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Wednesday, August 20, 2025
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Topic: BJD

BJD, TRS swing Rajya Sabha deputy chair poll in Modi govt’s favour

There are 244 members in the Rajya Sabha currently, which means the winning candidate needs 123 votes; the NDA count adds up to 125.

RSS ideologue Rakesh Sinha, classical dancer Sonal Mansingh among 4 nominated to Rajya Sabha

Two out of four nominations have an Odisha connection, a state where BJP is trying to expand its base to dislodge the ruling BJD.

Jay Panda quits BJD but road ahead unlikely to be smooth for him

Odisha MP was suspended from BJD in January this year; his ‘open flirting’ with BJP is believed to have irked CM Naveen Patnaik.

‘Congress top brass made Odisha a laboratory and it didn’t go down well with the people’

State Congress president Niranjan Patnaik lists the challenges his party faces in Odisha, says it’s difficult but not impossible for Congress to dislodge the ruling BJD.

From a soft-spoken socialite to a ruthless, authoritarian leader: Naveen Patnaik’s two decades in Odisha

Naveen Patnaik’s uninterrupted winning streak is due to his spartan image, TINA factor in Odisha and a combination of economic growth and populist measures.

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Afzalgunj to Begum Bazar—Hyderabad’s markets don’t look ‘nawabi’. Marwaris, Gujjus built them

Some of Hyderabad’s oldest jewellery and perfume stores—many dating back to the Nizam era—are run by Marwari, Gujrati, and Jain families.

New insolvency frameworks to shorter timelines, how 2025 amendment bill proposes to transform IBC

New bill aims to fix key issues with IBC 2016, including delays & patchy implementation, and protect creditors, with window for genuine promoters to retain control of their companies.

China pushes for separation of border issue from larger bilateral ties at 24th round of talks with India

New Delhi: Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi Tuesday pushed for a “dual-track” progress for ties with India, separating economic ties from the boundary question,...

War of IAF, PAF doctrines: As Pakistan obsesses over numbers, India embraces risk, wins

Now that both IAF and PAF have made formal claims of having shot down the other’s aircraft in the 87-hour war in May, we can ask a larger question: do such numbers really matter?