Tag: Mla

Trouble is brewing for the BJD leader N. Bhaskar Rao after Congress MLA Bhujabal Majhi today filed a petition in the Orissa High Court praying for cancellation of his election to the Rajya Sabha in the recently concluded polls

Champua: Eviction on land encroached by Champua MLA Sanatan Mahakud entered its second day today. While 85% of the boundary wall built on the encroached land was demolished on the first day, the rest 15% was razed today. According to sources, four bulldozers were deployed to carry out the demolition. The cow shed built on […]

Bhubaneswar: Sikha Samantaray, wife of Barabati-Cuttack BJD MLA Debashish Samantaray’s brother, on Tuesday once again met the State Commission for Women (SCW) in connection with the mental harassment complaint she had lodged against the legislator. After a discussion with the commissioner of SCW, Sikha said, “I have faith on the commission and I am sure […]

Malkangiri: After reports of bending of four under construction pillars of Gurupriya bridge connecting the cut-off area in the district, the local MLA has questioned the quality of work of the much hyped dream project of the Chitrakonda people. MLA Dambaru Sisa, who alleged that low quality construction led to the bending of the pillars, […]

Bhubaneswar: Biju Janata Dal (BJD) MLA from Barabati-Cuttack constituency Debashish Samantaray landed in a fresh soup after his brother’s wife Sikha Samantaray filed a mental harassment case against the legislator at the State Commission for Women (SCW). In her complaint Sikha alleged that she is being tortured mentally by Samantaray. “He is not giving the […]

Bhubaneswar: Mahila police here on Friday sent a notice to Pankaj Mahakud, son of independent MLA from Champua Sanatan Mahakud, asking him to record his statement in connection with a torture case filed by a lady claiming to be his wife. Pankaj has been asked by the police to appear physically and record his statement […]

Visakhapatnam: A woman Maoist is suspected to have led the team of rebels which gunned down a ruling TDP MLA and a former legislator in the tribal area of Visakhapatnam district in Andhra Pradesh on Sunday. The police on Monday released the names and pictures of three Maoists including two women who took part in […]

Visakhapatnam: Maoists today shot dead a ruling TDP MLA and a former party leader in Andhra Pradesh’s Visakhapatnam district, police said. The incident occurred near Thutangi village, about 125 km from coastal city of Visakhapatnam. K. Sarveswara Rao, belonging to Telugu Desam Party (TDP), was representing Araku constituency in the Andhra Pradesh state Assembly. The […]

Shimla: Five-time legislator Jairam Thakur, who rose through the ranks and is known for his humble, clean and low-profile nature, will be the 14th Chief Minister of Himachal Pradesh, the BJP announced on Sunday. A decision on his name was taken unanimously at the Bharatiya Janata Party Legislative Party meeting here, where central observers — […]

Gandhinagar: The two Congress MLAs who showed their ballots in the Rajya Sabha election in Gujarat to BJP leaders belonged to the Shankersinh Vaghela camp, and their votes were not being counted by the Congress camp for Ahmed Patel. The votes of the two rebel Congress MLAs — Raghavji Patel and Bholabhai Gohil – have […]

Vijayawada: TDP MP Kesineni Nani and MLA Bonda Uma on Sunday apologised to Andhra Pradesh State Transport Commissioner N. Bala Subramanyam for allegedly misbehaving with him. This followed a threat by Transport Department employees to go on pen-down strike from Monday and the subsequent intervention by Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu. Telugu Desam Party (TDP) MP […]

Cuttack: The Orissa High Court today quashed a petition filed by senior BJD leader Kishore Mohanty challenging the election of Congress’ Naba Das from Jharsuguda Assembly constituency. Mohanty, a former Assembly Speaker, had lost to Das by a margin of 1,563 votes in the April 2014 elections. Alleging that the election process, including counting of […]

Bhubaneswar: Cutting across party lines, Odisha MLAs today demanded immediate implementation of pension and health insurance schemes for journalists working in the state. The issue was raised during Zero Hour in the Assembly by BJD member Samir Ranjan Dash who sought steps for launching pension and health insurance schemes for journalists of Odisha as implemented in […]

Baripada: Former BJP MLA from Jashipur assembly constituency Bhanu Charan Naik passed away at Khiching in Mayurbhanj district today, family sources said. He was 70. Naik is survived by his wife, two sons and two daughters. He was suffering from high blood pressure and acute diabetis, family sources said. Naik was elected to Odisha Assembly as […]

By Sandeep Sahu ‘The party with a difference’ has proved that when it comes to grabbing power, it is no different than any other party. The way it ‘manufactured’ a majority in Manipur and Goa after the election results were announced proved, if any proof was required at all, that it has no qualms about […]