On Tuesday, seven Biju Janata Dal (BJD) lawmakers in the Rajya Sabha gave notices under Rule 267 to suspend the day’s business to take up a discussion on the controversy surrounding the allegations of ...

The BJD wrote to the National Commission for Scheduled Tribes (NCST), seeking its urgent intervention into the death of a tribal student due to suspected food poisoning at a government-run residential ...

ROURKELA: The Biju Janata Dal has never won the Sundargarh Lok Sabha seat. Since formation, it has won only from Rourkela, RN Pali and Rajgangpur Assembly segments. Can it change this record this time ...

BJD MLA Arun Sahoo criticises the Centre over the Women’s Reservation Bill, alleging it was a “political drama” to target the Opposition and mislead the public.

Following criticism from former BJD leaders regarding the party's declining stature, current BJD leaders Rohit Pujari and Lenin Mohanty defended the party, asserting that the people of Odisha will ...

BHUBANESWAR: The BJP on Saturday moved the chief electoral officer (CEO) accusing the BJD of misusing artificial intelligence (AI) to spread misinformation, aimed at misleading voters in Nuapada ahead ...

Sasmit Patra, also the leader of the BJD in Rajya Sabha, is in the eye of the storm after revealing that he had voted in favour of the contentious Bill. A section of senior BJD leaders on Saturday ...

YS Jagan Mohan Reddy criticised the defeat of the women’s reservation bill in the Lok Sabha, saying it delivered justice neither to women nor to South India, and warned delimitation could reduce the ...

Opposition BJD protested against the Odisha government, alleging the undermining of panchayati raj institutions by reducing the authority of elected representatives. The protest escalated, leading to ...

A photograph of Biju Janata Dal president Naveen Patnaik addressing party leaders, both victors and those defeated, at his sprawling residence, Naveen Niwas, the ultimate power centre of Odisha for ...

Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik-led Biju Janata Dal is expected to enter into an alliance with the BJP for Lok Sabha and assembly polls, which are held simultaneously in the state, 15 years after ...