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  Lok Sabha elections 2024: Seat sharing disagreement stalls BJP-BJD alliance talks in Odisha

  India | March 08, 2024 22:42 IST

  Negotiations between Odisha's ruling Biju Janata Dal (BJD) and the opposition Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) have reached a standstill over seat allocation for the upcoming Assembly and Lok Sabha elections.

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  Lok Sabha elections 2024: Naveen Patnaik sends messenger to Delhi for tie-up talks with BJP

  India | March 08, 2024 6:54 IST

  The BJD leaders held a meeting after which they said that the party's decision would be in the 'larger interest of the state'. Several of them said that they were unsure if they could contest the next elections from their existing seats.

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  BJP likely to join hands with Naveen Patnaik's BJD in Odisha for Lok Sabha polls: Sources

  India | March 06, 2024 17:57 IST

  PM Modi, who was in Odisha on Tuesday, launched multiple development projects worth over Rs 19,600 crore in Jajpur district. He acknowledged the progress being made in the state and refrained from criticising Naveen Patnaik's government.

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  Puri Lok Sabha Election Result 2024: Constituency profile, winners, margin, party candidates list

  India | May 29, 2024 23:45 IST

  Puri Lok Sabha Election 2024: Biju Janata Dal (BJP) leader Pinaki Misra has been representing the Odisha's Puri constituency since 2009. Misra won the seat in 1996 also as a Congress nominee.

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  Bhubaneswar Election Result 2024: Constituency profile, winners, margin, party-wise candidates list

  India | May 29, 2024 23:24 IST

  Bhubaneswar Lok Sabha Election 2024: The Naveen Patnaik-led Biju Janata Dal (BJD) won the constituency five times in a row from 1998 to 2019. The party lost the election to BJP's Aparajita Sarangi for the first time in the 2019 polls.

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  BJD names Debasish Samantray, Subhasish Khuntia as party's candidates for Rajya Sabha polls

  India | February 12, 2024 23:09 IST

  The Biju Janata Dal(BJD) announced the names of Debashish Samantaray and Subhasish Khuntia as nominees to the Rajya Sabha. However, the ruling party is yet to announce its third nominee.

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  Odisha: Former BJD Minister Balabhadra Majhi joins Congress

  India | January 25, 2024 8:08 IST

  Odisha news: Congress has revoked the suspension of senior leaders Mohammed Moquim and Chiranjib Biswal ahead of the crucial 2024 Lok Sabha elections.

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  India TV-CNX Opinion Poll: Naveen Patnaik's BJD leads in Odisha, UDF ahead of LDF in Kerala

  India | October 05, 2023 20:33 IST

  India TV-CNX Opinion Poll: According to India TV-CNX opinion poll, BJP is likely to get 8 seats in Odisha while Congress will get zero seats if Lok Sabha Elections 2024 are held today.

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  Odisha: BJD's Soumya Ranjan Patnaik, another expelled over anti-people activities

  India | September 21, 2023 21:04 IST

  As the editor of Odia daily Sambad, Soumya Ranjan Patnaik had written two signed editorials attacking his own party. He had criticised CM’s private secretary VK Pandian for allegedly exercising influence beyond his official position.

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  One Nation, One Election: Where do different political parties stand on this proposal? DETAILS

  India | September 01, 2023 17:21 IST

  With the Opposition consolidating its presence and unity ahead of the Lok Sabha elections scheduled in 2024, the move was branded a "distraction" by Congress leader Rahul Gandhi.

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  Odisha: BJP MP asks CM Naveen Patnaik to follow 'Rajdharma'

  India | August 28, 2023 13:42 IST

  Naveen Patnaik's party BJD backed the BJP during the Delhi Services Bill in Rajya Sabha and the No-Confidence Motion brought in by the Opposition in Lok Sabha in the Monsoon Session of the Parliament.

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  Amit Shah to visit Odisha today amid BJD's support to Delhi Services Bill

  India | August 04, 2023 11:45 IST

  Amit Shah will visit Odisha today amid the BJD's support to the BJP in the Parliament over the Delhi Services Bill. Shah is slated to attend a number of meetings including on left-wing extremism.

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  India TV-CNX Poll: BJD leads in Odisha, UDF ahead in Kerala and BJP to sweep Uttarakhand

  India | July 31, 2023 13:43 IST

  India TV has conducted an opinion poll to analyse which party will have an edge if Lok Sabha elections are held today.

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  Monsson Session: BJD pitches for parliamentary nod for Women's Reservation Bill at all-party meet

  India | July 19, 2023 18:40 IST

  Monsson Session: BJD pitches for parliamentary nod for Women's Reservation Bill at all-party meet

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  Odisha: Vigilance arrests govt officer in disproportionate assets case

  India | June 25, 2023 19:04 IST

  A government official was arrested by the Odisha Vigilance Department in a disproportionate assets case. He was later sent to 14-day judicial custody.

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  Naveen Patnaik hits out at BJP over its 'double engine' slogan after winning Jharsuguda by-poll

  India | May 13, 2023 23:38 IST

  Jharsuguda by-poll: BJD candidate Dipali Das defeated rival BJP candidate Tankadhar Tripathy by a margin of over 48,000 votes in Jharsuguda.

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  Naveen Patnaik meets PM Modi in Delhi, opens up about possibility of Third Front

  India | May 11, 2023 17:58 IST

  A day after Bihar CM Nitish Kumar met him in Bhubaneswar, Odisha CM Naveen Patnaik met PM Modi in New Delhi triggering speculations in view of next year's Lok Sabha elections.

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  Odisha: Bihar CM Nitish Kumar meets Naveen Patnaik to push 'opposition unity'

  Elections | May 09, 2023 14:26 IST

  According to sources in the Chief Minister's Office, the meeting between the two chief ministers will take place at "Naveen Niwas" around noon.

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  Women's reservation bill back in focus ahead of Winter Session of Parliament

  India | December 06, 2022 21:02 IST

  Earlier last year, TMC Parliamentary Party Leader in Rajya Sabha Derek O'Brien also raised the demand for women's reservation bill and slammed the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) which promised the said bill in its 2014 election manifesto.

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  Odisha: BJP gheraoes CM house, BJD’s counter protest against Centre

  India | November 01, 2022 8:15 IST

  Top politicians allegedly trapped in a sex racket related to Archana Nag who was arrested by police on October 6. BJP demanded to reveal the names that cropped up in the case.