Naveen Patnaik

Odisha: Election Commission transfers ‘proxy CM’ VK Pandian’s wife IAS Sujata Karthikeyan over BJP’s complaint that she was working as ‘BJD agent’

The BJP had petitioned the Election Commission to remove the official from her position and accused her of working for BJD.

Chandrababu Naidu meets Amit Shah, BJD’s VK Pandian heads to Delhi amid buzz of BJP tie-up: How NDA is expanding and I.N.D.I. Alliance is shrinking

While the BJP has not only managed to deflect INDI Alliance parties like the JDU and RLD, and is likely to forge an alliance with the BJD in Odisha and…

Odisha Congress distributes ‘wedding cards’ for BJD-BJP marriage, claims the 2 rivals are having ‘love affair’

The Chhatra Congress has distributed traditional wedding cards announcing the 'wedding ceremony' of BJD and BJP, and has invited everyone to attend it and bless the bride and groom.

Retired IAS officer VK Pandian, seen widely as Naveen Patnaik’s ‘heir’, formally joins BJD: Who is this Tamilian who might be Odisha’s next CM

VK Pandian had recently taken voluntary retirement from the civil services and was immediately given a cabinet minister rank in the Odisha government. He is currently the chairman of "5T"…

Media baron BJD VP removed from post after criticism of CM Naveen Patnaik’s private secretary acting as ‘proxy CM’: How a storm is brewing in Odisha

Khandapada MLA Soumya Ranjan Patnaik, who is a former MP and the owner of the media conglomerate Sambada Group, has recently been very vocal against the 5T Secretary VK Pandian…

Union Home Minister Amit Shah praises Naveen Patnaik govt in Odisha for helping Centre in fight against Naxalism

The Union Minister and Odisha Chief Minster participated in the inauguration and foundation stone laying ceremony of various development projects in Bhubaneswar.

23 years of Naveen Patnaik rule: Odisha BJP highlights dismal performance in law and order, jobs, and more

Taking to Twitter, BJP spokesperson Anil Biswal posted a video of him showing some placards with statistics about Odisha indicating where the state stands with 23 years of the BJD…

‘Hockey comes home’: As Odisha gears up to host Hockey World Cup, Birsa Munda Stadium, world’s largest, to be inaugurated today by CM Patnaik

When the Indian national hockey teams, both Men's and Women's, were struggling to find a sponsor around 2018, CM Naveen Patnaik had come forward, and opened Odisha's purse, and heart…

President Draupadi Murmu: Breaking a hundred glass ceilings

India's first President from the tribal community, Draupadi Murmu represents limitless possibilities and a million dreams. She is a message to every little girl in this country that nothing is…

Odisha CM Naveen Patnaik appeals to state MLAs to support Draupadi Murmu in the Presidential elections

Naveen Patnaik asked all the members of the Odisha assembly to support to elect the daughter of Odisha Draupadi Murmu to the country's highest office."