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ONI Bureau:  Former Odisha Accountant General (AG) Amar Patnaik on Wednesday joined the Biju Janta Dal (BJD) in the presence of BJD supremo and Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik at Naveen Niwas in Bhubaneswar.The former IAS officer has been…

ONI Bureau: Ruling Biju Janata Dal (BJD) President and Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik today appointed Satyajit Mishra as Media Panelists. Satyajit is a Former Journalist of OTV Kholakatha fame. He has been associated with BJD IT Cell for…

M.K.Stalin on Tuesday was elected as the DMK President unopposed at the party's General Council meeting held in Chennai. Stalin, 65, becomes the second President of one of the oldest political party in the country, a post held by his…

The RSS on Monday was critical of Congress President Rahul Gandhi for drawing comparisons of it with the Islamic State (IS) and the Muslim Brotherhood and plans to invite him for a three-day lecture series here next month to enlighten…

Meghalaya Chief Minister and National Peoples Party (NPP) candidate Conrad Sangma on Monday won the by-election from the South Tura Assembly constituency by a huge margin. But former Speaker Martin Danggo, who resigned from the Congress…

ONI Bureau:  BJD’s Athagarh MLA Ranendra Pratap Swain, popularly known as Raja Swain on Friday donated his prize money (Rs 1 lakh) to Kerala flood victims. The noble act of the six-time legislator Raja Swain came after he was conferred…

The Jharkhand High Court on Friday rejected the provisional bail of Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) chief and former Bihar Chief Minister Lalu Prasad, asking him to surrender by August 30. The court while hearing the former leader's regular…

ONI Bureau:  Cutting across party affiliations, political leaders are scheduled to attend the memorial service of former Prime Minister late Atal Bihari Vajpayee today afternoon going to be held at the IDCO Exhibition Ground in Bhubaneswar.…

Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader Ashish Khetan on Wednesday announced his resignation from the party, a step that comes a week after another leader, Ashutosh, took a similar decision. "Early this year I made my decision to quit active…

ONI Bureau:  Former Union Minister and senior Congress leader Gurudas Kamat breathed his last in a private hospital in New Delhi following a massive heart attack on Wednesday. He was 63. Reportedly, Kamat while having his morning tea at…