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Bhubaneswar: The Odisha Assembly on Thursday was adjourned twice as the opposition Congress and BJP members created a ruckus over inordinate delay in paddy procurement following protests by farmers against the online token system. As soon…

Bhubaneswar: The Congress on Monday demanded that Agriculture Minister Arun Kumar Sahu be sacked for misleading the Odisha Assembly by providing false information on the number of ineligible KALIA ((Krushak Assistance for Livelihood and…

Bhubaneswar: The BJP on Monday vehemently criticised senior Congress leader Narasingha Mishra for his statement in the House on Puri Shankaracharya Swami Nischalananda Saraswati and non-disclosure of Govardhan Mutt’s financial transactions.…

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha Assembly was adjourned till 3 pm on Monday after opposition Congress members created a ruckus in the House over alleged distress sale of paddy. As soon as the House assembled, Speaker Surya Narayan Patro announced…

Bhubaneswar: Congress criticised Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik for being absent in the Assembly during a discussion on the death of Haridaspur PEO Smitarani Biswal on Thursday. During the discussion, the leader of the Congress Legislature…

Bhubaneswar: The first day of the winter session of Odisha Assembly witnessed an uproar that forced the Speaker, Surya Narayan Patro, to adjourn the House till 3 pm. After the Assembly condoled the demise of three legislators—Sahura…

Following Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari's report that none of the parties invited could form the government, Maharashtra was placed under President's Rule on Tuesday. The BJP, Shiv Sena and Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) couldn't produce…

Bhubaneswar: With the winter session of the Odisha Assembly scheduled to begin from November 13, the Congress on Monday said that the party will rake up several issues, including implementation of the 5T initiative of the state government.…

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Congress in-charge Jitendra Singh on Sunday quelled the voices of dissent against state party president Niranjan Patnaik by clarifying that a change in leadership was unlikely. "Niranjan will continue as Odisha Pradesh…

Bhubaneswar: The call for the ouster of Niranjan Patnaik and elevation of Cuttack-Barabati MLA Mohammed Moquim as the Odisha Pradesh Congress Committee (OPCC) president got a push on Sunday with a group of senior leaders of the party…