The BJP-led Odisha government has decided not to celebrate former chief minister Biju Patnaik’s birth anniversary — which falls on March 5 — as Panchayati Raj Divas, a tradition that has continued for ...

BHUBANESWAR: Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi on Wednesday said his government is going to fulfil the dreams of legendary leader and former chief minister Biju Patnaik for a prosperous Odisha by ...

Over a hundred years after his birth, the legendary Odisha politician Biju Patnaik's birthday has become a political flashpoint between the ruling BJP and former chief minister Naveen Patnaik's ...

Amid the BJD accusing the BJP government in Odisha of attempting to erase former chief minister Biju Patnaik's legacy, the opposition party's president Naveen Patnaik on Wednesday boycotted the state ...

The Biju Janata Dal (BJD) on Tuesday staged a peaceful demonstration protesting against the decision of the Mohan Majhi government to shift the Panchayati Raj Diwas celebration from March 5 to ...

Bhubaneswar: The Opposition BJD and Congress MLAs on Friday created a ruckus in the Assembly over alleged disrespect by the BJP government to Odisha stalwart Biju Patnaik, prompting the Speaker to ...

Former Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik criticized the government's decision to separate Panchayati Raj Day from his father Biju Patnaik's birth anniversary. He emphasized Biju's legacy and ...

The BJP government in Odisha on Monday announced that it will celebrate Panchayati Raj Divas on April 24, in a departure from the previous practice in the state of marking it on March 5 – the birth ...

Bhubaneswar: The BJP government in Odisha said it would observe March 5 as the birth anniversary of former chief minister Biju Patnaik and not as ‘Panchayati Raj Day,’ as has been celebrated ...