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Balasore student who self-immolated wanted to be a teacher. In death, she taught how to stand up

“No one bothered to ask what had pushed her to that point. She was struggling mentally, but the college refused to even listen to her," said Soumyashree Bisi’s friend Kashish.

Odisha ex-CM Naveen Patnaik chosen as BJD president 9th time in a row

Patnaik, the founding president of the Biju Janata Dal, was the lone candidate for the post.

U-turn on Waqf Bill spurs unease within BJD, senior leaders ask Patnaik to declare his stand

Group of 10 senior party leaders met BJD chief Naveen Patnaik Friday after whip Sasmit Patra told party’s Rajya Sabha MPs to vote on Waqf (Amendment) Bill, 2024 as per their conscience.

One half of Odisha’s IAS power couple & face of BJD’s Mission Shakti, Sujata Karthikeyan takes VRS

Trouble started for her just ahead of assembly polls last year, when ECI ordered her transfer from Mission Shakti after BJP delegation sought the same for 'misuse of public office'.

BJD targets President Murmu in RS. ‘Daughter of Odisha anguished about RG Kar but silent on Manipur’

Shift in its stance evident since it lost to BJP in Odisha polls, BJD also took a swipe at Modi over his remarks in Lok Sabha on BJP steering clear of horse trading of MPs.

Traces of Biju Patnaik, BJD scrubbed off — key Odisha schemes rebranded by Majhi’s govt in 1st budget

The move has drawn criticism from the Opposition. Former CM & BJD chief Naveen Patnaik said BJP ‘renamed more than 40 schemes of my government as their own’.

‘Pandian not my successor, people of Odisha will decide,’ says BJD chief Naveen Patnaik

Odisha’s outgoing CM Naveen Patnaik says it was unfortunate that aide Pandian received ‘criticism’ despite his commendable work as IAS officer and now BJD leader.

From time-tested friends to foes — how BJD, YSRCP fell victim to BJP’s expansion plans

BJP ended 24-year BJD rule in Odisha after alliance talks failed, while NDA ally TDP dislodged YSRCP in Andhra Pradesh. Both BJD & YSRCP had backed BJP’s legislative agenda.

How BJP engineered downfall of Naveen Patnaik after 2014 & broke BJD’s stranglehold on Odisha

Organisational infrastructure was limited in 2019 but today the party boasts of 1,005 mandals for 147 assembly constituencies, says state BJP leader Sajjan Sharma.

BJP’s Puri candidate Sambit Patra leading by 40,000+ votes against BJD’s Arup Patnaik

As of 12.30 pm, Patra had polled 2,27,241 votes against Patnaik, a former Mumbai Police commissioner, who had secured 1,86,125 votes.

On Camera

Chinese chatter on Delhi-Shanghai flight — ‘normalisation’ needs more than linking the skies

Chinese commentators consistently portray India as the driver of rapprochement. New Delhi’s outreach is framed as a pragmatic, reluctant choice shaped by multiple pressures.

India’s factory data may get reality check in MoSPI’s new IIP plan, defunct factories to be dropped

MoSPI proposes to remove closed factories from IIP sample, aiming for truer picture of India’s industrial health in upcoming 2022–23 base series. Plan open to public feedback until 25 November.

‘Let them see’: Putin says new nuclear-powered missiles in the making, in message to Washington

At a ceremony felicitating Russian military engineers, Putin highlights Moscow’s 'parity' in defence technologies for the next century.

Bihar is where politics moves, and everything else stands still

Bihar is blessed with a land more fertile for revolutions than any in India. Why has it fallen so far behind then? Constant obsession with politics is at the root of its destruction.