Panda dubs killing of Majhi as fake encounter, calls for bandh

Last Updated: Tuesday, March 12, 2013, 21:10

Rejecting a police offer to surrender, Odisha Maobadi Party leader Sabyasachi Panda on Tuesday claimed that his associate Pradip Majhi was killed in a "fake encounter" on March 10 and called for a bandh on March 14.

BJD MP submits 3 Private Members` Bills in Parliament

Last Updated: Thursday, February 21, 2013, 14:31

Strongly favouring judicial reforms, senior BJD leader and Lok Sabha MP Baijayant Panda has submitted three Private Members` Bills for consideration of Parliament seeking de-criminalisation of politics.

Odisha Police arrests Maoist mediator Dandapani Mohanty

Last Updated: Friday, February 8, 2013, 18:10

Jan Adhikar Manch leader and Maoist mediator Dandapani Mohanty was today arrested from his residence in Berhampur town in Odisha`s Ganjam district.

‘Set up fast-track courts for cases against elected reps’

Last Updated: Sunday, February 3, 2013, 15:32

In a letter to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, the Lok Sabha member from Kendrapara in Odidha sought to highlight the deep rooted flaws in the system that have been brought into focus after the incident of gangrape.

Odisha Maoist leader`s wife to join politics

Last Updated: Monday, January 14, 2013, 16:51

Subhasree Das, the wife of Odisha`s most wanted Maoist leader Sabhyasachi Panda, has expressed interest in joining electoral politics.

BJD MP Panda for replacement of word rape with sexual assault

Last Updated: Sunday, January 6, 2013, 16:50

BJD MP Baijayant Panda on Sunday suggested Justice Verma Committee to replace the term "rape" with "sexual assault."

Giant panda`s population history reconstructed

Last Updated: Monday, December 17, 2012, 15:08

Chinese researchers have successfully reconstructed a continuous population history of the threatened giant panda - rarest member of the bear family - from its origin to the present.

Pyari denies link with Maoists, admits Mohanty as OJM member

Last Updated: Sunday, December 9, 2012, 23:28

Expelled from the ruling BJD, Rajya Sabha MP Pyarimohan Mohapatra denied any link with Maoists even though he inducted Sangram Mohanty, arrested for alleged Naxal connection, into Odisha Jan Morcha.