Politics

With all Ministers tendered their resignations on Saturday, BJD President and Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik retained some Ministers and inducted some new faces to his Cabinet.

Controversial Ministers Captain Dibya Shankar Mishra, Pratap Jena, Arun Sahoo and Bikram Keshari Arukha may not be repeated.

Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik has decided to effect ministry reshuffle tomorrow. The swearing in ceremony will take place at the Raj Bhavan tomorrow morning.

The ruling Biju Janata Dal (BJD) registered a thumping victory in Brajarajnagar Bypolls. The Naveen Patnaik-led Biju Janata Dal (BJD) scored a historic win with a huge victory margin of 66,122 votes.

Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik today completed 25 years in public service. He got elected as MP for the first time on 1st June 1997.

As per the affidavit filed during the nominations, it came to light that Rajya Sabha Candidate from Odisha, Niranjan Bishi has 17 criminal cases against himself.

Senior BJD leader & Media and Public Relations Advisor to the Odisha Government, Manas Ranjan Mangaraj has been nominated as the Rajya Sabha Candidate from Odisha.

The BJD will immensely gain from the knowledge, experience and expertise of Sasmit Patra and Manas Mangaraj, it's believed.

The process for filing of nominations for three Rajya Sabha seats in Odisha will begin today and continue till June 2.

he high-profile exits of heavyweights like Hardik Patel, Sunil Jakhar, Kapil Sibal from the Congress have come closely following the party's Chintan Shivir - a conceptualizing camp in Udaipur that was pointed toward formulating ways of…