Articles for Naveen Patnaik

BJD yet to decide stand on simultaneous polls, all MPs with Naveen Patnaik: Sasmit Patra
6 days, 10 hours ago

BJD yet to decide stand on simultaneous polls, all MPs with Naveen Patnaik: Sasmit Patra

Hindustan Times  

New Delhi, The Biju Janata Dal will decide its stand on the issue of the simultaneous election after examining the details of the two bills on the matter that are before the Lok Sabha, party leader Sasmit Patra said on Tuesday. BJD yet to decide stand on simultaneous polls, all MPs with Naveen Patnaik: Sasmit Patra Law Minister Arjun Ram …

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Naveen Patnaik non-committal over supporting no-trust motion against Dhankhar
1 week, 6 days ago

Naveen Patnaik non-committal over supporting no-trust motion against Dhankhar

Hindustan Times  

Biju Janata Dal president Naveen Patnaik on Tuesday said that his party would take "necessary steps" on the INDIA bloc's possible move to bring a no-confidence motion against Rajya Sabha chairman Jagdeep Dhankhar. Patnaik said his party has not yet decided whether it would support any no-confidence motion against Dhankhar if brought to the Rajya Sabha. In the last five …

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Naveen Patnaik govt announced honorarium for state's Padma awardees earlier this year: BJD
1 month, 1 week ago

Naveen Patnaik govt announced honorarium for state's Padma awardees earlier this year: BJD

Hindustan Times  

Bhubaneswar, A day after Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Majhi announced a ₹30,000 monthly honorarium for Padma awardees in the state, the Opposition BJD on Sunday said the Naveen Patnaik-led government had already made such a decision earlier this year. Naveen Patnaik govt announced honorarium for state's Padma awardees earlier this year: BJD Addressing a press conference here, BJD spokesperson Lelin …

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BJD peeved over Naveen Patnaik’s security downgrade, demands restoration
1 month, 2 weeks ago

BJD peeved over Naveen Patnaik’s security downgrade, demands restoration

New Indian Express  

BHUBANESWAR: The BJD on Sunday came down heavily on the state government for downgrading the security cover of leader of Opposition and former chief minister Naveen Patnaik from Z to Y category. Expressing concern on the development, senior BJD leader Sanjay Das Burma said the state government must ensure that there is no lapse in the security of Naveen. “It …

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BJP lashes Naveen Patnaik over remarks on communal unrest in Odisha
2 months, 3 weeks ago

BJP lashes Naveen Patnaik over remarks on communal unrest in Odisha

New Indian Express  

BHUBANESWAR: BJD supremo and former chief minister Naveen Patnaik’s statement on the incidents of communal unrest after BJP government came to power in the state has triggered a massive backlash from the saffron party. While meeting party leaders from Bhadrak and Sonepur districts on Monday, Naveen had raised the issue of communal violence and said four such incidents have occured …

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Army officer's fiancée ‘sexually abused’ at Odisha police station; Naveen Patnaik ‘shocked’ | 5 horrifying details
3 months ago

Army officer's fiancée ‘sexually abused’ at Odisha police station; Naveen Patnaik ‘shocked’ | 5 horrifying details

Hindustan Times  

Army officer's fiancée alleges sexual harassment by police: Former Odisha chief minister and Biju Janata Dal president Naveen Patnaik on Friday demanded a court-monitored SIT probe and a judicial inquiry into the alleged sexual harassment of an Indian Army officer's fiancée in police custody. {{^userSubscribed}} {{/userSubscribed}} {{^userSubscribed}} {{/userSubscribed}} Five Odisha Police personnel suspended The Odisha Police had on Wednesday suspended …

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Naveen Patnaik demands judicial probe into Army officer assault case
3 months ago

Naveen Patnaik demands judicial probe into Army officer assault case

Hindustan Times  

Former Odisha chief minister and Biju Janata Dal chief Naveen Patnaik on Friday criticised the Mohan Majhi government in the state over the alleged assault on an Army officer and his fiancée at Bharatpur police station of Bhubaneswar and demanded a judicial inquiry into the matter. {{^userSubscribed}} {{/userSubscribed}} {{^userSubscribed}} {{/userSubscribed}} Addressing reporters at the BJD office in Bhubaneswar, the leader …

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More BJD RS MPs may join BJP: Mamata Mohanta
3 months, 2 weeks ago

More BJD RS MPs may join BJP: Mamata Mohanta

Deccan Chronicle  

Mamata Mohanta, who recently quit the Biju Janata Dal and got elected to Rajya Sabha on the Bharatiya Janata Party ticket, on Saturday said “discontentment” was growing in the Naveen Patnaik-led regional party and more leaders were contemplating to switch sides.“I do not have any hesitation to say that most of the leaders and workers in BJD are dissatisfied over …

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Naveen Patnaik’s Hinjli Scored Century in Murders in 24 Years: Odisha CM Mohan Majhi
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Naveen Patnaik’s Hinjli Scored Century in Murders in 24 Years: Odisha CM Mohan Majhi

Deccan Chronicle  

Bhubaneswar: As many as 100 cases of murder have taken place in Hinjli, the assembly constituency of Naveen Patnaik, during his stint as chief minister of Odisha from 2000 to 2024. Replying to a written question by BJP MLA Pradyumna Majhi, chief minister Mohan Charan Majhi said at least 328 persons were arrested in connection with the 100 murder cases. …

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Naveen Patnaik on Union Budget: 'Feel disappointed at continued neglect of Odisha'
4 months, 4 weeks ago

Naveen Patnaik on Union Budget: 'Feel disappointed at continued neglect of Odisha'

India TV News  

Opposition Biju Janata Dal and Congress on Tuesday described the union budget for 2024-25 as “anti-Odisha” claiming that the Centre has ignored genuine concerns of the state. Speaking to an Odisha-based TV channel, former Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik said he felt 'disappointed at the continued neglect of the state'. He said, "I feel disappointed at the continued neglect of Odisha …

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Pahandi Mishap: Naveen Patnaik writes to Odisha CM, seeks exemplary action
5 months, 1 week ago

Pahandi Mishap: Naveen Patnaik writes to Odisha CM, seeks exemplary action

India TV News  

Former Odisha Chief Minister and Biju Janata Dal President Naveen Patnaik on Thursday urged Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi to take personal responsibility of the mishap, wherein idol of Lord Balabhadra slipped on the makeshift ramp while the servitors were conducting the pahandi procession in Puri a couple of days ago. Patnaik condemns State Cabinet members for their dismissive remarks …

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Naveen Patnaik dissolves all state-level office bearers, forms new panel of spokespersons
5 months, 2 weeks ago

Naveen Patnaik dissolves all state-level office bearers, forms new panel of spokespersons

India Today  

Biju Janata Dal president Naveen Patnaik has dissolved all state-level office bearers of the party and formed a fresh panel of spokespersons, following the BJD's dismal show in the recently concluded Lok Sabha and Assembly polls in Odisha. In an order, Patnaik on Sunday said, "All state-level office bearers of the BJD are hereby dissolved with immediate effect. Patnaik has …

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Upset BJD, Angry BRS, Divorced AIADMK: How Will Modi 3.0 Manage in Rajya Sabha?
5 months, 3 weeks ago

Upset BJD, Angry BRS, Divorced AIADMK: How Will Modi 3.0 Manage in Rajya Sabha?

News 18  

Modi 3.0 is not the same as Modi 2.0 — short of a simple majority in the Lok Sabha, a far cry from its 2019 tally of 303. But a bruised Naveen Patnaik, who lost power in Odisha, has clearly instructed BJD’s Rajya Sabha MPs to side with the larger opposition; chances are that Jagan Mohan Reddy’s YSRCP may follow …

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Post poll debacle, Patnaik’s diktat to BJD MPs: 'No more support to BJP, emerge as strong Opposition'
5 months, 4 weeks ago

Post poll debacle, Patnaik’s diktat to BJD MPs: 'No more support to BJP, emerge as strong Opposition'

India TV News  

BJD president Naveen Patnaik held a meeting with his party’s Rajya Sabha MPs on Monday and asked them to emerge as a “vibrant and strong” Opposition in the Upper House of the Parliament as the upcoming session begins on June 27. Speaking to the reporters after the meeting, BJD Rajya Sabha MP Sasmit Patra said, “The BJD MPs this time …

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Naveen Patnaik elected leader of Opposition in Odisha Assembly
6 months ago

Naveen Patnaik elected leader of Opposition in Odisha Assembly

Hindustan Times  

Former Odisha chief minister and Biju Janata Dal president Naveen Patnaik was elected as the head of the 51-member BJD Legislature Party and leader of Opposition in the state Assembly heralding a new chapter in his two-and-a-half-decade-long political career. The BJD legislature party, which met at the party’s state headquarters on Wednesday afternoon, unanimously elected the 77-year-old Patnaik as the …

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Naveen Patnaik Takes Oath as MLA, Gracefully Accepts Odisha Verdict, But Question of Succession Wide Open
6 months ago

Naveen Patnaik Takes Oath as MLA, Gracefully Accepts Odisha Verdict, But Question of Succession Wide Open

News 18  

Five-time chief minister Naveen Patnaik took oath in the 17th Odisha assembly on Tuesday but this time as another MLA. The younger Patnaik is the son of the former Odisha chief minister’s elder brother Prem Patnaik and the grandson of the late chief minister Biju Patnaik. Arun Patnaik, whose occasional visits to Odisha have always sparked questions of whether he …

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Naveen Patnaik comes face to face with man who defeated him in assembly polls
6 months ago

Naveen Patnaik comes face to face with man who defeated him in assembly polls

Hindustan Times  

Former Odisha chief minister Naveen Patnaik came face to face with the Bharatiya Janata Party MLA Laxman Bag, who defeated him in the recently concluded assembly elections from Kantabanji seat, on Tuesday, amid the oath-taking ceremony of the newly elected MLAs in the State Assembly. Naveen Patnaik takes oath as member of the 17th Odisha Legislative Assembly on Tuesday. Forty-eight-year-old …

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Naveen Patnaik sportingly greets first-time BJP MLA in Odisha Assembly: 'Oh, you defeated me' | WATCH
6 months ago

Naveen Patnaik sportingly greets first-time BJP MLA in Odisha Assembly: 'Oh, you defeated me' | WATCH

India TV News  

BJD president and former Odisha chief minister Naveen Patnaik on Tuesday greeted newly elected first-time BJP MLA Laxman Bag, who defeated him in the Assembly elections from the Kantabanji seat in Bolangir district, and spoke to him sportingly. The entire house including Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi and his deputies— KV Singh Deo and Pravati Parida, also stood up from …

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Mohan Charan Majhi, BJD chief Naveen Patnaik take oath
6 months ago

Mohan Charan Majhi, BJD chief Naveen Patnaik take oath

India Today  

Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi, deputy chief ministers -- KV Singh Deo and Pravati Parida -- and BJD president Naveen Patnaik took oath as members of the 17th Odisha Legislative Assembly in Bhubaneswar on Tuesday. Pro-tem Speaker Ranenda Pratap Swain administered the oath of office to the newly elected MLAs including the chief minister and Patnaik here on Tuesday. As …

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4 tribals, 2 Dalits in new Odisha council of ministers led by CM Majhi
6 months, 1 week ago

4 tribals, 2 Dalits in new Odisha council of ministers led by CM Majhi

Hindustan Times  

The new council of ministers in Odisha led by chief minister Mohan Charan Majhi has four tribals and two Dalits- a move that comes after the Bharatiya Janata Party successfully breached the Dalit-tribal vote bank of the Biju Janata Dal in the 2024 assembly as well as the Lok Sabha elections in the state. Among the 16 ministers who took …

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BJP's First Odisha Govt Keeps Poll Promise, Day after Taking Oath Reopens All Gates of Jagannath Temple
6 months, 1 week ago

BJP's First Odisha Govt Keeps Poll Promise, Day after Taking Oath Reopens All Gates of Jagannath Temple

News 18  

The morning after taking oath, members of the Bharatiya Janata Party’s first government in Odisha led by chief minister Mohan Charan Majhi were in Puri to ensure the reopening of all four gates of the 12th-century Jagannath temple. Majhi, along with his colleagues, Puri MP Patra, Balasore MP Pratap Sarangi, and others in his cabinet, offered prayers during the Mangal …

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Naveen Patnaik gracious in defeat, BJP reciprocates gesture
6 months, 1 week ago

Naveen Patnaik gracious in defeat, BJP reciprocates gesture

India Today  

After 24 years, Naveen Patnaik will no longer be at the helm of affairs in Odisha. Naveen Patnaik, known for his balancing acts with the BJP-led Centre in the NDA 2.0, was welcomed by the BJP top leaders on the stage set up for Odisha’s next Chief Minister. #WATCH | Bhubaneswar: Prime Minister Narendra Modi speaks with former Odisha CM …

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OPINION | BJP’S STRONGEST ALLY CHANDRABABU TAKES OVER AS CM
6 months, 1 week ago

OPINION | BJP’S STRONGEST ALLY CHANDRABABU TAKES OVER AS CM

India TV News  

Prime Minister Narendra Modi greeted the new Andhra Pradesh chief minister N. Chandrababu Naidu with a warm hug on Wednesday, after the latter was sworn in as Chief Minister at a huge gathering in Medha IT Park in Kesarapalle near Vijayawada. Watched by South matinee idols Rajinikanth, Chiranjeevi, Ram Charan, Allu Arjun, NTR Junior and Mohan Babu, former Chief Justice …

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WATCH: Amit Shah's heartwarming gesture for Naveen Patnaik during swearing-in ceremony of new Odisha CM
6 months, 1 week ago

WATCH: Amit Shah's heartwarming gesture for Naveen Patnaik during swearing-in ceremony of new Odisha CM

India TV News  

In a heartwarming gesture, Union Home Minister Amit Shah welcomed former Odisha chief minister Naveen Patnaik who arrived on the stage to attend the swearing-in ceremony of CM-designate Mohan Charan Majhi. Mohan Charan Majhi took oath as the new Odisha Chief Minister on Wednesday as the BJP swept the Assembly polls on June 4. With this, Majhi also became the …

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