Congress MLA Tara Prasad Bahinipati demanded compensation of Rs 10 lakh compensation for each victim’s family.
Biju Janata Dal legislator Amar Satpathy expressed concerns over the favouritism attitude of concerned officials while employing local people in neighbouring industries.
Following the uproar, Speaker Bikram Keshari Arukha adjourned the proceedings till 4 pm.
In his question, senior Congress leader Santosh Singh Saluja demanded a statement from the excise minister on the hooch tragedy.
Due to protests by the Opposition, the question and answer session of the House was not held.
Bhubaneswar: The interim budget for the year 2019-20 will be presented in the Odisha Assembly on February 7, regarding which an official notification was issued by the Parliamentary Affairs department today. As per the notification, the Odisha Legislative Assembly will meet from February 4 till February 12, 2019. The session will begin on February 4 […]
Bhubaneswar: Accepting shortage of Odia faculty members in universities of the State, Higher Education Minister Ananta Das today informed that Professor posts in Odia departments are lying vacant in five varsities. Replying to a query from BJP legislator Dilip Ray in the Odisha Assembly, the Higher Education Minister said out of the eight government-run universities, […]
Bhubaneswar: A total of 11 hotels are operating despite closure notices being served to them by the Odisha State Pollution Control Board (OSPCB), informed Forest and Environment Minister Bijayshree Routray in the State Assembly today. In a written reply to a query from Opposition party chief whip Tara Prasad Bahinipati, the minister stated that the […]
Bhubaneswar: A workshop on Goods and Services Tax (GST) will be held in the premises of the Odisha Legislative Assembly to educate legislators today ahead of a two-day special session beginning tomorrow to ratify the State GST Bill. Officials of the State Finance department and representatives of the Government of India will train the legislators […]
Bhubaneswar: Uproarious scenes were witnessed in the State Assembly today followed by repeated adjournments as BJP members created a din by shouting slogans over farmer suicide cases in Odisha and marched towards the podium of Speaker Niranjan Pujari. As soon as the House assembled to start today’s business, the BJP legislators including Rabi Naik marched […]
Bhubaneswar: Following death of a farmer late last night, who had consumed poison saddened due to crop loss in Bargarh district, Congress legislators today created uproar in the State Assembly leading to adjournments in the House proceedings twice while holding the ruling party accountable for the death of farmers in Odisha and distress sale of […]
Bhubaneswar: With some changes made in line with the Union Budget such as abolishment of non-planned and planned expenditures, Odisha Finance Minister Pradip Amat is going to present the State Budget for 2017-18 fiscal in the State Assembly on Monday. With a Rs 1,06,000-crore budgetary allocation, the State Budget will have Administrative Expenditure, a rechristened […]
Bhubaneswar: Though the announcement made by Housing and Urban Development minister Pushpendra Singhdeo in the State Assembly on Friday that the state government will demolish 195 apartments constructed illegally in the capital city, the fact remains that this is not the first time that such announcement has been made by the minister of the concerned […]
Bhubaneswar: Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik today said the water bearing capacity of Hirakud dam has considerably decreased. “The water bearing capacity of Hirakud dam, which was 5834 million cubic feet after its construction, has now come down to 4823 million cubic feet,” Patnaik said in a written reply to a question by BJD member Prafulla […]
Bhubaneswar: The outbreak of Japanese Encephalitis in Malkangiri district would be taken up for discussion in the Odisha Assembly tomorrow. A decision to this effect was taken by the Working Advisory Committee of the State Assembly after Speaker Niranjan Pujari agreed for the discussion in the House as per the calling attention motion notice by […]
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