With the removal Damodar Rout from Biju Janata Dal, the party supremo Naveen PatnaiK has scripted yet another twist into Odisha politics. The removal of Damodar Rout was certainly expected keeping in mind his bitter outburst against the functioning of the BJD. Damodar Rout has gone to the extend of criticising the BJD supreme […]
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Odisha CM wants to restore Bangkok, Bengaluru flights
Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik has urged the Centre to restore flight services from state capital Bhubaneswar to Karnataka capital Bengaluru and Thailand’s capital Bangkok. In a letter to Civil Aviation Minister Suresh Prabhu, Patnaik on Friday (July 20) requested him to restore national carrier Air India’s flight services from Biju Patnaik International Airport in […]
BJD-BJP spat over Odisha’s timing of rail budget demand
Bhubaneswar, Jan 18 (Odisha.in) The demand of Rs.6500 crore by chief minister Naveen Patnaik for the state in the upcoming budget for railway sector has triggered a row. While the Biju Janata Dal government said the funds are required to complete the on going projects, for building up new lines , station modernisation etc, the […]
Pyarimohan, Jagyenswar expelled from BJD
Bhubaneswar, Nov 17 (Odisha.in) Sending out a strong message to his dissidents, Odisha chief minister Naveen Patnaik on Friday expelled Rajya Sabha member Pyarimohan Mohapatra from the ruling Biju Janata Dal (BJD) for anti party activities, less than six months after suspending him. Patnaik also expelled party general secretary Jagyenswar Babu, a close aide of […]
Patnaik asks party MPs to oppose FDI in retail, in parliament
Bhubaneswar, Nov 15 (Odisha.in) Putting aside all speculations, chief minister Naveen Patnaik on Thursday asked the MPs of his ruling Biju Janata Dal (BJD) to oppose the UPA government policy on FDI in multi-brand retail, in the parliament. “We have decided to oppose in the parliament the foreign direct investment in multi brand retail”Bhartruhari Mahtab […]