Odisha Assembly

Bhubaneswar: Cuttack district has the highest number of beggars in Odisha, Social Security & Empowerment of Persons with Disability Minister Ashok Panda told the Assembly on Saturday. The minister said there a total of 6,390 beggars in…

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: The state government has excluded Kalinga Hospital from the Odisha State Treatment Fund (OSTF) list, Health and Family Welfare Minister Naba Das informed the Assembly on Saturday. Das said a four-member inter-ministerial probe…

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Speaker Surya Narayan Patro adjourned the Assembly till 3 pm on Saturday due to an uproar by Congress members. The Opposition MLAs were demanding the tabling of the annual accounts audit report of all universities in…

Bhubaneswar: Members cutting across the party lines expressed grave concern over the drought situation in the state due to deficit monsoon rain this year, in the Odisha Assembly on Friday. Raising the issue during the zero hour, Congress…

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha Assembly on Thursday witnessed an amusing session during the question hour when the ruling BJD member Prafulla Samal put a weird question to the Revenue and Disaster Management Minister Sudam Marandi. Samal wanted…

Bhubaneswar: The spat between ruling BJD MLA and former agriculture minister, Pradeep Maharathy, and Finance Minister Niranjan Pujari continued for the second day in the Odisha Assembly on Thursday. During Zero Hour, the former minister…

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha Assembly on Thursday witnessed uproarious scene with the opposition Congress and BJP members demanding action against Kendrapara SP Niti Sekhar for allegedly manhandling a journalist. Raising the issue during zero…

Bhubaneswar: The Opposition Congress and BJP members on Wednesday created a ruckus in the Odisha Assembly over the absence of the ruling BJD MLAs and ministers. Drawing the attention of the Speaker, leader of the Opposition, Pradipta Naik…

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha Assembly was adjourned on Tuesday following an uproar by the Congress members over the issue of a permanent High Court bench in Western Odisha. Raising the issue during zero hour, Congress Legislature Party (CLP)…