The disciplinary action came after the MLAs allegedly voted in favour of a BJP-backed candidate.The suspended leaders include Ramesh Jena, Dasharathi Gamang, and Sofia Firdous. Their decision to cross-vote triggered immediate backlash within the party, which accused them of violating organisational discipline.State Congress leaders announced the suspension, stressing that the party would not tolerate actions…
The controversy began when Upasana requested another ballot after an error on her first. BJD and Congress agents strongly objected, claiming the move violated election rules. Voting was briefly halted before resuming once the issue was addressed.Leader of Opposition Naveen Patnaik alleged that Upasana committed a serious error during voting and accused officials of breaking…
Bhubaneshwar, March 16: Biju Janata Dal (BJD) president and former Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Monday intensified his allegations of “horse-trading” against the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) ahead of the Rajya Sabha elections today.This comes after Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister DK Shivakumar on Sunday alleged that four individuals from Odisha attempted to lure Congress MLAs with…
Bhubaneswar: Voting for the four Rajya Sabha seats in Odisha is all set to commence today, with five candidates in the fray for the four seats in the Upper House of Parliament.The BJP has fielded Sujeet Kumar and Manmohan Samal, while Dilip Ray is running as an independent with BJP support. The BJD has nominated…
Bhubaneswar, March 5: Senior BJD leader Santrupt Misra and noted physician Dr Datteswar Hota on Thursday filed their nominations for the Rajya Sabha 2026 elections.The duo filed their nomination papers before the Returning Officer in the Odisha Assembly in the presence of BJD supremo Naveen Patnaik and Odisha Congress unit president Bhakta Charan Das.The BJD president…
Bhubaneswar, February 26: Odisha BJP president Manmohan Samal announced that the party will reveal its Rajya Sabha candidates before March 5. Samal confirmed that a list of potential nominees has been forwarded to the BJP Parliamentary Board for final approval. He assured that the selection process is being handled at the highest level.BJP’s Odisha in-charge,…
Feb 19: Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan has written to Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi, urging him to develop two separate City Economic Regions (CERs) to accelerate balanced economic growth across Odisha.In his letter, he proposed the formation of the Sambalpur–Sundargarh–Jharsuguda–Bargarh cluster and the Angul–Dhenkanal cluster as distinct economic regions, modeled on the Bhubaneswar–Cuttack–Puri–Paradip…
New Delhi: The Lok Sabha suspended eight opposition MPs on Tuesday for “disrupting” the House proceedings and throwing papers towards the Chair for the remainder of the Budget Session. The opposition MPs — Amrinder Singh Raja Warring, Manickam Tagore, Gurjeet Singh Aujla, Hibi Eden, C. Kiran Kumar Reddy, Prashant Yadaorao Padole, S. Venkatesh, and Dean Kuriakose — are from…
Bhubaneswar: Odisha State Cabinet on Saturday approved 12 important proposals. Accordingly, another Integrated Automotive, Aerospace and Defence Equipment-components manufacturing complex by Kalyani Group will come up in Odisha under special provisions of IPR 2022.Apart from the specialty steel project of Kalyani Steel, the new integrated complex will also include super alloy project of Saarloha Advanced Materials…
The Cuttack Municipal Corporation (CMC) council meeting on Friday was thrown into chaos following a heated confrontation between the Mayor and Congress corporator Janardhan Parida of Ward No. 58, leading to the abrupt adjournment of the session. The altercation broke out when the corporator raised civic issues concerning his ward, resulting in sharp exchanges inside the council hall. The situation…
