Pandian, an IAS officer of the 2000 batch, has served as private secretary to Naveen Patnaik for over two decades. In 2023, he joined the BJD after taking voluntary retirement from the bureaucracy.
Renowned sand artist Sudarsan Pattnaik crafted a sand sculpture to congratulate PM-designate Narendra Modi at a seashore in Odisha's Puri, ahead of his swearing-in ceremony, which is scheduled to take place today at 7:15 pm.
"The new government will be sworn in in the next few days. We are expecting senior guests, VIPs to attend the occasion. More than 30,000 people will attend the swearing-in ceremony. Eminent guests from different sectors, people from various sections of the society will also participate," Odi
Ahead of the swearing-in ceremony of the new Odisha Chief Minister, which is to be held on June 10, security arrangements in the state have been beefed up.
The India Meteorological Department (IMD) on Saturday said that the southwest monsoon had advanced into some parts of the central Arabian Sea, south Maharashtra, Telangana, and some parts of south Chhattisgarh and south Odisha and some more parts of coastal Andhra Pradesh.
Days after the results of the Odisha assembly polls, state outgoing Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Saturday said that Biju Janata Dal (BJD) leader VK Pandian is not his "successor" and pointed out that the people of the state would decide on this.
Bharatiya Janata Party MP Pratap Chandra Sarangi has expressed his immense joy over the Bharatiya Janata Party's massive win in the Assembly and Lok Sabha Elections of 2024 in the state of Odisha.
BJP's newly elected MP, Malvika Devi, who has become the first woman Member of Parliament (MP) from the Kalahandi Lok Sabha seat in Odisha, expressed happiness over her victory in the Lok Sabha elections and said she will be committed for serving the people of Kalahandi.
After a massive defeat in the State Assembly and Parliamentary elections, the 24-year-old tenure of Naveen Patnaik concluded as he submitted his resignation to Odisha Governor Raghubar Das at the Raj Bhavan in Bhubaneswar on Wednesday.
Biju Janata Dal's President Naveen Patnaik reviewed the election defeat in Odisha and instructed party leaders to keep in touch with the people and work towards the betterment of the state.
As National Democratic Alliance (NDA)-led by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is set to hold a meeting of its newly elected MPs at the central hall of the Parliament on Friday, Odisha BJP state president Manmohan Samal confirmed that 20 Lok Sabha MPs and 1 Rajya Sabha MP will attend the meet