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TopicBaijayant Jay Panda

Topic: Baijayant Jay Panda

Jay Panda gets UP, Vinod Tawde gets Bihar as BJP promotes new faces as poll managers for 2024

Veteran poll managers Dharmendra Pradhan, Bhupendra Yadav missing from list of in-charges & co-in-charges. In-charges not named in Gujarat, Chhattisgarh, Rajasthan, Delhi & Maharashtra.

Sisodia’s wish to be arrested will be granted soon, says BJP’s Delhi in-charge Baijayant Panda

The BJP has been trying to corner AAP over corruption allegations against Delhi’s Deputy CM Manish Sisodia, who has been accused of framing an excise policy to benefit a select few.

OTV owner Panda accuses Patnaik govt of vendetta over ‘false cases’, police deny witch-hunt

OTV is owned by Jagi Mangat Panda, the wife of BJP vice-president Baijayant Panda, Naveen Patnaik's former BJD colleague.

Odisha journalist ‘arrested’, channel owned by BJP leader Jay Panda’s wife blames CM Patnaik

Police claim Ramesh Rath was arrested in connection with the circulation of an obscene video, but OTV claims it was for his ‘expose’ on Naveen Patnaik’s chopper run.

No more chicken biryani for Rs 65, food in Parliament canteen to lose subsidy cover

Without subsidy, the actual cost of food items served in Parliament canteen amount to Rs 17 crore in a year.

Democracy Wall: An MP who supports LGBTQ rights and a policewoman who rescued 953 children

The Democracy Wall in Mumbai's Somaiya Vidyavihar saw status quo being challenged with satire and the voices of tomorrow challenge today's leaders.

Aadhaar desperately needed, but shouldn’t be wantonly used: Lok Sabha MP Jay Panda

Despite being a vehement supporter of stricter privacy laws, the MP also openly supported Aadhaar. 

We asked Indian politicians for the best LOL moments of 2017

We asked some politicians to quote their most LOL moment the year. Here are some of the responses.

On Camera

Rahul Gandhi wants to jail Himanta Sarma but Congress has a Bihar-sized problem in Assam

The Congress has promised Rs 50,000 assistance to each woman but as we've seen in many recent elections, voters seem to be conscious of the proverb: 'A bird in hand is worth two in the bush.'

Stocks fall, oil prices climb as Trump issues fresh threat to Iran ahead of his deadline

Fears that an escalation of the conflict could heighten a fuel squeeze & endanger the economy unnerved traders, with NYT reporting Iran stopped negotiating a truce with the US.

UAE walks away from financing Rafale F5 due to restricted access to technology, reports French media

French newspaper La Tribune earlier last week indicated that UAE withdrew from deal to fund EUR 3.5 billion. India is looking to order 114 new Rafales, which could include the F5.

China insulated itself against energy shocks. India is ‘all talk, no walk’

China patiently invested capital, skill and technology in coal gasification. Unlike it, we won’t move from words to action. As crude prices decline, we lose interest.