Tag: Winter Session

New Delhi: The Union Health Ministry will push for a key legislation, that seeks to punish people who assault on-duty doctors and other healthcare professionals by imposing a jail term of up to 10 years, in the upcoming winter session of Parliament, officials said. The Health Ministry has asked all other ministries involved in the […]

Bhubaneswar: The heat over Haridaspur Panchayat Executive Officer (PEO), Smitarani Biswal’s death continued to disrupt proceedings of the ongoing winter session of Odisha Assembly with BJP members on Friday staging a symbolic protest by covering their mouths with black cloth. The saffron party alleged that they are being denied the opportunity to speak and put […]

Bhubaneswar: The Biju Janata Dal (BJD) will raise the demand to bring a bill for the establishment of Legislative Council or Vidhan Parishad in Odisha during the Winter session of Parliament which commences tomorrow. A decision in this regard was taken in the all-party meeting held today ahead of the Winter session of the Parliament. […]

Bhubaneswar: The winter session of Odisha Legislative Assembly will be held before December 31, informed Speaker Surya Narayan Patro on Wednesday. Speaking to media Patro said, “As per rules, the Assembly sessions should have 60 working days. However, it was held for only 20 working days during the third and the fourth session. The remaining […]

Bhubaneswar: Special arrangements have been made for COVID-19 tests of all ministers, MLAs and other staff ahead of the winter session of Odisha Assembly starting from November 20, informed Speaker, SN Patro on Tuesday. During a high-level meeting held with officials of the health department and Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC), Patro informed that it has […]

Bhubaneswar: As part of special arrangements made ahead of the commencement of the winter session of Odisha Assembly from November 20, all legislators, their PSOs, drivers and staff members of Assembly will undergo a mandatory Covid-19 test from today. As per the State Health department, RT-PCR tests would be conducted twice for the Assembly winter […]

Bhubaneswar: In view of present Covid-19 pandemic situation there will be no question hour during the Winter Session of the Odisha Legislative Assembly, starting on November 20, informed Speaker Surya Narayan Patro on Wednesday. A decision in this regard was taken during an all party meeting convened today which was chaired by the Speaker of […]

Bhubaneswar: The 40-day-long winter session of the state legislature is all set to begin from today with strict adherence to the Covid-19 guidelines. According to sources, the session will continue till December 31 and the two daily proceedings will be of four hours and 30 minutes duration each. “Finance Minister Niranjan Pujari will table the […]

Bhubaneswar: The cumulative debt stock of the Odisha government increased to Rs 97,823 crore till the end of September 2020 which is 16.4% of the gross state domestic product (GSDP), Finance Minister Niranjan Pujari said on Friday. While presenting a Supplementary Budget of Rs 11,200 crore for the financial year 2020-21 on the first day […]

Bhubaneswar: On the second day of the monsoon session Saturday, Opposition BJP and the Congress stalled the proceedings of the House and cornered the ruling-government over its decision to close down thousands of primary and upper primary schools. Speaker SN Patro issued a ruling on the closure of schools in the state, asking the Mass […]

Bhubaneswar: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MLA from Rengali constituency, Nauri Nayak, has alleged discrepancy in his Covid 19 test reports. On Saturday, Nayak alleged that the Covid-19 test he underwent on the Assembly premises on November 19 came out positive while the findings made in the report of an ICMR-approved private lab showed him […]

New Delhi: Parliamentary Affairs Minister Pralhad Joshi in his letter to Leader of Congress in Lok Sabha Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury made it clear that no winter session of Parliament will be convened due to the Covid-19 pandemic and the Budget Session is likely to be called in January 2021. Chowdhury, in his letter to Lok […]