Elaborating the reasons behind BJD's support to the NDA candidate, Patnaik said Ram Nath Kovind is an eminent lawyer belonging to the scheduled caste community.
"It will be a good tradition to elect a person as the president of India on consensus," Naidu said.
Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Sunday inducted 10 new faces and elevated two ministers of state to cabinet rank.
Sanjay Dasburma, Pranab Prakash Das, Arun Sahoo, Pradeep Panigrahi, Pushpendra Singhdeo, Lal Bihari Himirika, Sudam Marndi, Jogendra Behera and Debi Prasad Mishra have put in their papers.
Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu accepted a proposal from Odisha CM Naveen Patnaik for a new railway line within three minutes.
Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik today said that his government will take strong action against those who are whipping up violence in the name of religion in the state.
Satpathy said that rumours were rife that one BJD MP was helping the BJP to create a rift in the ruling party, triggering a response from another BJD MP.
Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Thursday said the hardships faced by people after demonetisation of high-value currency notes will remain for one or two quarters.
Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh today asked Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik to take action against those involved in attack on convoy of two central ministers in the state
Balasore (Odisha): Two Union ministers today asked the BJD dispensation in Odisha to give an account of its achievements during the 17-year-rule and accused Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik of “running the government though officers” instead
Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik was lected on Sunday unopposed as president of ruling Biju Janata Dal (BJD) for the seventh consecutive time. BJD returning officer Pratap Keshari Deb made the formal announcement at the
Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik today filed nomination paper for the election to the post of president of BJD of which he is the founder.Senior BJD leader and minister Bikram Keshari Arukha filed two
Bhubaneswar: Dhabalu Sisa and his wife Samari, belonging to one of India's most primitive tribes, are elated after receiving an invitation from Prime Minister Narendra Modi to attend the Republic Day parade, but have some
Bhubneshwar: The Odisha Assembly today witnessed repeated adjournments with opposition Congress demanding unconditional apology from Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik over alleged locking of some girl students during his visit to a city college.The issue was
Bhubaneswar: In a surprising twist, several district collectors have sent reports to the Odisha government saying that suicides by farmers in recent months were not due to crop failures, but because of other reasons.The unofficial
New Delhi: Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik's request for allocation of Talabira-II coal block to Hindalco was approved by him on the advice of then Coal Secretary PC Parakh and examined by PMO officials, former
New Delhi: Congress Vice-President Rahul Gandhi will lead a 'Save Farmer March' in Bargarh district during his two-day visit to Odisha to highlight alleged failure of both the Centre and BJD regime in the state
Bhubaneswar: A day before Odisha assembly's monsoon session begins, the opposition Congress and the BJP on Monday demanded resignation of Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on issues of Sarathi Baba and false implication of former DGP
Bhubaneswar/Kendrapara: With a large number of people across Odisha coming out to the streets demanding the arrest of Kendrapara-based self-styled godman Srimad Sarathi Dev, Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik today ordered a police probe into his
New Delhi: Sitting Rajya Sabha Member from Odisha and vice president of Biju Janata Dal (BJD) Kalpataru Das passed away here today after a prolonged battle with cancer. He (65) is survived by his wife and
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