Tag: Rajya Sabha Member

Sambalpur: Rift in the BJD unit of Sambalpur has come to fore after a faction of party workers on Friday levelled allegations against the party’s district observer and Rajya Sabha member Pratap Deb for not inviting the local MLA and district president to a party meeting. Reportedly, a meeting was organised by Deb at Gosala […]

Jagatsinghpur: BJP Jagatsinghpur district president Satyabrat Mohapatra has lodged a police complaint against Congress Rajya Sabha member Ranjib Biswal for making derogatory remarks against him. As per the complaint, Biswal had allegedly made some objectionable remarks against Mohapatra while addressing a public meeting organised by district Congress unit yesterday. Protesting such remarks, BJP Yuva Morcha […]

Bhubaneswar/New Delhi: Rajya Sabha member from Odisha AV Swamy was injured after he collapsed on Parliament premises on Friday. He was immediately rushed to Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital in New Delhi. Sources said he has sustained injuries on his head and hand after he fell down. “He was inside the House and I was in […]

Cuttack: Noted socialist leader and former Lok Sabha Speaker Rabi Ray passed away while undergoing treatment at the SCB Medical College and Hospital here this afternoon. He was 91 and is survived by his wife Prof Saraswati Swain, former Head of the Department of Social and Preventive Medicine in SCB Medical College. Talking to media […]

By Sandeep Sahu Ever since BJD supremo Naveen Patnaik asked Bishnu Das to resign from the Rajya Sabha, the name of Gita Mehta, his elder sister, has been doing the rounds in political circles as a possible replacement for the Jagatsinghpur leader. In the last few days, the talk has veered to the possibility of […]

New Delhi: With the first session of the new Lok Sabha set to begin in a fortnight, all eyes are now on the choice of the Speaker who will conduct the proceedings of House over the next five years. Among the names doing the rounds are Jual Oram, Virendra Kumar, S.S. Ahluwalia, Ramesh Jigajinagi and […]

Bhubaneswar/ New Delhi: Expressing concern over replication of Sambalpuri saree designs affecting livelihood of traditional weavers, Odisha has now sought Centre’s intervention. BJD’s Rajya Sabha member Prasanna Acharya has urged the Centre for the strict implementation of the Geographical Indications of Goods (Registration and Protection) Act in the larger interest of the weavers and traders […]

Bhubaneswar: Eminent freedom fighter and Gandhian, Padma Shri Bhabani Charan Patnaik, passed away at the age of 98 here on Thursday. He was suffering from old-age related complications and was undergoing treatment at the Capital Hospital in city, his family sources said. Patnaik is survived by two sons and three daughters. The Odisha government announced […]