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New Delhi: Sonia Gandhi was named the interim president of Congress party at Congress Working Committee (CWC) meeting here on Friday. Party leader and CWC member Ghulam Nabi Azad announced her name following a day-long deliberation. Media…

While Congress MPs in Lok Sabha staged a walkout led by Sonia Gandhi outside the Parliament, a few members of the party came in support of the government citing it as their personal views. Former MP Jyotiraditya M Scindia took to…

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha Assembly was adjourned till 11.30 am on Friday, following a ruckus by Congress members over the controversial statement of a BJP member on the plight of  divorced Muslim women. As soon as the House assembled,…

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha Assembly on Thursday witnessed uproarious scenes after deputy leader of BJP Bishnu Charan Sethi, while defending the Triple Talaq Bill, said that the abandoned Muslim women were forced into prostitution. Opposing…

Bhubaneswar: The Congress filed a privilege motion against the Food Supply and Consumer Welfare Minister Rajendra Pratap Swain and Opposition leader Pradipta Mahapatra in the Assembly on the issue of PDS kerosene quota to Odisha. Raising…

Bhubaneswar: The Congress is most likely to take action against five party MPs, including Ranjib Biswal of Odisha, for being absent during the debate on the Triple Talaq Bill in Rajya Sabha on Tuesday. According to reports, as many as 20…

Kendrapara: The BJD took an unassailable lead in the Patkura Assembly seat, the counting for which began on Wednesday. By the end of the 16th round of counting, BJD candidate Sabitri Agarwalla polled 89,389 votes while BJP candidate Bijoy…

Bhubaneswar: The Congress today announced a three-hour protest in all the district headquarters in Odisha on Thursday against the gross inaction of the state government in bringing down the rising incidents of sexual atrocities on minor…

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha Assembly was adjourned till 3 pm on Monday as the Opposition Congress and BJP members demanded a discussion on the rising incidents of rape and sexual abuse of minor girls and missing children in the state. As soon…

Bhubaneswar: Women & Child Development and Mission Shakti Minister, Tukuni Sahu on Saturday informed the State Assembly that a total of 602 minor children from Odisha have gone missing in the last three months. The minister, while…