| Sugarcane issue stalls Parliament on second day | 21-NOV-09 |
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| Parliament was rocked for the second day today over the new sugarcane pricing policy with a united opposition mounting further pressure on the government to withdraw the controversial ordinance that saw massive farmers’ protests yesterday. |
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| Welfare measures secret of victory: Orissa CM | 11-JUN-09 |
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| Orissa Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik said the secret of his party's return to power, third time in a row, was launching of welfare schemes by his government that touched the hearts of the people. |
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| Orissa neglected in UPA ministry: Naveen | 29-MAY-09 |
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| The inclusion of only one member from Orissa in the Union council of ministers in the rank of minister of state has evoked strong resentment in the state with both Biju Janata Dal (BJD) and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) criticising the Congress party. |
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| Naveen Patnaik inducts 10 new faces in ministry | 22-MAY-09 |
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| A 21-member Biju Janata Dal (BJD) ministry headed by chief minister Naveen Patnaik was sworn in by the Orissa governor M C Bhandare at Raj Bhawan here today. There are 10 new faces in the ministry of which two are of cabinet rank and 8 in the ministers of state rank. |
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| Naveen: from novice to history-scripting politician | 21-MAY-09 |
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| Dismissed by critics as a political greenhorn over a decade ago, Naveen Patnaik with his 'Mr Clean' image scripted history becoming chief minister for the third consecutive term after steering his BJD to a landslide victory in the assembly elections in Orissa. |
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| Naveen to take oath as Orissa CM tomorrow | 20-MAY-09 |
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| Armed with a thumping majority in the 147-member Orissa assembly, BJD supremo Naveen Patnaik is all set to take oath as chief minister for the third consecutive term tomorrow amid speculation about other members of his cabinet. |
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| BJD government to take charge tomorrow | 20-MAY-09 |
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| The Naveen Patnaik-led BJD government in Orissa will be sworn-in tomorrow. "I have been invited to form the government by Governor M C Bhandare," Patnaik, who called on the governor at the Raj Bhavan here today, told reporters. |
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| BJD polls 37 per cent of votes in Lok sabha elections | 19-MAY-09 |
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| The Biju Janata Dal (BJD) which has bagged 14 out of the 21 Lok Sabha seats in the 2009 elections has recorded a 23.85 per cent growth in its voting percentage in the recently concluded elections compared to the 2004 Lok Sabha polls. |
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| Industry leaders upbeat on growth prospects under new BJD regime | 19-MAY-09 |
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| Industry leaders in Orissa have given a thumbs-up to the resounding victory recorded by the Biju Janata Dal (BJD) in the recently concluded Assembly and Lok Sabha elections in the state. The comeback of the BJD to power in Orissa with more than a two-third majority would lend stability to the state’s political arena and also boost industrialisation, said the industry captains. |
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