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Mumbai: The Shiv Sena-NCP-Congress government in Maharashtra, led by Uddhav Thackeray, sailed through the trust vote in the Maharashtra Assembly on Saturday. The floor test began with high drama as BJP members, led by Devendra Fadnavis,…

Bhubaneswar: The winter session of the Odisha Assembly was adjourned sine die on Thursday, 21 days ahead of the schedule. Speaker Surya Narayan Patro announced early closure of the winter session of the House after accepting a motion moved…

Bhubaneswar: An "inadvertent error" was made regarding the death of Mahatma Gandhi in a recent government booklet, School and Mass Education Minister Samir Dash told the Assembly on Saturday. “There was no intention to mislead the people…

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…

Bhubaneswar: The state government has begun the process for implementation of the National e-Vidhan Application (NeVA) project to enable the Odisha Assembly to handle its diverse business smartly. Informing this to the media here on…

Bhubaneswar: Taking note of the frequent bid by the Andhra Pradesh government to acquire the Kotia panchayat having 21 cluster villages in Koraput district, the Odisha government has decided to set up a police station there. A decision to…

Bhubaneswar: A month after sending a notice to former MLAs to vacate their government quarters, Speaker Surya Narayan Patro on Saturday sent another reminder asking them to do so in three days. The Speaker said the former MLAs will have to…

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Assembly Speaker Surya Narayan Patro on Monday asked 26 former MLAs to immediately vacate the government quarters. In a letter to the former MLAs, the Speaker said that they need to vacate the quarters so that these can…

Bhubaneswar: Normalcy was restored in the Odisha Assembly on Friday after BJP member and deputy leader of the Opposition Bishnu Sethi tendered an apology for his controversial statement on the plight of abandoned Muslim women on Thursday.…

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…