Sasmit Patra quits as BJD Rajya Sabha floor leaderBiju Janata Dal Rajya Sabha MP Sasmit Patra has resigned as the party's floor leader in the Upper House. Party president Naveen Patnaik acc...
10 Apr, 2026, 11.44 PM IST
Nishikant Dubey defends his remarks on Biju Patnaik, says 'BJP has always stood by Biju Babu when Congress did injustice'"Biju Patnaik was a great freedom fighter. The Bharatiya Janata Party has always shown him respect. When Congress did Biju Babu an injustic...
30 Mar, 2026, 03.26 PM IST
Naveen Patnaik-led BJD to push for Special Category Status for Odisha in ParliamentThe Biju Janata Dal (BJD) has decided to renew its push for Special Category Status for Odisha. This decision emerged after a meeting chair...
24 Jun, 2024, 05.59 PM IST
VK Pandian quits politics after BJD's Odisha assembly elections debacleVK Pandian, a close aide of former Odisha CM Naveen Patnaik, resigned from politics following the BJD's loss to the BJP in state elections....
09 Jun, 2024, 04.12 PM IST
"Pandian not my successor... people of Odisha will decide on this": Naveen PatnaikDays after the results of the Odisha assembly polls, state outgoing Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Saturday said that Biju Janata Dal (BJ...
08 Jun, 2024, 02.23 PM IST
Why Election Commission has suspended Naveen Patnaik's special secretary DS KuteyNaveen Patnaik: The Election Commission of India (ECI) suspended D S Kutey, special secretary to Odisha CM Naveen Patnaik, for election int...
29 May, 2024, 12.52 PM IST
BJD's Tathagata Satpathy quits active politicsThe 62-year-old Satpathy, who was the BJD’s chief whip during the 16th Lok Sabha, said he’d convey his decision to his Chief Minister Navee...
05 Mar, 2019, 09.24 PM IST
Odisha CM’s office accused of political interference by BJD MP and BJPCM Naveen Patnaik, in power for consecutive terms and preparing for a fifth, has dismissed these charges insisting in recent interviews tha...
12 Jan, 2018, 06.32 AM IST
Naveen Patnaik wraps up Biju Patnaik’s centenary celebrationsOn Sunday Naveen who has led the Biju Janata Dal to power for four consecutive terms first flagged off a crowded mini-marathon in the morni...
05 Mar, 2017, 07.58 PM IST
Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik expels Prafulla GhadaiAlthough BJD had granted his son Pritiranjan Ghadai a ticket, seven time MLA Ghadei had not been given one during the 2014 polls.
21 Sep, 2014, 11.19 PM IST
Ex-BJD man Pyarimohan Mohapatra may prove to be a friend for BJP in OdishaAccording to a senior BJP leader, Mohapatra has already met BJP president Rajnath Singh on two separate occasions to flesh out an electoral...
10 Feb, 2014, 04.00 AM IST
Naveen to play a key role in govt formation at Centre'"BJD will play a key role in government formation at the Centre after the 2014 elections," BJD vice-president and state minister Damodar Ro...
26 Dec, 2013, 07.40 PM IST
- Mamata Banerjee, other non-Congress CMs oppose NCTC; Centre tries to allay fears
The plan for creation of the ambitious National Counter-Terrorism Centre (NCTC) has come under attack from non-Congress Chief Ministers.
17 Feb, 2012, 04.10 PM IST
- Naveen suspends former minister from the party, Nayak threatens to spill the beans
Orissa's Chief minister Naveen Patnaik has sent a strong message to the rebels in the party by suspending former minister and legislator De...
30 May, 2011, 11.30 PM IST
- Naveen Patnaik examining demand for Rout's suspension from party post
Amidst demands to suspend one-time loyalist and former Orissa minister Damodar Rout from the post of VP of the BJD, Naveen Patnaik said the...
21 May, 2011, 09.26 PM IST
- Naveen Patnaik reshuffles cabinet, drops three senior ministers
The ministers were sworn in by Governor M C Bhandare on Tuesday, ending a month-long speculation on the ministry reshuffle.
11 May, 2011, 01.04 AM IST
- Naveen Patnaik--from greenhorn to history scripting politician
Once dismissed by his critics as a political novice, Orissa Chief Minister and Biju Janata Dal supremo Naveen Patnaik on Saturday scripted ...
16 May, 2009, 04.36 PM IST