A case has been lodged under Section 299 BNS at the Sadar police station in Jalandhar against Bollywood actors Sunny Deol and Randeep Hooda, along with director Gopichand Malineni and producer Naveen Yerneni, following allegations of hurting religious sentiments.
The Supreme Court has declined the plea filed by Manjusha, wife of Naveen Babu, who was an Additional District Magistrate in Kerala, seeking a CBI probe into his death.
The BJD's organisational elections are taking place in six phases, with the district presidents being elected in the fourth phase and the state council members electing the president in the fifth phase.
Earlier on Tuesday, senior BJD leader and former minister Pratap Jena also condemned the recent incidents of disrespect towards Biju Patnaik, including the reported burning of his statue in Bolangir.
The official announcement of Patnaik's unopposed election is expected the day after tomorrow, following completion of procedural formalities. He has been elected as the BJD president eight times consecutively since the party's inception in 1997, with his most recent election being in Februar
Naveen Patnaik, who is also the Leader of Opposition in the Odisha Assembly, submitted his nomination papers for the ninth consecutive term as party president.
The Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) 84 Battalion Commandant, N Ranbir Singh on Wednesday inaugurated a memorial honoring the bravery and sacrifice of two esteemed personnel, DIG Shailendra Vikram Singh and CT/DVR Naveen Kumar of the 144th Battalion.
Noting that VK Pandian has done a lot of good work for the state and the party, former Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik has said that the former bureaucrat-turned-politician left the BJD over 10 months back and should not be blamed for anything.
Amid growing differences within the Biju Janata Dal (BJD) over the party's stand on the Waqf Amendment Bill in the Rajya Sabha, BJD leader Atanu Sabyasachi Nayak said that there is no infighting at all and MPs, MLAs and workers are united.
Calling the Waqf Amendment Bill 2025 a "debatable issue," Odisha: BJD Vice-President Debi Prasad Mishra on Friday said that it is up to BJD MPs whether they want to support the Bill or not.
In a post on X, Ramesh condemned the bill and stated that had the BJD not capitulated to the BJP, the opposition's numbers in Parliament would have been higher.