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ONI Bureau: Within an hour of Rourkela MLA Dilip Ray quitting BJP and resigning as an MLA, senior leader Bijoy Mohapatra also resigned from the party. Bijoy announced this decision at a press meet at 11 AM today. "Since Dillip Ray will…

ONI Bureau: Rourkela MLA Dilip Ray has resigned from the primary membership of the BJP. He also met Speaker Pradip Amat and tendered his resignation from the Odisha Assembly. He also confirmed that he is not interested in contesting polls…

ONI Bureau:  Putting an end to all the speculations related to the chief ministerial candidate of BJP in Odisha in the upcoming general elections, Union Tribal Affairs Minister Jual Oram on Tuesday said that the Union Petroleum Minister…

ONI Bureau:  Former Odisha-cadre IAS officer Aparajita Sarangi formally joined BJP today at party's national president Amit Shah’s residence in New Delhi. Union Petroleum Minister Dharmendra Pradhan, BJP State chief Basant Panda and BJP…

ONI Bureau:  In a shocking developnent this afternoon, former Lok Sabha MP and Utkal Bharat President Kharabela Swain was assaulted by a youth at Kashipur in Rayagada district after he refused to end his meeting and leave the place. The…

ONI Bureau: Putting all speculations into rest, expelled BJD leader Dr. Damodar Rout has named his new party as Biju Samata Kranti Dal. He made this announcement on Facebook at around 10:30 PM tonight. Initially, it was announced need as…

ONI Bureau:  Former parliamentarian Baishnab Charan Parida breathed his last on Friday at a private hospital in Bhubaneswar. He was 77. Parida was diagnosed with cancer and undergoing treatment at a private hospital in Bhubaneswar.…

ONI Bureau:  The State unit of Congress launched the special edition of ‘Congress Barta’ at Congress Bhawan in Bhubaneswar on Wednesday. Odisha Pradesh Congress Committee President Niranjan Patnaik alongwith Odisha Pradesh Mahila…

ONI Bureau: Politics is a complex subject; it does make strange bedfellows. Neither we have friends nor enemies in Politics. It's proved beyond doubt time and again. All political parties in India follow this tradition and Odisha is no…

ONI Bureau: Former IAS Officer Aparajita Sarangi, whose VRS application was recently cleared by the Odisha Government and then accepted by the PMO, is all set to begin her new political innings. While it's is believed that she would join…