April 18, 2026 4:27 am
Sidelined BJD veterans regroup under a citizen forum to hold parallel event; party plans statewide ‘Prabada Purusha Dibasa’, asserts claim over legacy
April 04, 2026 5:37 pm
From rescuing Indonesian leaders in a Dakota to founding Kalinga Airlines and anchoring India's steel and mining sectors, Biju Patnaik’s nationalism was defined by action
April 05, 2026 9:57 pm
The broad strokes of the Charbatia story are not in dispute. Here’s what declassified CIA files and Nehru’s own letters say about the Odisha airbase.
May 07, 2025 4:44 pm
While he may be remembered today as a political leader, in his youth Biju Patnaik was a fine aviator. He flew British aircraft during World War II
April 16, 2025 3:23 am
The BJD, which considers him its ideologue, questioned the BJP government’s ‘silence’ on recurrent incidents targeting his legacy
March 07, 2025 5:31 pm
As soon as the House assembled for the Question Hour, the opposition members raised slogans against the Mohan Charan Majhi government.
July 20, 2024 5:35 pm
The award was first instituted by the former Naveen Patnaik govt in honour of his father and former CM Biju Patnaik. BJD protests move.
June 06, 2024 4:57 am
For the “reluctant” politician who has never been out of power in Odisha, not only would life in Oppn benches in his twilight years be unfamiliar, but also humbling, given the adulation he is used to receiving from the state's population for 24 years.
March 17, 2023 10:30 am
While today he may be remembered more for his political career, Biju Patnaik’s exploits as an aviator are as memorable, if not more. While flying British planes during the World War, he would sometimes drop ‘seditious’ pamphlets, supporting the Quit India Movement, over Indian troops.
March 06, 2023 2:50 am
On Biju Patnaik’s 107th birth anniversary, Naveen Patnaik paid tribute to his father and described him as the architect of modern Odisha and a freedom fighter.


