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Notwithstanding the speculation on the durability of the new-found alliance with one-time rival BSP, Samajwadi Party chief and former Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav says the 23-year-old acrimony with Mayawati and her party "is…

ONI Bureau: As expected, senior Congress leaders of Ganjam district have quit the party and would join the ruling Biju Janata Dal (BJD) during CM Naveen Patnaik's visit to the district on April 4. Former Union Minister Chandrasekhar…

The Odisha Assembly continued to witness a logjam over the Lokayukta appointment issue for the third successive day on Wednesday as the Congress and the BJP members created a ruckus. As soon as the House met for the day, members from…

ONI Bureau: As reported by us ahead of Bijepur Bypoll, senior Congress leaders in Ganjam district are all set to join the ruling Biju Janata Dal (BJD) along with workers, which would virtually ensure a Congress-mukt Ganjam. Former Union…

ONI Bureau: As part of his plan to empower youth leadership, Congress President Rahul Gandhi has appointed former Nabarangpur MP Pradeep Majhi as the Coordinator of Bastar district in Chhattisgarh - the state which would go to polls later…

ONI Bureau: Barring a few supporters and newly appointed Cyber Warriors, no sane person would accept BJD's decision to boycott Odisha's No. 1 Channel OTV, which has been the darling of majority of Odias, not because of any Govt support, but…

ONI Bureau:  The ruling BJD today decided to boycott discussions, debate shows of OTV, informed by the spokesperson Pratap Deb on Wednesday. As per the allegation, the BJD party & State Govt being targeted especially after MP…

ONI Bureau: Former Odisha Minister Raghunath Mohanty who lost his post and was sidelined in the party following the dowry torture allegations levelled by his daughter-in-law Barsa Swony Choudhury, who later withdrew all cases after…

ONI Bureau: In a bid to outsmart YSR Congress and woo the people of Andhra Pradesh, the Telugu Desam Party led by Chandrababu Naidu has finally left the BJP-led NDA and brought a no-confidence motion against the Government in Lok Sabha on…

ONI Bureau: It was N Chandrababu Naidu who ended Narendra Modi's untouchability in political support by extending support to NDA as the first major opposition party in 2013 at a time when even JD(U) broke ties with its long-time ally BJP…