Politics

Bhubaneswar: Speaker Surama Padhy on Tuesday suspended Congress MLA Tara Prasad Bahinipati from the Odisha Legislative Assembly for indiscipline for seven days. The suspension was initiated based on a proposal by government chief whip…
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Bhubaneswar: The Odisha Assembly on Tuesday plunged into chaos when members of the ruling BJP and opposition Congress scuffled in the well of the House leading to several adjournments. According to sources, Jayanarayan Mishra of BJP and…
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Bhubaneswar: Senior DMK leaders, TRB Rajaa and Dayanidhi Maran, met BJD president and Leader of Opposition in Odisha Naveen Patnaik at his residence in Bhubaneswar on Tuesday. The DMK leaders conveyed Tamil Nadu chief minister MK…
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Bhubaneswar: The Odisha Assembly was adjourned till 2 pm as Opposition BJD and Congress legislators created a ruckus over a controversial remark of a BJP MLA, and “rising crimes” against women in the state. The House witnessed…
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Bhubaneswar: Senior BJP leader and former Minister Jayanarayan Mishra’s statement that the integration of Koshal region with Odisha was a ‘historic blunder’ has triggered a fresh controversy in the state. Opposition Biju Janata Dal…
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Bhubaneswar: Senior Biju Janata Dal (BJD) leader and former Odisha Minister Ananta Das passed away in the early hours of Sunday in Bhubaneswar following a prolonged illness. He was 85. Das, who had been suffering from age-related…
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Bhubaneswar: A fierce war of words erupted between Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi and BJD president and Leader of Opposition (LoP) Naveen Patnaik on the occasion of International Women’s Day on Saturday. While the Chief…
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Bhubaneswar: Amid an invite to attend the state-level function in memory of Biju Patnaik as an ‘distinguished guest’, Leader of Opposition and BJD president Naveen Patnaik on Wednesday hit out at the Mohan Majhi government for shifting…
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Bhubaneswar: The BJD has announced to launch agitations in all 147 Assembly constituencies in Odisha on Thursday to protest against the Mohan Majhi government’s decision to shift Panchayati Raj Divas from Biju Jayanti on March 5 to April…
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Bhubaneswar: As many as 552 government schools in Odisha lack separate toilet facilities for girl students, the state Assembly was informed on Friday. School and Mass Education Minister Nityananda Gond share this information while…
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