Rajya Sabha

ONI Bureau:  After being re-elected to the Rajya Sabha, Union Petroleum Minister Dharmendra Pradhan was warmly welcomed by thousands of party activists on Friday. Thousands of Odisha BJP activists gathered at the Biju Patnaik…

ONI Bureau: Three Biju Janata Dal (BJD) candidates Prasanta Nanda, Soumya Ranjan Patnaik and Achyuta Samanta get elected uncontested to the Rajya Sabha from Odisha, informed Returning Officer Rajesh Prabhakar Patil on Thursday. The…

ONI Bureau:  Nomination papers of BJD’s candidates for elections to three Rajya Sabha seats from Odisha were found valid, informed Returning Officer Rajesh Prabhakar Patil today. BJD leaders Prashanta Nanda, Soumya Ranjan Patnaik and…

ONI Bureau:   Former chairperson of State Commission for Women (SCW) Jyoti Panigrahi expressed unhappiness over Rajya Sabha ticket distribution, said the State Govt has done injustice with her as she was an aspirant for the Upper House.…

ONI Bureau:   The BJP on Wednesday released a list of eight candidates including seven Union Ministers and one general secretary for the elections to the Rajya Sabha, be held on March 23. As per the notice issued by the BJP’s Central…

ONI Bureau:  BJD Supremo and Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Wednesday named Prashanta Nanda, Soumya Ranjan Patnaik and Dr. Achyuta Samanta as the party candidates for the upcoming Rajya Sabha elections in the State. Worth mentioning,…

ONI Bureau: The Odisha Assembly Secretariat on Monday issued notification for elections to three Rajya Sabha seats scheduled to be held on March 23. As per the notification, filling of nomination will continue till March 12 from today…

ONI Bureau: BJD MP from Dhenkanal, Tathagata Satpathy lashed out at the BJP in an editorial in his newspaper 'Dharitri' asking them not to resort violent tactics to win polls. However, his main target remains the Patnaik family in Odisha.…

ONI Bureau:  The Election Commission of India (ECI) today announced that voting for 58 Rajya Sabha seats from 16 states will be held on March 23, 2018. The tenure of 58 members from the states of Andhra Pradesh, Bihar, Chhattisgarh,…

ONI Bureau: Rajya Sabha MP from Odisha, AV Swamy collapsed at the Parliament premises today and rushed to RML Hospital in New Delhi immediately. Although he suffered minor head injuries, his condition is said to be stable. The reason of…