Tag: Assembly

Bhubaneswar: After the ruling-BJD stalled the Assembly over the Polavaram project by slamming the State government, the opposition parties retaliated today by alleging the state government of being scared of getting exposed if it allows discussion on the matter. Though the last day of the monsoon session of the Assembly experienced normalcy during the question […]

Bhubaneswar: A day after the statement of Union Minister of State Y.S. Chowdary that National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (Nabard) has in principle agreed to fund the entire Polavaram project, the ruling BJD in Odisha has reacted sharply which was reflected in State Assembly during question hour today. The ruckus over Polavaram issue […]

Bhubaneswar: Opposition Congress and BJP today created heavy noise in the well of Odisha Assembly demanding clarification from chief minister on government’s stand on Mahanadi forcing the Speaker to adjourn the House till 3 pm. Soon after the House assembled for the day, Congress members followed by BJP stormed into the well shouting slogans. Opposition […]

Bhubaneswar: After two days of long marathon discussion, the Mahanadi water row again came back to stall Odisha Assembly on Monday with the prevailing pandemonium by the Opposition parties. Soon after the House assembled, members of BJP and Congress rushed to the well and protested against the speech of chief minister Naveen Patnaik on the […]

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik today said the Centre has proposed to set up an expert committee to look into the Mahanadi water issue but the state government rejected it as it did not stop construction on the river in Chhattisgarh. Two-days ago the state government received a letter from the Union Water Resources […]

Bhubaneswar: Taking a potshot at Health Minister Atanu Sabyasachi Nayak over his statement on Dana Majhi carrying his wife’s dead body on shoulder, Union Petroleum Minister Dharmendra Pradhan said the Minister’s statement in the House has revealed the unruliness of the ruling system in the State. In a social media, Pradhan said, “What kind of […]

Bhubaneswar: After the ruling BJD legislators were in the eye of storm for the alleged disrespect to the national anthem in the State Assembly, party MLA Byomkesh Ray expressed his regret over the unpleasant situation in front of the Speaker and said he had no intention to disregard the national anthem. The MLA said he […]

Bhubaneswar: The Mahanadi water row is likely to rock the Odisha Assembly today as a debate on the issue is scheduled to be held on basis of a motion moved by the ruling party yesterday. While the BJD will bring the attention of the House on how Chhattisgarh managed to build barrages on the upper […]

Bhubaneswar: Logjam continued for the second day of the Monsoon Session at the Odisha Assembly as the ruling BJD created a ruckus over the Mahanadi and Polavarm issues. Soon after the Assembly proceedings began, the BJD leaders raised slogans against the Centre over the Mahanadi and Polavarm issues. Opposition Congress members also stormed into the […]

Bhubaneswar: As expected, the Monsoon session of the Odisha Assembly began on a stormy note and had to be adjourned by the speaker following ruckus over Mahanadi and Polavarm issues. The uproar started as soon as the proceedings began with ruling MLAs shouting slogans against Centre and Chhattisgarh over Mahanadi water dispute even during the […]

Bhubaneswar: The Monsoon session of Odisha Assembly took off with a stormy note with ruling MLAs shouting against Centre and Chhattisgarh over Mahanadi water dispute even during the recitation of national anthem. Unable to run, Speaker Niranjan Pujari adjourned the House till 3 pm. Opposition Congress termed it is a disregard to the national anthem. […]

Bhubaneswar: The State Assembly will have a special session today to ratify the Goods and Services Tax (GST) Bill. The session would begin with chief minister Naveen Patnaik moving a resolution for a discussion on the Bill in which all members would participate. The Bill, which has been passed in the Lok Sabha and Rajya […]

The Executive Committee meeting of the State Congress today witnessed a heated exchange of words when senior party leader and former Union minister Srikant Jena lambasted the Leader of Opposition (LoP) Narasingh Mishra over the party’s SC, ST MLAs prostrating in front of Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik in the Assembly three months back

Bhubaneswar: The Goods and Services Tax (GST) Bill passed by both the Houses of Parliament recently will be approved at a special session of the Odisha Assembly to be convened on September 1. This was decided at a cabinet meeting chaired by chief minister Naveen Patnaik at the state secretariat here on Tuesday. “A special […]

Bhubaneswar: Targeting the State government over various irregularities and scams and its callousness in tackling various issues, BJP has planned to gherao the State Assembly with 1 lakh supporters in November, informed BJP’s Odisha in-charge Arun Singh. “The Odisha Assembly building will be gheraoed by BJP workers in November in protest against inefficiency, inertia, callousness, […]