Politics

Bhubaneswar: The previous BJD government spent Rs 452.96 crore from the state exchequer for advertisements in the last five years, Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi, who also holds the Information and Public Relations portfolio, told the…
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Bhubaneswar: The Odisha Assembly witnessed acrimonious scenes on Thursday as BJD members accused the Mohan Majhi government of stalling development works at 314 blocks of the state. The Opposition trooped into the well of the House and…
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Bhubaneswar: The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) on Wednesday approved three railway projects worth Rs 6,456 crore in Odisha and three other states. The CCEA in its meeting chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi gave its…
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Bhubaneswar: Odisha Assembly Speaker Surama Padhy on Wednesday imposed restriction on the use of mobile phones and carrying of water bottles in the House. The Speaker directed the MLAs not to use mobile phone and carry water bottles…
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Bhubaneswar: With opposition BJD and Congress creating ruckus and disrupting proceedings in Odisha Assembly over reservation and caste-based census on Tuesday, Speaker Surama Padhy convened an all-party meeting in a effort to ensure smooth…
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Bhubaneswar: BJP leader Jagannath Pradhan, who had raised eyebrows by entering the Rajya Sabha bypoll fray from Odisha, withdrew his nomination on Tuesday. “I had filed nomination as per the decision of the party. Again, on the…
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Pune: Prime Minister Narendra Modi was the cynosure of all eyes at the ‘Lakhpati Didi’ Sammelan at Maharashtra’s Jalgaon on Sunday. Modi met ‘Lakhpati Didis’ of Maharashtra and interacted with many others from across the country during…
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Bhubaneswar: After boycotting the two-day orientation programme organised for the newly elected MLAs in the Odisha Assembly, opposition Biju Janata Dal (BJD) held a similar session for its new legislators on Sunday. Addressing the…
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Bhubaneswar: The Odisha Assembly was adjourned till 4 pm for the fifth consecutive day on Saturday amid acrimonious scenes after a censure motion was passed against two BJD legislators for their unruly behaviour towards Speaker Surama…
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Bhubaneswar: Biju Janata Dal (BJD) MP Sasmit Patra, who has severely criticised several steps taken by the Narendra Modi-led government at the Centre, on Friday hailed the Prime Minister’s ongoing visit to war-torn Ukraine as a significant…
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