The assembly seats of Jaydev in Khurda district and Telkoi in Keonjhar district represented by Dhali and Nayak respectively fell vacant fol...

BJP decides to contest Odisha polls alone after alliance talks with BJD. Concerns over outsider control, central schemes' implementation, a...

Leaders of Odisha's ruling Biju Janata Dal (BJD) and the opposition Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) have hinted at a possible alliance ahead o...

A statement from BJD on Friday had clarified that Prime Minister Narendra Modi and home minister Amit Shah had spoken to the chief minister...

Naveen Patnaik’s decision to endorse BJP’s candidate Ashwini Vaishnaw has caused quite a flutter in political circles.

Election in the constituency is slated to be held on April 11. The state is going to simultaneous Lok Sabha and Assembly polls in four phas...

Mohaptra, considered among the sharpest political minds in the state, had been upset with the running of the party in Odisha.

That was the promise the Biju Janat Dal chief made to senior colleagues, legislators and other personalities.

There is no logic behind holding the elections in four phases in Odisha, the BJD leader said, adding the Maoist problem is also almost ende...

Unfazed by a series of scams, Patnaik steered the BJD to a landslide victory in the Assembly and Lok Sabha polls with 117 of the 147 seats.

BJD chief Patnaik and AIADMK supremo and TN CM Jayalalithaa said they were yet to take any decision on the issue of support and were awaiti...

BJP's prospects did not appear particularly bright at the start. Pollsters had then predicted a repeat of the 2009 results when BJP could n...

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, Congress President Sonia Gandhi and Vice-President Rahul Gandhi will be star campaigners of the party in Odi...

In 2009, when Naveen broke his long BJP alliance, it was too weak to retaliate. This time BJD leaders admit a Narendra Modi wave is buildin...

Ruling BJD, today indicated that it may not re-nominate all sitting legislators for the Assembly and Parliamentary elections.

Congress today said that departure of its senior leader Bhupinder Singh, who switched over to ruling BJD, will have no impact on the party'...

The ruling Biju Janata Dal [BJD] has cracked a whip asking all its 103 legislators to cast their votes in favour of the party candidates in...