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CAG report reveals irregularities in paddy procurement in Odisha

Bhubaneswar: The Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) report on the General and Social sector for the year ended 2014-15 revealed irregularities in various departments of the State government. Noting that a robust system for paddy procurement was absent in Odisha, the CAG today said Paddy Procurement Centres (PPC) were not functioning properly due to delay […]

  • Tuesday, 20 July 2021
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Monsoon session of Odisha Assembly likely to be stormy

Bhubaneswar: The monsoon session of the Odisha Assembly scheduled to begin tomorrow is most likely to be stormy. While the Opposition Congress and BJP will try to corner the government over the issues like the Mahanadi, Polavaram, Kandhamal firing, Nagada deaths, the ruling BJD has also prepared itself to counter the opposition onslaught. “The Congress […]

  • Tuesday, 20 July 2021
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Assembly monsoon session: BJP to rake up deterioration in Law & Order

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha BJP will rake up the issue of deterioration of law and order in state during the upcoming monsoon session of the Assembly. At its legislature party meet today, the saffron party decided to raise the issue of attacks on Union minister, BJP MLA and its party members holding the ruling BJD responsible. […]

  • Tuesday, 20 July 2021
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Teachers’ body to sit on protest against ‘Teach on Call’ system

Bhubaneswar: Teachers under the banner of Block Grant Teachers’ and Employees’ Association on Friday threatened to hold demonstration in front of the State Assembly on September 22 protesting the state government’s move to introduce ‘Teach on Call’ system. According to sources, as many as 32,000 teachers and employees of 2,208 schools across the state will […]

  • Tuesday, 20 July 2021
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Monsoon session of Odisha Assembly from Sept 21

The monsoon session of the Odisha Assembly would begin from September 21, a notification to this effect was issued by the State Assembly Secretariat today after a formal approval by Governor SC Jamir

  • Tuesday, 20 July 2021
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Special session of Odisha Assembly tomorrow to ratify GST Bill

The State Assembly will have a special session tomorrow to ratify the Goods and Services Tax (GST) Bill

  • Tuesday, 20 July 2021
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BJP, Cong oppose monsoon session of Odisha Assembly during Nuakhai fest

Bhubaneswar: The Congress and BJP today opposed the government’s decision to start the monsoon session of Odisha Assembly from September 7, a day after Western Odisha’s mass festival Nuakhai. The Opposition parties alleged that it is not a fair decision to begin the session from a date when the people of western Odisha are in […]

  • Tuesday, 20 July 2021
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House adjourned till 3 pm after ruckus by ST, SC MLAs

The Odisha Assembly, which has failed to transact any important business due to repeated adjournments for the last ten days, witnessed similar scenes today when the striking SC,ST MLAs created a pandemonium forcing the Speaker to adjourn the House till 3 pm

  • Monday, 19 July 2021
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ST, SC MLAs prostrate before CM; pray for implementation of ORV Act

Bhubaneswar: The agitating SC/ST MLAs, who have been on a dharna for the last three days demanding implementation of the ORV Act, on Friday prostrated before chief minister Naveen Patnaik in the Assembly in a novel, innovative protest to put their demand before the leader of the House. Soon after the House assembled for the […]

  • Monday, 19 July 2021
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Normalcy eludes House for 9th day; LoP writes to Speaker

Leader of Opposition Narasingha Mishra on Thursday wrote a letter to Odisha Assembly Speaker Niranjan Pujari urging him to restore normalcy in the House

  • Monday, 19 July 2021
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Cops evict SC/ST MLAs on dharna in Assembly

Bhubaneswar: Even as the Odisha Assembly has failed to transact any business for the last 10 days due to the deadlock over Opposition’s demand for chit fund commission head MM Das’ ouster and CM’s resignation, an unsavory scene was seen today in the Assembly building when security personnel forcibly lifted the SC/ST MLAs of Congress […]

  • Monday, 19 July 2021
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1.3 lakh cognizable offences in 2015

Bhubaneswar: As many as 1,03,200 cognisable offences were registered in Odisha in 2015, the White Paper on crimes in the state prepared by the Home department and tabled in the Odisha Assembly on Tuesday revealed. According to the White Paper, 1473 murder cases, 486 dacoities, 1787 loots, 4,046 snatching, 10,055 theft, 2,935 fraud, 1,976 riots, […]

  • Monday, 19 July 2021
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Speaker to make fresh bid today to end Assembly impasse

Bhubaneswar: After the all-party meet held on Saturday failed to yield any result, Speaker Niranjan Pujari will convene the meeting again today in an effort to end the logjam in Odisha Assembly. The House has faced repeated adjournments for the last seven days over the deposit of Rs 8 crore in BJD account in a […]

  • Monday, 19 July 2021
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All-party meet fails to end House impasse: to meet again on Tuesday

The all-party meet called by Speaker of Odisha Assembly Niranjan Pujari to end the impasse in the House remained inconclusive on Saturday and will be held again at 9.30 am on Tuesday, the business advisory committee decided in a meeting today

  • Monday, 19 July 2021
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Unhappy with Law minister’s statement Opp creates din; House adjourned till 3 pm

The Odisha Assembly was adjourned till 3 pm on Wednesday after Opposition members created a ruckus while Law minister Arun Sahu was giving a statements on funds credited into a SBI account belonging to BJD, as alleged by Leader of Opposition Narasingha Mishra

  • Monday, 19 July 2021
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