Anger over Waqf Bill flipflop refuses to die down in BJD, Patnaik meets senior leadersBJD leaders are expressing discontent over the party's stance on the Waqf (Amendment) Bill, leading Naveen Patnaik to convene meetings with...
09 Apr, 2025, 12.49 PM IST
In Cuttack, BJD banks on MLAs' strength & BJP on expected 'Vote for change'An anti-incumbency sentiment is palpable in Odisha's Cuttack Lok Sabha constituency ahead of the May 25 elections. Bhartruhari Mahtab, who ...
21 May, 2024, 11.57 PM IST
Twin Polls: Odisha BJP chief leaves for Delhi with names of candidatesBJP and BJD speculate alliance. State BJP president Samal discusses candidates in Delhi. Central Leadership to decide candidates. Naveen Ni...
18 Mar, 2024, 03.37 PM IST
Naveen Patnaik's BJD set to join hands with BJP after 15 years for Lok Sabha and state elections. What we know so farLeaders of Odisha's ruling Biju Janata Dal (BJD) and the opposition Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) have hinted at a possible alliance ahead o...
07 Mar, 2024, 09.29 AM IST
BJP meet discusses seats for 7 states; BJD tie-up buzz staysThe BJP leadership held core group meetings to decide on seat sharing and alliance for various Indian states, including Odisha, Haryana, Ka...
07 Mar, 2024, 12.33 AM IST
BJD will not allow any attempt to tarnish clean image of CM Naveen Patnaik: Pranab Prakash DasAddressing the BJD's State Executive Body meeting on Sunday, party general secretary (Organisation) and Jajpur MLA Pranab Prakash Das said ...
21 Dec, 2020, 12.21 PM IST
Baijayant Panda asks his party BJD to ‘introspect before it's too late'The BJD leader is perceived by some colleagues to be closer to the Bharatiya Janata Party at the Centre than his own government in the stat...
29 Mar, 2017, 01.58 AM IST
After tweet for tat, BJD MP Baijayant Panda advises introspection to his boss and partyIn an article published in a leading Oriya daily, BJD’s most popular MP on social media, and possibly in New Delhi, has called for the part...
28 Mar, 2017, 07.15 PM IST
Arun Jaitley, Rajnath Singh, Nitin Gadkari in Ahmedabad; BJD sends signals over possible supportSenior BJP leaders are in Ahmedabad to meet the party's prime ministerial candidate after exit polls predicted a win for the Modi-led NDA.
14 May, 2014, 06.02 PM IST
Naveen Patnaik's leadership for Third Front: LeftThe ruling BJD in Odisha has claimed that CPI and CPI(M) want Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik to lead the proposed Third Front.
02 Jan, 2014, 04.29 PM IST
Congress' door is always open for Naveen Patnaik: Shashi Tharoor"Naveen leads a secular party with which the Congress has no basic fundamental difference," Tharoor said.
05 Oct, 2013, 10.53 AM IST
- BJD sticks to PA Sangma as Presidential candidate
"Having proposed Sangma's name as the Presidential candidate, the BJD is whole-heartedly supporting the prominent tribal leader" BJD leader...
17 Jun, 2012, 09.28 PM IST
- Congress never sought any alliance with BJD: Narasingha Mishra
Congress ridiculed Odisha CM's statement that BJD would not ally with Congress and said it was completely out of place and uncalled for.
15 Jun, 2012, 05.54 PM IST
- Differences in Orissa NCP over withdrawing support to BJD
The Nationalist Congress Party on Wednesday appeared to be divided over the leadership’s decision to withdraw “unconditional” support to th...
30 Dec, 2010, 01.26 AM IST
- BJP takes on BJD dubbing it anti-tribal
The Bharatiya Janata Party on Friday took on its erstwhile ally, the Biju Janata Dal (BJD), saying the latter had crossed all 'sense of dec...
09 Apr, 2010, 09.25 PM IST
- Naveen in no hurry to enter Karat’s tent
The Biju Janata Dal, which dumped BJP, seems to be in no hurry to get into a new political tent. Sensing that the state of flux will not se...
10 Mar, 2009, 04.54 AM IST
- CPM to have poll tie-up with BJD: Yechury
The CPM was upbeat on Sunday in its quest to form a Third Front and struck a pre-poll alliance with the BJD in Orissa within a day after th...
08 Mar, 2009, 11.29 PM IST