Tag: Odisha Assembly

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha Assembly today witnessed adjournment due to pandemonium over farmers’ detention at various places ahead of their rally in Bhubaneswar. Uproarious scenes were witnessed in the House after Leader of Opposition Narasingh Mishra raised the matter soon after it assembled for the day. However, Mishra’s demand to discuss the issue was rejected by […]

Bhubaneswar: The demonetisation issue rocked the Odisha Assembly today when Congress legislators stormed into the well of the House shouting slogans and created a din leading to an adjournment in the proceedings of the House till 3 pm. Alleging farmers of the State are suffering due to the demonetisation, Congress chief whip Tara Prasad Bahinipati […]

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha Assembly was adjourned twice today over the issue of stole removal issue. However, normalcy returned to the House after the Speaker allowed BJP member Radharani Panda to have her opinion on the issue. As soon as the zero hour session of the House began, BJP member Radharani Panda demanded a discussion on […]

Bhubaneswar: Refuting the charges of government inaction in tackling the Japanese Encephalitis in Malkangiri district, Health Minister Pradip Amat today in the Odisha Assembly claimed the State government has taken all possible measures to counter the vector-borne disease menace in the district. Participating in a three-hour motion moved by the Opposition in the House on […]

Bhubaneswar: The Potato Mission undertaken by the state government has not been a failure, informed Odisha Agriculture minister, Pradeep Maharathy during discussion in the State Assembly today. Maharathy informed the House that as compared to 2014, 59% more land has been brought under potato cultivation in 2015, stating further that as per estimates, potato production […]

Bhubaneswar: The outbreak of Japanese Encephalitis in Malkangiri district would be taken up for discussion in the Odisha Assembly tomorrow. A decision to this effect was taken by the Working Advisory Committee of the State Assembly after Speaker Niranjan Pujari agreed for the discussion in the House as per the calling attention motion notice by […]

Bhubaneswar: The Winter Session of the Odisha Assembly today began on a stormy note when Congress Chief Whip Tara Prasad Bahinipati along with Opposition legislators rushed to the House well demanding discontinuance of the Question Hour following which Speaker Niranjan Pujari adjourned the proceedings till 3 pm. As soon as the Question Hour began, Opposition […]

Bhubaneswar: Rich tributes were paid today to departed leaders and defence personnel on the first day of the winter session of the State Assembly today. The House observed a one-minute silent prayer in remembrance of former members of the Assembly Binod Bihari Singh Bariha, Laltendu Bidhyadhara Mohapatra, Gorsanga Sabara and Kanpur train mishap victim Captain […]

Bhubaneswar: The winter session of the Odisha Assembly will begin today and continue till December 31. According to reports, the session will have 24 workdays while the supplementary budget would be placed in the House on the first day of the session on December 1. The Appropriation Bill on First Supplementary Statement of Expenditure for […]

Bhubaneswar: Security is tightened in the State capital especially in and around the Odisha Assembly for the Winter Session beginning from December 1 with deployment of 35 platoons of police force. Informing newsmen about the security arrangements here, Twin City Police Commissioner YB Khurania said, “For the Winter Session, six officers of deputy commandant and […]

Bhubaneswar: With the month-long winter session of the Odisha Assembly beginning from December 1, the opposition Congress and BJP are ready to take on the government on a number of issues. “We will target the state government on a number of issues notably the Japanese Encephalitis in Malkangiri and the failure of the state government […]

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government today approved the supplementary budget for the year 2016-17 at a council of ministers meeting chaired by Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik. The total size of the budget is Rs 5,983.08 crore. While Rs 5126.04 crore was allocated for State plan expenditure, Rs 795.98 crore was approved for non plan expenditures. Also […]

Bhubaneswar: The opposition today came down heavily on the ruling BJD government over the statement by the party spokesperson Pratap Deb, who, while briefing the media on the step the state government has taken on Mahanadi issue, had said that most departments are used to provide wrong information to the State Assembly. “It was the […]

Bhubaneswar: The winter session of the Odisha Assembly would begin from December 1. A notification to this effect was issued by the Assembly Secretariat today after the formal approval of Governor SC Jamir. Informing media persons, Parliamentary Affairs minister Bikram Keshari Arukh said the supplementary budget for 2016-17 fiscal will be placed in the House […]

Bhubaneswar: In a major embarrassment to the ruling BJD, two ministers of the party in their written replies in Assembly on Tuesday furnished two different figures of the total number of families in Odisha. While Rural Development minister Badri Narayan Patra put the number of families in rural Odisha at 81,20,619, Panchayati Raj minister Arun […]