Odisha Assembly

Bhubaneswar, Aug 28: The ruling BJD members raised in Odisha assembly the issue of West Bengal taking steps to formally stake claim to the sweet "rosogolla" as their invention, dubbing the move as an attempt to hijack the heritage of…

Bhubaneswar, Aug 28: More than one crore people in Odisha are illiterate, School and Mass Education Minister Debi Prasad Mishra said on Thursday replying to a question of BJP MLA Dilip Ray. According to the 2011 census, Odisha has a…

Bhubaneswar, Aug 27: Odisha Assembly discussed the motion “Deteriorating Education System: Agitating Teachers & Locked Schools” on Thursday on a peaceful note. This motion was moved by the opposition parties in the assembly earlier.…

Bhubaneswar, Aug 26: Odisha Agriculture Minister Pradeep Maharathy said that the farmers population has been decreasing drastically as per the last two censuses conducted since 2004. Farmers population in the state decreased by 4, 60,058.…

Bhubaneswar, Aug 26: the Odisha Assembly passed the Odisha Development Authorities (Amendment) Bill, 2015 replacing the Odisha Development Authorities Act of 1982. The state government aimed to fulfill the objective of Housing for All,…

Bhubaneswar, Aug 25: Odisha government said that there are as many as 86 vacancies waiting to be filled at various courts including Orissa High Court in the state. It was revealed by Law minister Arun Sahoo in reply to a question raised by…

Bhubaneswar, Aug 25: Odisha government is estimated to lose Rs. 2,148.83 crore from the central assistance during the current fiscal year 2015-16. The state would incur the loss due to change in the centrally sponsored schemes by the…

Bhubaneswar, Aug 25: Odisha assembly passed two bills - the Odisha Apartment Ownership (Amendment) Bill, 2015 and Odisha Value-Added Tax (Amendment) Bill, 2015 amid uproar and walkout by the opposition parties on Monday. The opposition…

Bhubaneswar, Aug 23: Congress chief whip in the Odisha assembly Tara Prasad Bahinipati on Sunday indicated that he might quit from his post after the ongoing monsoon session of the state legislature. "This may be my last stint as chief…

Bhubaneswar, Aug 22: An all-party meeting called on Saturday to end the ongoing stalemate in the Odisha assembly unanimously decided that henceforth no member would be allowed to take any banner or placard inside the house. The meeting --…