Odisha

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha Assembly has been adjourned till 4 pm today amidst the opposition’s demands for action against the Governor’s son for assaulting the Assistant Section Officer in Puri. With Biju Janata Dal and Congress MLAs raising their voice again and again, the Speaker adjourned the House till 4 PM. The main opposition party Biju [...]

New Delhi: The Centre on Monday said that there would be no revision of coal royalty for Odisha. Union Minister of Coal and Mines G. Kishan Reddy said that the proposal about increasing coal royalty has been dropped. The Union Minister made this revelation while replying to questions of Biju Janata Dal MP Dr. Sasmit [...]

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha Government has withdrawn its plan to rename the ‘Biju Patnaik Sports Award’. The Sports & Youth Services Department on Monday withdrew the notification that sought to rename the Biju Patnaik Sports Award as the ‘Rajya Krida Samman’. The Department has issued a fresh notification mentioning retention of the original name of the [...]

Bhubaneswar: Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi today appointed Boudh MLA Saroj Kumar Pradhan as the Government Chief Whip for the 17th Odisha Legislative Assembly. The CM also appointed Remuna MLA Gobinda Chandra Das as the Government Deputy Chief Whip for the Assembly. The Parliamentary Affairs Department has issued two separate notifications regarding the appointments.

Bhubaneswar: Biju Janata Dal President Naveen Patnaik has rubbished a national media about VK Pandian, terming it completely false, motivated, defamatory and malicious. The BJD supremo has strongly rejected the claims made in the news report of the English daily that he agreed to support the BJP in the upcoming elections for President and Vice [...]

Bhubaneswar: The Puri Collector will probe into the ASO assault incident and submit a report within 15 days. Amid the uproar in the Odisha Assembly over the issue, Law Minister Prithiviraj Harichandan said that the Puri Collector has been directed to investigate into the incident. The action will be taken based on the report of [...]

Bhubaneswar: Biju Janata Dal (BJD) President Naveen Patnaik on Monday appointed 16 panelists to represent the party in various electronic media debates. The panelists are Prashant Muduli, Byomkesh Ray, Subas Singh, Goutambuddha Das, Sarada Jena, Latika Pradhan, Ramesh Behera, Manmath Routray, Tumbanath Panda, Mihir Ray, Chinmay Sahoo, Ipsita Sahoo, Sofia Alam, Irani Ray, Biswa Pratap [...]

Cuttack: Basanta Kumar Dash, Deputy Director of Fisheries (Brackish Water) at office of Directorate of Fisheries, Cuttack has come under the scanner of Odisha Vigilance for allegedly misappropriation of government funds. The Vigilance sleuths raided houses and office of Dash at five locations over the allegation. “Based on the credible information received about misappropriation of [...]

Bhubaneswar: Putting all speculations to the rest, the Biju Janata Dal led by Leader of Opposition (LoP) Naveen Patnaik is on an attacking mode over the issue of Odia Asmita on the very first session of the 17th Odisha Legislative Assembly. As the session began, LoP Naveen Patnaik raised the issue of Odia Asmita to [...]

Bhubaneswar: Leaders of various parties on Sunday attended an all-party meeting convened by the state government ahead of the budget session of the Odisha assembly, which will start on Monday. The budget session will commence with the address of Governor Raghubar Das. “Detailed discussions held on the suggestions made by the leaders of all the [...]