Saradha scam: CBI conducts search at 56 placesThe CBI began their searches in the wee hours today at multiple locations including Bhubaneswar, Baleswar and Brahmapur.
16 Aug, 2014, 08.49 PM IST
Naveen Patnaik will be overthrown: Pyarimohan Mohapatra, OJMPyarimohan Mohapatra claims that his fledgling party’s talks with the Congress and the BJP hit a roadblock due to pressure from Biju Janata...
31 Mar, 2014, 09.38 PM IST
Mentor out of party, Naveen Patnaik flies solo into battleIn 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...
12 Mar, 2014, 12.09 PM IST
Odisha BJP says no to pre-poll alliance with any party"We will not go for any kind of alliance with any political party in Odisha," BJP state president K V Singhdeo announced.
26 Feb, 2014, 08.22 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
Pyarimohan Mohapatra plans to spoil BJD’s partyThe former bureaucrat, who served as personal secretary to Patnaik’s father, Biju, when he was chief minister, was suspended in April last ...
13 Jun, 2013, 04.00 AM IST
Odisha MP opposes SEZ status, raw material linkage to PoscoRS MP from Odisha Pyarimohan Mohapatra today strongly opposed SEZ status and raw material commitment to the South Korean steel major, Posco.
18 May, 2013, 05.50 PM IST
- Congress congratulates Pyarimohan for launching new party
ongress today congratulated RS MP Pyarimohan Mohapatra who announced the launching of a new anti-BJD political party Odisha Janmorcha.
09 Apr, 2013, 09.07 PM IST
Digvijay ridicules Kejriwal"It reflects the intellectual bankruptcy of Kejriwal," Singh told reporters here while replying a question on the use of word "Aam Admi".
25 Nov, 2012, 03.26 PM IST
- Odisha CM Naveen Patnaik suspends Pyarimohan Mohapatra & 2 MLAs, sacks 2 ministers
The sacked ministers are Anjali Behera, cabinet minister in charge of women and child development, and minister of state for commerce and t...
02 Jun, 2012, 03.55 AM IST
- Pyarimohan Mohapatra denies revolt, but Naveen Patnaik rushing home
Dissident BJD leader and Rajya Sabha MP, Pyarimohan Mohapatra, has dismissed reports of a rebellion in the party.
31 May, 2012, 02.53 AM IST
- Pyarimohan Mohapatra: Man behind Naveen Patnaik's success is his tormentor now
If politics is all about timing, bureaucrat-turned-politician Pyarimohan Mohapatra seems to have it in good measure.
31 May, 2012, 02.41 AM IST
- Biju Janata Dal: Naveen Patnaik faces revolt at home
BJD has 103 MLAs in the assembly and the support of four National Congress Party MLAs in the 147-member assembly.
30 May, 2012, 02.55 AM IST
- BJD leader Pyarimohan Mohapatra' statement on open entry to Jagannath Temple issue sparks off controversy
Pyarimohan Mohapatra stirred up a hornet's nest by saying the Jagannath Temple in Puri should be open to all irrespective of caste, creed a...
18 Jul, 2011, 05.18 PM IST
- BJD MLA Debasish Nayak threatens to spill the beans after being expelled
The BJD supremo, who in the past mercilessly dealt with dissidents, has observed mysterious silence over Dr Rout's remark.
31 May, 2011, 02.22 AM 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
- BJD to vent Niyamgiri ire on Polavaram
The Biju Janata Dal will hold a series of protests rallies across Orissa against the Andhra government’s Polavaram dam project, which could...
11 Sep, 2010, 04.07 AM IST