The BJD has hailed the demolition drive that generated political heat as a ‘bold and laudable’ move for the purpose of crafting better security infrastructure around the Jagannath temple read more

BJD currently is the biggest political party in Odisha with 47 lakh members. The main opposition BJP that has 36 lakh members is currently on an enrolment drive to increase the membership to 50 lakh. read more

Pralhad Joshi said, “This bill was brought on {August} 5th and 6th. There were so many bills like MV {motor vehicle} bill which was passed in the extended time... it was not just because of 370... Because of huge pendency, we were forced to extend.” read more

Parliament Live Updates: Narendra Modi led NDA government at the Centre secured Rajya Sabha’s clearance for the historic bill with support from the BJD, walkout by JD-U and AIADMK. read more

The Patkura verdict brings an end to the two-decade-long battle between Naveen Patnaik and 69-year-old Mohapatra, his principal bête noire. read more

Tomar also said that under the Gramin Sadak Yojana, which was initiated by former PM Atal Bihari Vajpayee, 31,000 km of roads have been built already, and the second phase aims to build 50,000 km, while the third phase will cover 1.5 lakh km. read more

Pramila Bisoyi won the Aska parliamentary seat on a Biju Janata Dal (BJD) ticket in 2019 Lok Sabha elections. read more

After being declared elected, Vaishnaw said he would not behave like a politician and would be a brother to people. read more

The Lok Janshakti Party chief, Paswan, has been elected to the Upper House in a bypoll necessitated by the resignation of his cabinet colleague Ravi Shankar Prasad, who got elected to the Lok Sabha from the Patna Sahib seat in the general elections. read more

On Friday evening, the BJP had announced Vaishnaw’s name as its candidate for one of the three Rajya Sabha seats that fell vacant following the resignation of BJD MPs Achyut Samanta, Soumya Ranjan Patnaik and Pratap Deb. read more

The Bharatiya Janata Party, which leads the NDA, has 75 MPs in the current Rajya Sabha of 236 members, and needs the support of at least 44 more MPs to get the bill passed. read more

By-election to three Rajya Sabha seats in Odisha has been necessitated by resignation of Achyuta Samanta, Soumya Ranjan Patnaik and Pratap Keshari Deb. read more

At Naveen Niwas this evening, Patnaik announced the name of Amar Patnaik, a former principal accountant general of Kerala and West Bengal and now BJD’s IT cell head as one of the BJD candidates. read more

Ajit Sahoo of 44 Rashtriya Rifles was killed when militants attacked the bullet and mine-proof patrol vehicle with an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) in Arihal village of Pulwama district. read more

A BJD leader said Patnaik is scheduled to meet Modi on June 10. “It would be a courtesy call. Patnaik may raise some issues related to Odisha. read more