Cong accuses ruling party of enacting drama to avoid discussion over farmer suicide issue BHUBANESWAR: High drama erupted in Odisha assembly as the ruling Biju …
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Starvation death in Odisha rocks assembly
BHUBANESWAR: Odisha Assembly on Thursday witnessed pandemonium over alleged ‘starvation death’ of a 55-year-old tribal woman in Balangir district. The houses witnessed repeated adjournments after …
Read More »Polavaram issue: BJD threatens to move censure motion against centre
BHUBANESWAR: A day after the union government informed that it has granted Rs 345 crore to Polavaram irrigation project being set up on the Godavari …
Read More »Swain becomes Rajya Sabha member
BHUBANESWAR: Biju Janata Dal (BJD) nominee Narendra Swain was Monday declared elected unopposed to Rajya Sabha from the lone vacant upper house seat from Odisha. …
Read More »RD varsity row: Opp serves privilege notice against Odisha minister
Accuses Parliamentary Affairs Minister of misleading the House by giving false statement BHUBANESWAR: Putting the Odisha government on tenterhooks, the opposition Congress on Monday served …
Read More »BJD disowns Jay Panda’s stand on RS ‘veto’
BHUBANESWAR: The Biju Janata Dal (BJD) has refused to buy the stand of party MP Baijayant (Jay) Panda for reducing the powers of Rajya Sabha …
Read More »BJD MLA eats crow; regrets for ‘human bomb’ remark
BHUBANESWAR: After drawing flak from opposition parties, BJD legislator of Bhubaneswar (North) Priyadarshi Mishra on Saturday expressed his regret for his caustic comment of ‘human bomb’ …
Read More »BJD law maker likens Ramadevi students as ‘human bomb’!
Opp Cong, BJP pooh-pooh, students lodge complaint before OHRC BHUBANESWAR: While the Odisha assembly witnessed uproarious scenes over the ‘locking’ of girl students of Ramadevi …
Read More »Rajya Sabha MPs move privilege notice against Jay Panda
NEW DELHI/BHUBANESWAR: As many as six MPs of Rajya Sabha have moved a breach of privilege notice against Biju Janata Dal Lok Sabha member Baijayant …
Read More »BJD candidate Swain files nomination paper for RS seat
BHUBANESHWAR: Ruling Biju Janata Dal (BJD) candidate Narendra Kumar Swain on Thursday filed two sets of nomination papers for the Rajya Sabha by-election scheduled to …
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