Tag: Rajya Sabha

Bhubaneswar: Following indirect allegations by Tirtol MLA Rajashree Mallick of involvement in abduction of a panchayat samiti member and husband of another member of Raghunathpur block in Jagatsinghpur district against him, former BJD Rajya Sabha member and newly appointed deputy chairman of state planning board, Bishnu Das rubbished charges and dared Mallick to prove her […]

Bhubaneswar: Two days after being appointed as the vice-chairman of the State Planning Board, BJD leader and former minister Bishnu Das has resigned as Rajya Sabha member. He has tendered his resignation to the chairman of the Upper House. “Ï have tendered my letter of resignation to Rajya Sabha chairman Md Hamid Ansari last night. […]

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Governor SC Jamir, chief minister Naveen Patnaik, Union Ministers Dharmendra Pradhan, and Jual Oram condoled the death of former Rajya Sabha MP Pyari Mohan Mohapatra. Patnaik conveyed his deep sympathy to the bereaved family. Condoling the passing away of Odisha Jana Morcha (OJM) president, Pradhan said his death has created a void in […]

Bhubaneswar: BJD supremo Naveen Patnaik’s surprise move of appointing Rajya Sabha member Bishnu Das as deputy chairman of State Planning Board has sparked fresh speculation over the replacement of Das in the Upper House. Talks are doing round on several party aspirants who may fill up the vacant seat while Patnaik’s sister Gita Meheta is […]

Bhubaneswar: Newly appointed deputy chairman of the State Planning Board and senior BJD leader Bishnu Charan Das today said he will resign as the Rajya Sabha member within two days while acting as per the ‘one man one post’ norm. Das added he will meet the Rajya Sabha chairperson to tender his resignation in days. […]

Bhubaneswar: BJD Rajya Sabha MP Bishnu Charan Das was appointed as the Deputy Chairman of the State Planning Board today, which was lying vacant after the resignation of MP N Bhaskar Rao. He was also appointed as Convener of BJD Dalit cell earlier in the day. After getting the appointments Das said that he is […]

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 […]

The Odisha Pradesh Congress Committee (OPCC) which had suspended Lanjigarh MLA Shivaji Majhi from the party for not abiding by a party whip meant for Rajya Sabha election held in 2010, today brought him back to the party fold

BJD vice president and Rajya Sabha MP Prasanna Acharya, who is leading the 12-member BJD team visiting Chhattisgarh for an on the spot verification of the projects on the upstream of Mahanadi river, today alleged that the neighbouring state is constructing barrages to supply water to industries

A day after the Goods and Service Tax (GST) Bill was passed in the Rajya Sabha, Odisha’s Finance minister Pradip Amat today said the Centre should allow the States to implement a green tax on minerals and polluting items

New Delhi: BJD Rajya Sabha MP Anubhav Mohanty today moved a privilege notice against the Minister of State for Water Resources, Sanjeev Balyan for providing misleading information in the Parliament on the projects undertaken in the Mahanadi upstream by Chhattisgarh. Earlier, a privilege motion was moved against Balyan in the Lok Sabha by BJD Parliamentary […]

Bhagaban Majhi, former Rajya Sabha member and father of Congress leader and former Nabarangpur MP Pradeep Majhi, has joined the long list of politicians under the scanner for their links with chit fund companies with fresh revelations pointing to suspicious transfer of about Rs 1 crore to his bank account, including an amount of Rs 35 lakh transferred by a subsidiary of tainted chit fund firm Seashore, in 2010 and 2011

Trouble is brewing for the BJD leader N. Bhaskar Rao after Congress MLA Bhujabal Majhi today filed a petition in the Orissa High Court praying for cancellation of his election to the Rajya Sabha in the recently concluded polls

A day before the filing of nomination for the biennial Rajya Sabha elections comes to an end, BJD’s Koraput district unit president and Rajya Sabha poll aspirant Jayaram Pangi on Sunday said someone else should have been the party candidate in place of N. Bhaskar Rao as the latter holds the post of vice chairman of the State Planning Board

Bhubaneswar/New Delhi: The Election Commission issued the notification for the biennial elections to 57 Rajya Sabha seats, including three from Odisha, on Tuesday. The elections to the three seats of Odisha in the upper house will be held on June 11. While the last date for filing of nomination is May 11, the verification of […]