Tag: Odisha Assembly

Bhubaneswar: Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik today condoled the death of the 6-year-old Salepur rape victim in the Odisha Assembly today and announced Rs 5 lakh compensation for the kin of the deceased. Patnaik also stated that the accused was arrested within 24 hours of the incident and he will be strongly punished. “I feel the […]

Bhubaneswar: The Opposition parties on Friday once again created ruckus in Odisha Assembly over the delay in appointment of Lokayukta and alleged that the State government has filed a false affidavit in the Supreme Court. Leader of Opposition (LoP) Narasingha Mishra today once again lashed out at the ruling-BJD government accusing it of filing false […]

Bhubaneswar: Condemning the violence at the plant of Indian Metals & Ferro Alloys Ltd (IMFA) in Therubali of Rayagada district, BJP MLA Pradeep Purohit raised the issue in Odisha Assembly today and accused the State government of not providing security to factory of an Odia industrialist. “It is due to some political discord, people are […]

Bhubaneswar: Members of Odisha Assembly including ruling party legislators today raised concerns over delay in construction of classrooms under the Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA) in several parts of the State. During the question hour, Congress legislator Anshuman Mohanty claimed more than 50% schools do not have adequate classroom buildings. “The construction work in nearly 50% […]

Bhubaneswar: Odisha registered a marginal surge in overall crimes as per the White Paper which was tabled by the Home department in the Assembly on Wednesday. As many as 1, 03,866 cases were registered in 2017 as against 1,03,702 cases in 2016. Out of the total, 87,297 cases were registered under various sections of Indian […]

Bhubaneswar: “We are all crying, but not an eye to shed tears”, said an exasperated Leader of Opposition Narasingha Mishra while expressing concern over the unprecedented hike in fuel and petroleum products during the proceedings of the Odisha Assembly today. Mishra stated that the Centre and State Government are blaming each other but both are […]

Bhubaneswar: The State government has not presented the probe reports of various sensitive issues starting from the Gumudumaha police firing to SUM Hospital fire mishap, revealed a written reply of Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik to a query of BJP MLA Dilip Ray in the Odisha Assembly today. The State government has constituted 12 Commissions of […]

Bhubaneswar: The proceedings of Odisha Assembly were disrupted following pandemonium by opposition members seeking a reply from Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on deteriorating law and order situation and rise in incidents of crime against women and rape of minor girls in the State. The opposition members tried to corner Odisha government over the alleged rape […]

Bhubaneswar: Senior BJD leader and former minister Damodar Rout proposed implementation of ‘no work, no pay’ rule in the Odisha Assembly after another session of the House on Wednesday witnessed repeated adjournments amid ruckus created by opposition party leaders over various issues. Rout said the legislators should be paid according to their work; receiving full […]

Bhubaneswar: Padampur BJP legislator Pradip Purohit on Monday handed over a video clip to Speaker of the Odisha Assembly Pradip Amat and Revenue Minister Maheswar Mohanty, showing that Paikmal Tehsildar Janakinath Mishra is taking bribe from sand smugglers. Briefing mediapersons on premises of the Assembly, Purohit said, “I have presented the evidence on illegal sand […]

Bhubaneswar: Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Monday told the Assembly that at least 31 ‘objectionable videos’ from Odisha were made viral on social media in the past three months. While replying to a question of Congress MLA Bhujabal Majhi, the CM said 124 cybercrime cases have been registered in different police stations of the State […]

Bhubaneswar: At a time when ongoing Mahanadi water dispute continues to keep State politics charged, the ruling-BJD was visibly irked over another barrage on Mahanadi River for which the Chhattisgarh government has reportedly invited tender. On the third day of the second phase of the Budget Session of Odisha Assembly today, BJD legislator Amar Satpathy […]

Bhubaneswar: In what could augur well for the ongoing second phase of the Budget Session, an all-party meeting held today reached a consensus for a discussion on the Mahanadi water dispute in Odisha Assembly on Friday. Soon after the House began for the day today, Congress legislators started demanding suspension of the ‘Question Hour’ to […]

Bhubaneswar: Alleging conspiracy by the Centre and the Chhattisgarh State government for the delay in formation of the Mahanadi tribunal, BJD legislators today sloganeered and created a din in the Odisha Assembly. After the House proceedings were adjourned till 3 pm, the legislators carrying banners, rallied to the Mahatma Gandhi statue on the premises of […]

Bhubaneswar: Less than one percent of total foreign tourists coming to the country visited Odisha in 2017, informed Culture and Tourism Minister Ashok Panda in Assembly today. Replying to a query from BJP MLA Dilip Ray and BJD MLA Prashant Kumar Jagdev, Panda stated only 1.14 lakh foreign tourists visited Odisha which is 0.98% of […]