New Delhi (India), August 8 (ANI): The ruling Biju Janata Dal (BJD) in Odisha, which helped the government in getting crucial bills and measures, including on Jammu and Kashmir, passed in the just concluded Parliament session, has chosen a role of "constructive support" for itself breakin
New Delhi [India], Aug 6 (ANI): Biju Janata Dal lawmaker Pinaki Mishra on Tuesday recalled the contribution of former Odisha chief minister Biju Patnaik in saving Srinagar and Kashmir from falling in hands of Pakistani invaders
New Delhi (India), Aug 5 (ANI): In a major success for Modi government, several non-NDA, non-UPA parties on Monday supported government's resolution in Rajya Sabha to abrogate Article 370 which gave special status to Jammu and Kashmir.
New Delhi [India], Aug 5 (ANI): Supporting the scrapping of Article 370, the BJD MP Prasanna Acharya on Monday said that Kashmir has become a part of India in a real sense today.
New Delhi [India], Aug 1 (ANI): President Ram Nath Kovind on Thursday gave his assent to the Muslim Women (Protection of Rights on Marriage), Bill, 2019, which criminalises instant 'triple talaq' among Muslims and attracts a jail term of three years for the husband.
Cuttack (Odisha) [India], July 30 (ANI): A woman Journalist, who had accused the Kendrapara BJD MP Anubhav Mohanty and his brother of assaulting and misbehaving with her, met Cuttack DCP Akhilesh Singh on Monday.
Bhubaneswar (Odisha) [India], July 26 (ANI): Rajya Sabha MP Sasmit Patra has been appointed as the chief whip of Biju Janata Dal (BJD) in the Upper House by the BJD chief and Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Friday.
Patkura (Odisha) [India], July 24 (ANI): Biju Janata Dal (BJD) candidate Sabitri Agarwalla, wife of deceased BJD leader Bed Prakash Agarwalla, is leading by 17,234 votes against BJP's Bijoy Mohapatra in Patkura Assembly election, where polling was held on July 20.
Bhubaneswar (Odisha) [India], July 23 (ANI): Odisha Assembly Speaker Surya Narayan Patro on Tuesday left the House following a protest by BJP and Congress MLAs in the Assembly over the law and order situation in the state.
New Delhi [India], July 23 (ANI): Rajya Sabha MPs from Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), Biju Janata Dal (BJD) and the YSR Congress Party (YSRCP) on Tuesday gave Zero Hour notices in the Upper House of Parliament over various issues.
Kendrapada (Odisha) [India], July 20 (ANI): Bijaya Mohapatra, the BJP candidate from Odisha's Patkura assembly seat, cast his vote as polling got underway on Saturday after being postponed twice in the past few months.
Bhubaneshwar (Odisha) [India], July 19 (ANI): Alleging that BJP is likely to capture booths and resort to violence to terrorise voters, Biju Janata Da (BJD) on Friday wrote to Odisha's Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) Surendra Kumar demanding deployment of adequate security forces, webcasting,