Bhubaneswar: The Legislative Assembly passed the Additional Rs 12790 crore-Odisha Appropriation Bill, 2018, on Monday whose value is estimated to be nearly 10.6 per cent of the total budget. Odisha Finance minister Shashi Bhusan Behera informed that the amount will be used by the State government for its 1-rupee rice scheme, scholarships for Scheduled Caste […]
Bhubaneswar: The monsoon session of the Odisha Assembly will begin from tomorrow. Opposition parties today said they would raise issues such as unemployment, corruption and farmers’ problems during the session. The ruling BJD also said it would highlight Mahanadi and Polavaram issues in the session which has become significant as speculation is rife that the […]
New Delhi: Former Chairman of Press Council of India and retired Supreme Court judge, Justice Markandey Katju today termed the move of the Privilege Committee of Odisha Assembly to summon Managing Director and Co-founder of Odisha Television Ltd, Jagi Mangat Panda, as ‘undemocratic’. “The leaders in Odisha are making a mountain out of a molehill. […]
Bhubaneswar: A day after Supreme Court refused to grant extension of bail to journalist Abhijit Iyer Mitra, his counsel today sought security from Odisha Police to appear before the House Committee constituted by the Odisha Assembly. A six-member Asembly House Committee had summoned Iyer to appear before it on October 11 here for alleged breach […]
Bhubaneswar: The Odisha Assembly on Tuesday passed the Odisha Municipal (amendment) Bill 2018 and the Odisha Municipal Corporation (amendment) Bill 2018 enabling people to directly vote for the mayors in municipal corporations and chairpersons in the municipality and notified area councils (NACs). Currently, the civic body heads are elected from among the corporators (mayors) and […]
Bhubaneswar: The Question Hour in Odisha Assembly was washed out for the sixth consecutive day today amid a ruckus by members of the opposition parties, who demanded a clarification from Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik over the recent scams including the Omfed and Sapling scams. The House was adjourned twice in the pre-lunch session as members […]
Bhubaneswar: With farmers across the state slowly gearing up for protests against both state and the Centre over proper price, pension and prestige, a house committee led by the assembly Speaker has unanimously decided meet President Ram Nath Kovind over its demand to hike the Minimum Support Price (MSP) for paddy. The decision to meet […]
Bhubaneswar: Odisha Assembly Speaker on Friday expressed concerns over the absence ministers and nominated members during meetings of various House Committees constituted on crucial issues with only 14 out of 42 members of the Energy committee and 12 out of 22 members of the border disputes committee attending their respective meetings. After the meeting, Leader […]
Rayagada: The 18-day long protest in front of Indian Metals & Ferro Alloys Ltd (IMFA) plant at Therubali in Rayagada ended after a meeting between the company officials, district administration & agitators late in Thursday night, ended successfully. According to sources, the meeting was fruitful and the protest will be withdrawn by 10 AM today. […]
Bhubaneswar: A day after senior ruling party leader Damodar Rout expressed his displeasure over being sidelined and not given opportunity to speak on Mahanadi water dispute in Odisha Assembly, his son and party’s State secretary, Sambit Routray today termed such attitude towards his father as unfortunate. Speaking in favour of his father, Sambit said it […]
Bhubaneswar: Senior ruling party leader, Damodar Rout today expressed his displeasure for being sidelined by the party and not getting an opportunity to speak on Mahanadi water dispute in the Odisha Assembly. “I asked Prasanna Acharya today morning why I am not being invited during discussions on Mahanadi and was not allowed to speak on […]
Bhubaneswar: The State Assembly on Tuesday passed the Odisha Legislative Assembly Members’ Salary, Allowance and Pension (Amendment) Bill. Daily allowance of the Leader of Opposition, Chief Whip and Deputy Chief Whip has been increased from Rs 800 to Rs 1,500. Similarly, daily allowance of the Speaker, Deputy Speaker and Council of Ministers was increased from […]
Bhubaneswar: The Odisha Assembly Tuesday passed the Odisha Official Language (Amendment) Bill, 2018, through a voice vote, which makes penal provisions for the government officials for not using Odia language in official work. According to the bill, it contains punishment provision for non-compliance and rewards to the officials in order to encourage maximum use of […]
Bhubaneswar: Odisha Assembly was on Tuesday adjourned twice due to ruckus by the opposition Congress and the BJP over unemployment and failure of state government to provide drought relief to the affected farmers. While Congress wanted a discussion on the growing unemployment in the state, the BJP said the state government had failed to give […]
Bhubaneswar: At a time when concerns are being expressed over rising incidents of crime against women, Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Monday, while replying to query in Assembly, also admitted that there has been a spurt in rape and gang rape incidents. In a written reply to a question of Opposition party Chief Whip, […]
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