Amid the ongoing row over irregularities in the National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test (NEET-Undergraduate) students staged a protest in Patna on Saturday, demanding cancellation of the exam.
After the swearing-in of new Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi under the first Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government in the state, Prime Minister Narendra Modi was seen making a heartwarming gesture to former state CM and Biju Janata Dal chief Naveen Patnaik.
Odisha Chief Minister-designate and Bharatiya Janata Party leader Mohan Charan Majhi met the outgoing CM Naveen Patnaik, who held the position for over two decades, and invited him to attend the oath ceremony later in the day.
Former Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik is glad about India playing host to FIH Hockey Men's Junior World Cup 2025 and is hopeful that fans get to experience the best hockey.
Former Chief Minister of Bihar and Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) Chief Lalu Prasad Yadav celebrates his 77th birthday at his residence in Patna on Tuesday.
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.
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.