Politics

Bhubaneswar: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) will launch a campaign to promote awareness about Parliament approval for the women’s reservation Bill in 50,000 villages of Odisha. This was stated by Union Education Minister Dharmendra…
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Bhubaneswar: Odisha Finance Minister Bikram Keshari Arukha presented a supplementary budget of Rs 28,200 crore for the 2023-24 financial year in the state Assembly on Friday. The Supplementary Statement of Expenditures reveals that the…
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Bhubaneswar: Ahead of the monsoon session of Odisha Assembly, DGP Sunil Bansal accompanied by Commissioner of Police (CP) Saumendra Priyadarshi and Bhubaneswar DCP Prateek Singh supervised the security arrangements at Vidhan Sabha on…
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Bhubaneswar: School and Mass Education (SME) Minister Sudam Marndi was on Thursday assigned additional charge of Revenue Department. This came hours after Minister Pramila Mallik resigned from the post and filed her nomination papers…
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Bhubaneswar: BJD president and Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Thursday expelled Khandapada MLA Soumya Ranjan Patnaik and Remuna MLA Sudhansu Sekhar Parida from the party for alleged ‘anti-people’ activities. According to the office…
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New Delhi: In a rare display of bipartisan consensus in Indian Parliament, Lok Sabha passed the Women’s Reservation Bill on Wednesday evening with an unprecedented majority. After eight hours of intense debate, voting was conducted…
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Bhubaneswar: The Biju Janata Dal (BJD) on Wednesday named senior leader and Revenue Minister Pramila Mallik as its candidate for the Speaker post of the Odisha Assembly. The Speaker’s election is scheduled to be held on September 22. …
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New Delhi: Former Congress chief Sonia Gandhi demanded a reservation for Other Backward Classes (OBCs) and immediate implementation of the Bill during the discussion on the Women’s Reservation Bill in the Lok Sabha on Wednesday. As the…
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New Delhi: The Indian government has introduced a bill guaranteeing a third of seats for women in the lower house of parliament and state assemblies. The contentious bill, first proposed in 1996, has been pending for decades amid…
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Bhubaneswar: The speculations over the Women’s Reservation Bill getting approval of the Parliament in the special session were further strengthened as the Cabinet reportedly approved it on Monday evening. A bill to ensure 33%…
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