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Centre’s nod to Polavaram irks BJD leaders
The Naveen Patnaik government on Sunday came down heavily on the Congress-led government at the Centre saying it was behaving like a party instead of maintaining its character as a responsible constit
BJD sends 33 leaders to anti-Polavaram rally
The ruling BJD on Saturday sent at least eight ministers and 25 MLAs to Malkangiri to address a public rally on Sunday to register the Orissa government’s protest to Centre’s forest clearance to the Polavaram multi-purpose dam project.
BJP MLA gets 6 yrs in Kandhamal case
A fast-track court on Thursday found BJP MLA from G. Udayagiri, Manoj Pradhan, guilty in a murder case during the August 2008 Kandhamal riot case and sentenced him to six years imprisonment.
Orissa: Rahul’s sipahi claim haunts BJD
All-India Congress Committee general secretary Rahul Gandhi has unnerved the ruling Biju Janata Dal (BJD) leaders in Orissa. The party, which has been ruling the state since 2000, did not appear so much perturbed and disturbed in the last 10 years as it looks now.
BJD rally to protest nod to Polavaram
The ruling Biju Janata Dal (BJD) on Sunday upped its ante against the Centre and announced to hold a massive public rally at Malkangiri on September 12, to protest against the latter’s forest clearanc
Modified BrahMos testfired successfully
India on Sunday successfully testfired supersonic cruise missile BrahMos from Integrated Test Range (ITR) at Chandipur-on-sea in Balasore district, nearly 250 km from here.
BJD: Dynasty politics behind renaming dam
The ruling Biju Janta Dal (BJD) in Orissa on Wednesday said it believed that the Congress wanted to “accentuate” Gandhi dynasty politics in Andhra Pradesh by naming the Polavaram multi-purpose dam pro
Maoists hoist black flags, threaten schools, offices
Maoists on Sunday hoisted black flags at several places in Orissa’s Koraput and Malkangir districts.
Bickering weakens Congress
Unending intra-party bickering in the Orissa Pradesh Congress Committee to become the state chief has seemingly cast its telling effect in the state unit of the party.
BJD legislators say ban stalls development
The ruling Biju Janata Dal (BJD) legislators on Saturday to chose the Orissa Legislative Assembly to vent their “anger” against Union forest and environment minister Jairam Ramesh for asking the state government to stop all activities, including land acquisition, at the proposed Posco steel project site near Paradip in Jagatsinghpur district.
