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Bhubaneswar (Odisha) [India], Biju Janata Dal (BJD) chief and outgoing Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik held "discussions" with party leaders on Thursday, days after losing power to the BJP in the recently concluded state assembly elections.Party leaders who attended the meeting told ANI...

Bhubaneswar (Odisha) [India], Biju Janata Dal (BJD) chief Naveen Patnaik reviewed the election debacle in Odisha and directed party leaders to stay in touch with the people and work for the betterment of the state.Speaking to ANI, BJD leader Mahesh Sahu said, "He (Naveen Patnaik) advised us...

Bhubaneswar (Odisha) [India], Bharatiya Janata Party leader and Odisha election co-in-charge Lata Usendi expressed her gratitude to the public for making BJP victorious in the 2024 Assembly and Lok Sabha elections in the state.He further said that the people of Odisha have given the mandate...

Bhubaneswar: Former BJD MLA Soumya Ranjan Patnaik on Wednesday said Naveen Patnaik should not try to avoid defeat by blaming his close aide VK Pandian.Addressing a press conference here, Soumya Ranjan said, they should take responsibility and work to serve the people of Odisha and play the...

Bhubaneswar (Odisha) [India], Biju Janata Dal (BJD) chief and former Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Wednesday held a meeting with newly elected party MLAs and said the state's poverty rate has come down from 70 to 10 per cent in 24 years. Years in which he held office.Speaking at a...

Bhubaneswar, BJD on Wednesday decided to form a committee to probe the reasons for its defeat in the elections in Odisha, a party leader said.BJD's Kendrapara MLA Ganeshwar Behera said the decision was taken in a meeting with newly elected MLAs chaired by party president Naveen Patnaik."The...

Bhubaneswar: Outgoing CM Naveen Patnaik on Wednesday said when he took charge of Odisha, 70 per cent of the state's population was living below the poverty line and during his 24-year tenure, he brought it down to 10 per cent.Meeting newly elected MLAs of his party, he said that BJD will...

Bhubaneswar (Odisha) [India], After Biju Janata Dal (BJD) faced defeat in the state assembly and parliamentary elections, independent candidate Soumya Ranjan Patnaik took a dig at BJD, claiming that party supremo, former Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik was responsible for the party's defeat.The...

Bhubaneswar: BJP's Laxman Bagh became a household name in Odisha overnight after emerging as a "giant killer" by defeating Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik from Kantabanji assembly seat in Bolangir district.Bag, 48, won the Kantabanji seat by 16,344 votes in a massive upset for the five-time CM...

SAPDC is an important collaboration between SJVN and the Government of Nepal, which aims to enhance regional energy security and promote economic development through sustainable hydropower generation in the Arun River Basin.Shakti Bahadur Basnet, Minister of Energy, Water Resources and...

Bhubaneswar, Marking the end of his 24-year rule in Odisha, BJD supremo Naveen Patnaik on Wednesday resigned as chief minister following his party's defeat in the assembly elections in the state.Sources said Patnaik submitted his resignation to Governor Raghubar Das at Raj Bhavan.Although...

Bhubaneswar (Odisha) [India], After suffering a massive defeat in the state assembly and parliamentary elections, Odisha CM and BJD chief Naveen Patnaik's 24-year-old tenure ended as he submitted his resignation to Odisha Governor Raghubar Das. Raj Bhavan, Bhubaneswar on Wednesday.The Biju...

Ambala (Haryana) [India], Bharatiya Janata Party workers express happiness and celebrate after the victory of party candidate Naveen Jindal from Kurukshetra parliamentary constituency in Haryana on Tuesday.Naveen Jindal thanked the people of Kurukshetra Lok Sabha constituency, top party...

After winning 78 seats in the 147-member state assembly, the BJP is set to form the government alone in Odisha for the first time. In the assembly elections held in four phases along with the Lok Sabha elections between May 13 and June 1, BJD got 51 seats, while Congress was reduced to only 14...

Odisha Chief Minister and BJD supremo Naveen Patnaik on Tuesday won the Hinjili assembly seat by defeating BJP's Sisir Kumar Mishra by 4,636 votes, according to the Election Commission of India.It said that in Hinjili seat, Patnaik got 66,459 votes while Mishra got 61,823 votes.The BJD...

Bhubaneswar, Odisha Chief Minister and BJD supremo Naveen Patnaik retained the Hinjili assembly seat by defeating BJP's Sisir Kumar Mishra by 4,636 votes, according to the Election Commission of India.It said Patnaik got 66,459 votes while Mishra got 61,823 votes.Congress candidate Rajni...

Bhubaneswar: According to the Election Commission of India, BJP is leading in 80 assembly seats in Odisha.On the other hand, Biju Janata Dal candidates were leading in 50 constituencies out of 147 assembly seats in the state, with trends available till 3.15 pm.Congress is ahead on 15 seats...

Bhubaneswar: According to the Election Commission of India, BJP is leading in 76 assembly seats in Odisha.On the other hand, Biju Janata Dal candidates were leading in 53 constituencies out of 147 assembly seats in the state, with trends available till 2.30 pm.Congress is leading on 16...

Bhubaneswar, Odisha Chief Minister and BJD supremo Naveen Patnaik is leading over his nearest BJP rival Laxman Bagh by 2,217 votes in the Kantabanji assembly seat, according to the Election Commission of India.The BJD supremo is leading by 3,643 votes over his nearest rival Sisir Kumar Mishra...

Bhubaneswar: According to the Election Commission of India, BJP is leading in 73 assembly seats in Odisha.On the other hand, Biju Janata Dal candidates are leading in 58 of the 147 assembly seats in the state, trends for which were available till 1.30 pm.Congress is leading on 14 seats...