We're secular, asserts BJD amid row over supporting Waqf Bill

Amid a row over change in stand over voting on the Waqf (Amendment) Bill, 2025, the Biju Janata Dal (BJD) on Friday asserted it is a secular regional outfit and maintains equal distance from the......

3 police stations turned away Cuttack gang rape survivor, allege BJD, Cong

Opposition Biju Janata Dal and Congress on Sunday criticised the Odisha Bharatiya Janata Party government and police for their handling of the investigation into a gang-rape case involving a......

Pradhan's call to rename 156-yr-old Odisha varsity sparks a row

Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan's suggestion to rename the 156-year-old Ravenshaw University in Cuttack has sparked a political row with Opposition Biju Janata Dal and Congress......

ED to quiz Naveen Patnaik's MLA in college land irregularities case

The Enforcement Directorate has summoned senior Biju Janata Dal MLA and former Odisha Minister Prafulla Samal and his son over an alleged money laundering case, sources said on Saturday. IMAGE:......

Chitfund arrests in Odisha: BJP ashamed, BJD says no protection

Bharatiya Janata Party in Odisha on Tuesday said it was ashamed of its ex-MLA Hitesh Kumar Bagarti, arrested by Central Bureau of Investigation in the multi-crore chitfund scam, while ruling BJD......

Odisha: MP, former MLAs held in ponzi scam

In yet another blow to the ruling Biju Janata Dal, Central Bureau of Investigation on Tuesday arrested party's Mayurbhanj Member of Parliament Ramchandra Hansda and former Members of Legislative......

Saradha scam: Orissa MP's home searched by CBI

Central Bureau of Investigation on Thursday carried out search operations at 30 locations, including house of a sitting Biju Janata Dal member of Parliament and two other politicians from Odisha in......