Firozabad (UP), a sub-divisional magistrate (SDM) and four other state government employees have been suspended in a case of illegal sale and allotment of land to their relatives in Sirsaganj tehsil of the district, officials said on Thursday.According to a press release, the suspension came...
Bhubaneswar, Biju Janata Dal President Naveen Patnaik has appointed a new panel of party spokespersons after BJD's disappointing performance in the recently concluded Lok Sabha and Assembly elections in Odisha.Patnaik appointed Santrup Mishra, Kalikesh Narayan Singh Deo, Amar Patnaik, Sasmit...
Bhubaneswar, Following the disappointing performance of BJD in the recently concluded Lok Sabha and Assembly elections in Odisha, Biju Janata Dal president Naveen Patnaik has dissolved all state-level office-bearers of the party and constituted a new panel of spokespersons.However, the former...
Mumbai: A trial court on Friday convicted a city advocate in a defamation case filed by IPS officer K M M Prasanna over allegations of his involvement in a drug syndicate.Chief Metropolitan Magistrate (Esplanade Court) Hemant Joshi also sentenced accused lawyer Naveen Chomal to one month's...
New Delhi, SBI General Insurance Company on Wednesday announced the appointment of Naveen Chandra Jha as its new Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer.He was nominated for the post by the parent company, State Bank of India. He will replace Kishore Kumar Poludasu.Jha has been...
Bhubaneswar (Odisha) [India], Biju Janata Dal president Naveen Patnaik on Monday said his party MPs will raise all issues related to the development of Odisha and welfare of the people of the state. He was speaking at the BJD Parliamentary Party meeting held here and attended by all nine MPs of...
Bhubaneswar, Opposition BJD on Monday rejected Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi's claim that the previous Naveen Patnaik government lured him with a ministerial post and a mineral block.The BJD called Majhi's statement "unfortunate" and said he should maintain the dignity of the...
Kingstown [Saint Vincent], Australia, was left stunned after an inspiring spell by the Afghan bowlers led by Gulbadin Naib and Naveen-ul-Haq, which sealed a 21-run victory for the Asian team in the Super 8 Cup clash T20 World Cup in progress. at Arnos Vale Ground.It was an unforgettable night...
New Delhi: Jailed gangsters Neeraj Bawana and Naveen Dabas alias Bali were questioned by the Special Cell of Delhi Police in connection with the murder of a man at a food outlet in Rajouri Garden, officials said on Friday.Bawana and Bali are associates of fugitive Spain-based gangster Himanshu...
Udupi (Karnataka) The Second Additional District and Sessions Court in Udupi on Friday acquitted two people accused of murdering a 52-year-old canteen employee near Udupi railway station.The incident occurred on 21 July 2022.The presiding judge, Dinesh Hegde, ruled in favor of the accused...
Bhubaneswar senior BJP leader Surama Padhy was on Thursday elected unopposed as speaker of the Odisha Assembly.Padhy, a two-time MLA elected from Ranpur assembly segment in Nayagarh district, was the only candidate for the post. She was elected unopposed because there were no other candidates...
Bhubaneswar (Odisha) [India], Former Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik has been elected leader of the Biju Janata Dal (BJD) legislature party and will be the leader of opposition in the state assembly.A meeting of newly elected MLAs of BJD was held on Wednesday. BJD lost the assembly...
Bhubaneswar, Former CM Naveen Patnaik on Wednesday said he will be the leader of opposition in the Odisha Assembly.Speaking to reporters, Patnaik said the decision was taken in the BJD legislature party meeting."We had a meeting of BJD MLAs. I congratulated and thanked them. They have...
Bhubaneswar, Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi, Deputy Chief Ministers - KV Singh Deo and Pravati Parida - and BJD President Naveen Patnaik took oath as members of the 17th Odisha Assembly here on Tuesday.Protem Speaker Ranenda Pratap Swain administered the oath of office to the Chief Minister...
Bhubaneswar, Odisha Governor Raghubar Das, Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi and former Chief Minister Naveen Pathik on Monday greeted people on the occasion of Eid-ul-Adha.Odisha Governor posted on Twitter, "Hon'ble Governor wishes Eid to all. May the auspicious occasion of #EidAlAdha spread...
Bhubaneswar (Odisha) [India], Former Odisha Governor Muralidhar Chandrakant Bhandare passed away on Saturday. He was 95 years old. Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi and former CM Naveen Patnaik have expressed deep grief over the demise of the veteran politician.Bhandare was a senior Congress...
Bhubaneswar, Odisha's new Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi on Thursday started working from the state guest house on a temporary basis, officials said.The Chief Minister's office located on the third floor of the State Secretariat Lok Seva Bhawan is not ready yet.Prominent tribal leader...
Newly elected MLCs Naveen Kumar Reddy and Chintapandu Naveen Kumar took oath of office in Hyderabad, Telangana on Thursday.State Legislative Council Chairman Gutha Sukhender Reddy administered the oath to the new members.Naveen Kumar Reddy (BRS) recently won the by-election to the council...
After a tough and intense election campaign led by PM Modi himself, BJP managed to snatch power from Biju Janata Dal (BJD).During the campaign, PM Modi had said that "June 4 was the expiry date of the Naveen Patnaik-led BJD government in Odisha".During his speeches in almost every public...
Apart from Manjhi, two deputy CMs also took oath of office.Naveen Patnaik, who was the Chief Minister of Odisha for 24 years before the BJD lost power to the BJP, was also present on the stage and extended his congratulations and best wishes to the new government.Notably, this is the first...