Bhubaneswar: The Cuttack Bali Jatra has not received national status as the Centre is yet to take a final decision on the matter, said BJD Rajya Sabha MP Debashish Samantaray today. The Union Ministry ...

But our government will continue to address the issue of poverty and unemployment.” BJD spokesperson Lenin Mohanty said the BJP government should come out with a new scheme for the welfare of the ...

Bhubaneswar: The Biju Janata Dal (BJD) opposed the draft UGC Regulations, 2025 and rejected proposed provisions for appointing vice-chancellors and other academic staff. In a letter to the University ...

The Biju Janata Dal (BJD) criticised the University Grants Commission's (UGC) draft regulations for 2025, claiming they undermine state autonomy and federalism. Amar Patnaik called them ...

As a tribal himself, his remark that tribal women are not fair has deeply hurt our sentiments,” senior BJD leader and former Rajya Sabha member Sarojini Hembram. Addressing a press conference ...

In a written reply to an unstarred question by BJD Rajya Sabha MPs Debashish Samantaray and Dr Sasmit Patra, Union Minister for Culture and Tourism said: “Bali Jatra is a festival that commemorates ...

I started working in the year 1994, and my first paycheque was just Rs 3,200. No, it was not, but it was fun managing within that much. Each rupee spent was counted and accounted for. That also meant ...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha’s opposition BJD Wednesday demanded an apology from Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi over his purported statement on the skin colour of tribal women. A video clip in which Majhi, ...

Lodging “strong objections” to the draft University Grants Commission Regulations 2025, the Biju Janata Dal (BJD) Thursday sought its reconsideration. The party claims that the move “undermines the ...

Bhubaneswar: The Bali Jatra in Odisha’s Cuttack has not received national status so far as the Central government is yet to take a final decision on the matter, BJD Rajya Sabha member Debashish ...