The opposition leader expressed disappointment and said the incident had deeply shocked millions of devotees across the world. He said that the holy trinity is the supreme deity of the Oriya people and symbolizes Oriya asmita or Oriya self-identity.“The incident that happened during his...
Bhubaneswar BJD supremo and Leader of Opposition in Odisha Assembly Naveen Patnaik on Thursday wrote to Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi, urging him to take action against those responsible for the fall of idol Lord Balabhadra during the Rath Yatra festival.Patnaik, former chief minister...
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...
Bhubaneswar: Former Odisha minister and senior BJD leader Surendra Nath Naik died here on Friday morning, his family said.He was 87 years old.Naik was suffering from age-related ailments and died at his residence here, his family said.He was elected to the Odisha Legislative Assembly seven...
New Delhi, Renowned sand artist Sudarshan Patnaik will represent India in the International Sand Sculpture Championship to be held in Russia from Thursday.Patnaik said he would collaborate with his devotee, famous 14th century Oriya poet Balram Das, to build a 'sand chariot' for Lord...
"The Indian men's cricket team won the T20 World Cup, so we have made a 20-feet long bat with an installation of 500 balls to congratulate Rohit and his team," Patnaik said.Patnaik has also built a statue of the World Cup trophy and captain Rohit Sharma at Puri Beach. Students from his sand...
Speaking to media persons, senior leader Panchanan Kanungo on Thursday said: "I do not know whether the PCC president has resigned or not. It is my personal opinion that since the party faced defeat in the elections and the PCC president himself He lost, so he should resign.”The veteran leader...
Patnaik said, "I pray on behalf of the devotees of Mahaprabhu to direct the ASI to immediately take up the repair and maintenance work of the internal gem repository, as the upcoming monsoon may cause further damage and threaten the integrity of the entire temple structure." Can put it in." In a...
Bhubaneswar president Naveen Patnaik held a meeting with his party's nine Rajya Sabha MPs on Monday and asked them to emerge as a "vibrant and strong" opposition in the Upper House of Parliament during its next session beginning on 27 of June.In the meeting, Patnaik also asked the legislators...
The leaders expelled from the party include Prakash Mishra, general secretary, OPCC, Shriyasmita Panda, general secretary, Odisha Pradesh Mahila Congress, Sandeep Routray, secretary, NSUI, Amresh Parida, state secretary, Youth Congress and Aryan Sasmal, state secretary, NSUI. ,The OPCC's...
Bhubaneswar: Two masked persons threw ink on Odisha Pradesh Congress Committee President Sharat Patnaik at the party's state headquarters here on Friday morning.A senior leader said the incident took place around 11.30 am when two unidentified persons entered Patnaik's room and splashed blue...
Patnaik was busy talking to some party members inside his chamber at the Congress Bhawan when miscreants entered the room and threw ink on him.Speaking to media persons after the incident, Patnaik expressed suspicion that the miscreants committed the act at the behest of the ruling Bharatiya...
Bhubaneswar: Two unidentified persons allegedly threw ink on Odisha Pradesh Congress Committee President Sharat Patnaik at the party headquarters here.A senior party leader said the incident took place around 11.30 am when two masked accused entered Patnaik's room at the Congress Bhawan here...
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, BJD president and former Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Tuesday congratulated newly elected first-time BJP MLA Laxman Bagh, who defeated him from Kantabanji seat in Bolangir district in the recently concluded assembly elections.Patnaik, known for his calm nature, was...
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, BJD president and former Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik is likely to become the leader of opposition in the Odisha Assembly as the regional party has scheduled its first legislature party meeting on Wednesday.This could be Patnaik's first time as Leader of the Opposition (LOP) in...
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...