Kendrapara in Coastal Odisha has been a stronghold of socialist and anti-Congress ideologies since the 1950s. It has been the epicenter of ...

The Congress also fielded Maniesh Tewari from Chandigarh by denying renomination to local leader and union minister Pawan Bansal, who lost ...

Anubhav Mohanty, BJD MP, joins BJP, praises Modi for triple talaq ban. Felt 'suffocated' in BJD, lauded Modi. Vinod Tawde welcomed him. Moh...

Anubhav Mohanty, Bhartruhari Mahtab, and others resigned from Biju Janata Dal. Some joined BJP, while Chiranjibi Biswal is likely to join B...

Bhartruhari Mahtab, a six-term BJD MP from Cuttack, joined the BJP after talks to renew ties with BJD failed. Son of former Odisha CM Krush...

The issue of illegal immigrants has been raised in the past too, and not just in the context of protection of these wetlands.

Kendrapara is now a prestige battle for Patnaik who is believed to have posted a clutch of his party MLAs, who have finished with their ele...

Panda, engaged in a bitter battle of words with his former boss, Odisha CM Naveen Patnaik, scoffed at the charges.

The BJD claims that Panda in his 2014 affidavit withheld information about his family company, IMFA, which paid him an annual salary of abo...

In his fifth visit to the state, Modi’s attack on the CM turned more direct.

"I am sure that one of our ex-MPs spreads this rumour, I think to get political gain," Patnaik told a private news channel.

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

The development comes in the midst of an intense, ugly battle between the suspended MP and his party, the Biju Janata Dal.

The development comes at a time when the regional party faced with serious incumbency is gearing up to take on BJP.

Sraban Sahoo from Manapada village in Rajnagar area had gone to the oil-rich country on a tourist visa instead of employment visa.

The decision was taken at a BJD parliamentary party meeting presided over by party president Naveen Patnaik.

JSW Steel today expressed interest in setting up a port-based steel plant in the coastal Kendrapara district.