Odisha Assembly

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Assembly Speaker election will be held on September 21, official sources said today. The position fell vacant after Bikram Keshari Arukha resigned from the post in May. The date for filing of nomination papers for…

Bhubaneswar: Newly elected Jharsuguda MLA Deepali Das took oath today as a  legislator in the State Assembly. Deputy Speaker Rajnikant Singh administered oath to Deepali in the assembly on Monday. She was accompanied by her mother and…

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Speaker Bikram Keshari Arukha and two Ministers – Samir Ranjan Dash and Srikant Sahu today resigned, triggering speculation of a possible Cabinet reshuffle. Minutes after the Speaker sent his resignation letter to…

Bhubaneswar: The Budget Session of the Odisha Assembly was on Friday adjourned sine die four days ahead of its schedule. Speaker Bikram Keshari Arukh announced the adjournment of the 27-day budget session. The government made a sudden…

Bhubaneswar: The Opposition BJP and Congress on Wednesday created heavy pandemonium in Odisha Assembly, raising the Naba Das murder issue once again, forcing Speaker to adjourn the House repeatedly. The Opposition demanded a probe by the…

Bhubaneswar: The Congress on Tuesday alleged BJD leaders involvement in fake certificate racket and demanded imposition of National Security Act (NSA) against those who have been arrested in this connection. Speaking in the assembly…

Bhubaneswar: At least three Royal Bengal Tigers (RBT) and 26 leopards were killed by poachers in the forests of Odisha since 2012, informed State Government to Assembly. Replying to a question from Congress MLA Taraprasad Bahinipati,…

Bhubaneswar: Opposition BJP and Congress Tuesday asked the Odisha government to table the reports of two panels on Mahanadi water dispute with Chhattisgarh in the Assembly before holding a special discussion on the issue. The matter was…

Bhubaneswar: Congress MLAs created a ruckus in the assembly on Sunday over the hurried disqualification of party MP Rahul Gandhi from Parliament. Congress MLAs create ruckus in Odisha Assembly wearing black clothes as a mark of protest…

Bhubaneswar: The disqualification of Rahul Gandhi’s membership from Lok Sabha had its reverberations in Odisha Assembly on Friday with Congress lawmakers creating a din leading to several adjournments. The Congress members trooped into…