Speaker announces 7-member Panel of Chairpersons in Odisha Assembly

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Assembly Speaker Surjya Narayan Patro on Tuesday announced a seven-member Panel of Chairpersons. The members are Debi Prasad Mishra, Prafulla Mallick, Ashwini Patra, Snehangini Chhuria, and Prashant Muduli of ruling Biju Janata Dal (BJD), Subash Panigrahi of BJP and Santosh Singh Saluja of Congress. The Chairpersons assist the Speaker in the smooth conduct […]

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Highlights: Governor Ganeshi Lal’s speech in Odisha Assembly

  Bhubaneswar: The first session of the 16th Odisha Assembly began on Tuesday with the customary address of Governor Ganeshi Lal who announced that women will now get Rs 10 lakh for their treatment instead of Rs 7 lakh under Biju Swasthya Kalyan Yojana and interest free education loans for students. Highlights of the speech […]

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Odisha Assembly Session begins with Governor’s address

Bhubaneswar: The Budget Session of 16th Odisha Assembly began on Tuesday with the customary address to the House by Governor Ganeshi Lal. Before the Governor address the House, he was accorded guard of honour on the Assembly premises. The session began at 11 am. The Session would continue till August 8 in two phases. The […]

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Pradipta Naik to be Leader of Opposition in Odisha Assembly 

Bhubaneswar: Bhawanipatna MLA Pradipta Kumar Naik was appointed BJP Legislature Party leader. By virtue of the BJPLP leader, Naik will also be the Leader of Opposition (LoP) of the Odisha Legislative Assembly. With 23 MLAs, the BJP has emerged as the second largest party in the Assembly after 2019 elections. Naik will be appointed as […]

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Lokayukta seeks public support to make Odisha corruption-free

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Lokayukta Chairperson Justice Ajit Singh on Monday sought support from people to make the State free from corruption and said anyone can file direct complaint against Government officials involved in corruption. Addressing first ever press conference at the Lokayukta office situated at Toshali Plaza in Satyanagar here Justice Singh appealed to the people […]

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RPF cop saves commuter from coming under train at Bhubaneswar station

Bhubaneswar: A Railway Protection Force (RPF) constable saved a young passenger from falling between a moving train and a platform at Bhubaneswar Railway station on Sunday evening. According to sources, Bhadrak-Bhubaneswar MEMU was leaving the station yesterday evening. As the train started moving, Nazir Malik (24), a resident of West Bengal tried to detrain. He […]

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Sarangi delivers maiden speech in five languages in Lok Sabha

New Delhi/Bhubaneswar: The Lok Sabha witnessed Union Minister Pratap Chandra Sarangi’s extraordinary multilingual oratory skills when he spoke for nearly 50-minutes while participating on the Motion of Thanks on the President’s address. The first-time MP from Balasore spoke in five languages – English, Hindi, Sanskrit, Odia and Bengali thereby drawing the attention of the entire […]

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BJD MLA arrested over sit-up row day before Assembly session

Bolangir: In a major development, Bolangir police on Monday Patnagarh BJD MLA Saroj Meher in connection with an FIR lodged against him for forcing a Government Junior Engineer (JE) to do sit ups in public on June 5 after blaming him for the low quality of an under-construction road at Gambhari village in Belpada block. […]

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Online Plus-III admission process begins in Odisha

Bhubaneswar: Online admission into degree colleges for Plus-III courses started across the State at 11 am on Monday. The e-admission process into Plus-III courses at all degree, (self-financing) and Sanskrit colleges across the State is being held for the academic Session 2019-20. While online application is available on the website, http://www.samsodisha.gov.in, the last date to […]

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