Tag: Odisha Assembly

Bhubaneswar: The second and last phase of the budget session of the Odisha Assembly will begin today and is scheduled to continue till April 7. The session is set to be a stormy one with opposition parties all set to corner the agriculture minister on a wide range of issues such as farmers’ suicides, the […]

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government told the Assembly today that a family dispute was the reason behind the suicide of a famer at Bargarh and it was not due to crop loss or the burden of loan as alleged by the opposition Congress. “An inquiry into the suicide of Khainu Bagarti alias Hadu (the farmer), revealed […]

Bhubaneswar: Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Odisha poverty remark at a poll rally in Uttar Pradesh today rocked the State Assembly once again when Congress members created a pandemonium leading to an adjournment in the House proceedings till 3 pm. Congress chief whip Tara Prasad Bahinipati in demanded for a censure motion against the Prime Minister […]

Bhubaneswar: BJP legislature party leader KV Singh Deo today alleged in the State Assembly the Tricolour has been insulted by hoisting the national flag on the left side of a vehicle used by a minister. However, later it was found the vehicle regarding which the BJP LP leader was talking about is being used by […]

Bhubaneswar: Protesting disciplinary action taken by the Koraput Collector against 11 clerical staff in connection with Union Minister Dharmendra Pradhan’s chopper landing approval, BJP legislators on Thursday created din in the State Assembly following which Speaker Niranjan Pujari adjourned the House proceedings till 11.30 am. As proceedings began today, BJP legislators rushed to the well […]

Bhubaneswar: Demanding an apology from Prime Minister Narendra Modi for his Odisha poverty remark made at an election rally in Uttar Pradesh yesterday, Congress legislators on Saturday stalled the proceedings of the House while shouting slogans whereas BJD members staged a dharna in the State Assembly premises. As soon as the House assembled for today’s […]

Bhubaneswar: The State Cabinet has approved the Real Estate (Regulation and Development) Act, 2016, of the Central Government, informed Housing and Urban development minister Pushpendra Singh Deo in a Press Meet here today. Deo said that the Act will bring transparency in the sale and purchase of properties. He informed about formation of a Real […]

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Assembly Speaker Niranjan Pujari today adjourned the House till 11.45 am amid din created by BJP and Congress members when an adjournment motion moved by the Opposition for a debate on occurrence of violence cases during the panchayat polls held recently in five phases across the State. The Opposition legislators shouted slogans standing […]

Bhubaneswar :  A debate on Governor SC Jamir’s opening speech delivered in the State Assembly during the Budget Session’s first day is likely to be held today. The Opposition has decided to corner the BJD alleging it had used the government machinery and money power in the recently held Panchayat Polls to benefit the ruling […]

Bhubaneswar: In the face of Congress’ worst electoral defeat in a decade in Odisha, the party on Wednesday alleged that the governor’s inaugural speech in the State Assembly was discouraging. Leader of Opposition Narasingha Mishra said, “It is unfortunate that the governor didn’t mention anything about the law and order situation during the recently concluded […]

Bhubaneswar: The budget session of Odisha Assembly beginning tomorrow is most likely to be stormy. Though the Opposition Congress and BJP have formulated strategies to corner the government on a host of major issues, their common agenda will be the gross irregularities by the ruling BJD in the Panchayat polls which concluded today. “There has […]

Bhubaneswar: Following the death of a girl student of Odisha University of Agriculture Technology (OUAT) on Saturday night, the Commissionerate police on Monday night told the media that the ownership of the vehicle, which ran over the student, is still in the name of Sidharth Construction though it was sold out in 2009. “Though the […]

Bhubaneswar: The Budget session of Odisha Assembly would begin from February 22. This was decided at the all-party meeting presided over by Speaker Niranjan Pujari here today. Talking to media persons after the meeting, Pujari said since the model code of conduct is in force for the ensuing Panchayat elections scheduled to kick off on […]

Bhubaneswar: The winter session of the Odisha Assembly was adjourned sine die 16 days ahead of schedule. The session of the House which had begun on December 1 had 24 working days till the end of its session on December 31. But it was adjourned sine die after only nine working days. The proposal to […]

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha Assembly Deputy Speaker Sanand Marandi adjourned the proceedings for one hour after Opposition members created ruckus for second time in the day today over the police detention of hundreds of members of the Navnirman Krushak Sanghathan at different places of the State. Leader of Opposition Narasingha Mishra said in the House the […]