Even as both UPA and NDA are struggling to manage its hostile allies, Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik has raked up the Third Front debate again. The Odisha CM has stated Third Front is a healthy option.
The Odisha government is in the midst of another controversy after an RTI query showed that more than Rs 1 crore of taxpayers' money was spent by MLAs on 'study tours'. These study tours incidentally happened to the most favoured tourist and religious destinat...
A day after the MoS statistics, Srikant Jena attacked Naveen Patnaik government to have let excessive mining in the state go unchecked, the BJD has hit back saying the Centre itself has told all governments that excessive mining doesn't amount to illegal minin...
Newshour | BJP leader Pinaki Mishra accuses Srikanth Jena of being frustrated at not being given the right portfolio. Mishra says Jena is attacking Patnaik because he has nothing to do. The two leaders come face-to-face with each other and battle their differe...
Congress leader Renuka Chaudhary says that Srikant Jena is a local leader and if he has raised an issue in the bigger national interest, then it will be looked into. Jena had earlier demanded that Odisha CM Naveen Patnaik resign as he had caused a loss of Rs 4...
BJD MP Pinaki Mishra says that Union Minister Srikanth Jena's accusations against Patnaik are baseless and laughable. He also strongly condemned the comments. Jena had earlier demanded that Odisha CM Naveen Patnaik resign as he had caused a loss of Rs 4 lakh c...
Reacting to the allegations made against Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik by Central Minister Srikant Kumar Jena, BJD says that it is merely a desperate effort by Jena to stay in the limelight. BJD claims that Jena is frustrated because he has not received...
Central Minister Srikant Kumar Jena demands that Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik resign as he had allegedly caused a loss of Rs 4 lakh crore to the state exchequer. Jena accuses Patnaik of being involved in a multi-crore mining scam in the State.
Central Minister Srikant Kumar Jena demands that Odisha CM Naveen Patnaik resign as he had caused a loss of Rs 4 lakh crore to the State exchequer. Jena accused Patnaik of being involved in a multi-crore mining scam in the State.
Vedanta Resources chairman Anil Agarwal met Odisha chief minister Naveen Patnaik on Thursday to ask the Odisha government for supply of bauxite to the Lanjigarh alumina refinery in Kalahandi district. Agarwal said that if operations in Odisha are hit due to th...
BJD MP Jay Panda has said that BJD's decision to stay away from the Bharat bandh does not suggest that the party is planning to extend support to the UPA government. He has remarked that Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik has made it clear that JDU is stayin...
Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik has demanded an immediate rollback of the diesel price as he has said that this price hike will also affect the prices of other products and transport coast. The Left too has come out strongly against the UPA government sa...
Reacting to Centre's allegations on coal block allocations, Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik has said that the Centre does not allocate coal blocks solely based on the recommendations by the state governments. Further on he has said that there are a number...
The Congress activists who were attempting to gherao the BJP headquarters in the state have been lathicharged by the police. One person has been reportedly injured in the violence. The state-wide bandh is called by the Congress to protest against the Naveen Pa...
Blaming the Naveen Patnaik led government for the crack down on Congress protesters, the party has called for a state-wide bandh. Ahead of the bandh, security has been beefed up in the state. Meanwhile an FIR has been lodged against Congress leader Jagdish Tyt...
Congress leader Jagdish Tytler, who is booked for criminal conspiracy in connection with the clash between Congress activists and policemen outside the Odisha Assembly, has denied any links to the violence and alleged political conspiracy against him. He has a...
The Director of the Indian Statistical Institute, Bimal Roy, backs Pranab Mukherjee's stand on the office-of-profit controversy and apologises for not updating the ISI website in time. Bimal Roy confirms that Pranab Mukherjee had resigned from his post as the ...
The BJP, the Janata party and the BJD launch a three-pronged salvo against Pranab Mukherjee's Presidential nomination. Naveen Patnaik claims that Pranab bought votes, while the BJP claims that Pranab holds an office of profit. BJP Spokesperson rubbished a clar...
Joining in on the political mudslinging against Pranab Mukherjee, Naveen Patnaik sends a barrage of accusations in Pranab's direction, claiming that the former Finance Minister gave generous grants to three states to ensure support for his candidature. The Odi...
Pawan Kumar Bansal, Union Parliamentary Affairs minister says the Planning Commission has not favoured the states of Bihar and Uttar Pradesh, since as Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee sought to curry favour with the Samajwadi Party and Janata Dal (United), pa...
Ahead of the crucial Presidential elections, Team Sangma has taken up a three-pronged attack against Presidential nominee Pranab Mukherjee. The BJP, the Janata Party and the BJD have all targeted the former Finance Minister. The BJP has challenged Pranab's can...
Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik has alleged that UPA's Presidential candidate Pranab Mukherjee has offered financial packages to states like Bihar, Uttar Pradesh and West Bengal to elicit support for his Presidential candidature. Patnaik has claimed that ...
NDA's Presidential candidate PA Sangma has filed his nomination for the Presidential elections. After filing the nomination he thanked Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik, Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal, Goa Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar, BJP pre...
NDA's Presidential candidate PA Sangma files his nomination for the Presidential polls in the presence of his supporters including Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik, Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal, Goa Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar, BJP preside...
The BJP has come out in categorical support of PA Sangma for the post of President. Sushma Swaraj says Naveen Patnaik and Jayalalithaa have expressed support to Sangma, and said the Congress cannot be allowed a walkover.
With the NDA yet to clear its stance on the Presidential nominee, the suspense around PS Sangma's candidature persists. Even as his party, the NCP, believes that the tribal leader will eventually heed to the dictates of the party, he has given clear indication...
Former Lok Sabha speaker PA Sangma seeks LK Advani's support for his Presidential candidature. With the Naveen Patnaik-led BJD & AIADMK supremo Jayalilathaa already vouching for him, PA Sangma hopes to solidify his chances to win the race to the Raisina Hill. ...
Presidential-hopeful P A Sangma meets senior BJP leader LK Advani to garner support for his race to Raisina Hill. The former Lok Sabha speaker has already garnered the support of the BJD. Sangma has reiterated his stand that he wants a tribal leader to become ...
After cutting short his trip to London, Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik invites the 'rebel' MLAs for a meeting at his residence in his attempt to crack the whip on the brewing rift within the BJD.
Two days after facing signs of rebellion within his party, BJD supremo and Odisha CM Naveen Patnaik cut shorts his trip to London and returns to India to take stock of the political situation in the state and get his party in order.
Less than a day after convening a suspicious meeting and spurring rumours of a rift within the ruling BJD party in Odisha, BJD MP Pyari Mohapatra rubbishes reports of a rebellion against Odisha CM Naveen Patnaik.
While Odisha CM Naveen Patnaik has been travelling abroad, over 20 BJD MLAs meet at senior party leader Pyari Mohapatra's residence at Bhuvaneshwar, sparking rumours of a revolt.
While Naveen Patnaik is on his first visit abroad after he turns Chief Minister, 20 MPs in Odisha get together to plan course of action against the CM.
While Odisha CM Naveen Patnaik has been travelling abroad, over 20 BJD MLAs meet at senior party leader Pyari Mohapatra's residence at Bhuvaneshwar, sparking rumours of a revolt.
Backing the Presidential candidature of PA Sangma, Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik remarks that it is time that the country has a tribal President.
The daughter of PA Sangma, Agatha Sangma, speaks to Times Now and says that she hopes NCP will support her father's candidacy for the Presidential polls.
BJD MLA Jhina Hikaka, in his first interview to the media after the release from Maoist custody, says that he is no longer afraid of the Naxal threat and still has not decided on quitting the party.
Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Raman Singh calls an all-party high level meet to discuss strategies for negotiating the release of abducted collector, Alex Paul Menon.
As the deadline set by the Maoists lapses, the Odisha government offers to withdraw cases against the 13 prisoners in exchange for the release of state legislator Jhina Hikaka.
The fate of abducted BJD MLA Jhina Hikaka continues to remain uncertain as both the Odisha government and the Maoists refused to budge from their stand.
Is an anti-Congress alliance brewing over the NCTC row? If yes, then will such an alliance be able to last long enough to take on the UPA at the Centre?
Centrestage | Are non-congress Chief Ministers trying to gain political mileage by ganging up against the Centre instead of focusing on issues that cause threat to national security?
In an attempt to corner the Central government on the formation of National Counter-Terrorism Centre (NCTC), Tamil Nadu CM Jayalalithaa holds a meeting with other non-congress Chief Ministers.
Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik is expected to meet Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa to discuss the National Counter-Terrorism Centre (NCTC) issue.