Mr Deb, currently heading the Odisha State Housing Board as its chairman, is known for his political acumen and articulation.
12 May 2017 1:21 AM
Patnaik had left for the national capital soon after the new ministers had taken the oath of office on Sunday.
11 May 2017 8:38 PM
The KBK region, which constitutes more than one-third of the state’s landmass, has now only one minister, Ramesh Majhi, in the new council.
09 May 2017 3:22 AM
First-timer Sashi Bhusan Behera, a former MP, was given charge of finance and excise.
08 May 2017 6:13 AM
Steel and mines minister Prafulla Mallick and commerce and transport minister Ramesh Majhi were elevated as Cabinet ministers.
08 May 2017 1:19 AM
Patnaik's home turf Ganjam has the highest number of four Ministers.
07 May 2017 1:21 PM
Patnaik said senior BJD leaders, including ministers, are prepared to work for the people at grass-roots level.
04 May 2017 4:53 PM
The BJP registered unprecedented success in the recently held rural polls in which it emerged second.
29 Apr 2017 5:54 AM
Yogi Adityanath, interestingly, had renamed several localities in Gorakhpur to push forward his Hindu agenda.
24 Apr 2017 1:30 AM
But the issue has been raised again recently, this time by chief economic adviser Arvind Subramanian.
23 Apr 2017 5:09 AM
Pradhan is being indirectly projected by the BJP as the party’s face opposite Naveen for the 2019 polls.
23 Apr 2017 12:39 AM
The JD(U), BJD and Mamata Banerjee-led TMC, currently considered by the BJP as its principal political adversaries.
22 Apr 2017 12:57 AM
Bengal CM meets Naveen Patnaik, says formation of anti-BJP federal front is on her agenda.
21 Apr 2017 12:44 AM
Mamata will address a public meeting in Bhubaneswar to counter the BJP’s poll strategy ahead of the 2019 general elections.
18 Apr 2017 12:49 AM
Odisha, a third of whose population is below poverty line, was among the few states that defied the Modi surge in 2014.
16 Apr 2017 4:03 PM
Patnaik had made light of the BJP’s assertion to come to power in 2019 saying, “it is their wishful thinking.”
16 Apr 2017 2:17 AM
In the last few days, the talk had veered to the possibility of her even taking over as chief minister.
04 Apr 2017 2:29 AM
Patnaik’s exercise comes two weeks ahead of national executive meeting scheduled to be here on April 15 and 16.
03 Apr 2017 4:20 AM
BJD MP Baijayant Panda was the first one to give a hint about her entry into Odisha politics.
02 Apr 2017 6:58 AM
The BJP says that the ruling BJD has “reached a saturation point” as its organisational structure has become “stagnant”.
02 Apr 2017 6:50 AM