Jul, 2008, 11.55 AM IST
- Gear up for assembly polls, Sonia tells party
Congress president Sonia Gandhi has asked her party to prepare for assembly elections, later this year, and also gear up for the next Lok S...
12 Mar, 2008, 01.55 AM IST