Odisha Assembly Speaker Surjya Naryan Patro has called an all-party meeting on November 18 to discuss the procedures to be followed during the winter session, which will begin from November 20 and con...

Balasore Sadar along with Tirtol in coastal Odisha will go to polls on November 3. The rebellious streak in Barik has been visible since childhood. He had joined the Quit India Movement (1942) when ...

The alleged gang-rape of a 19-year old girl in Hathras in Uttar Pradesh and the subsequent death of the victim found an echo in the Odisha Assembly on Saturday. Condemning the incident and the allege...

The Odisha Assembly on Wednesday passed the Epidemic Diseases (Amendment) Bill 2020 that envisages a fine upto Rs 1 lakh and imprisonment up to two years or both for anyone violating the Covid guideli...

The monsoon session of Odisha Assembly that kicks off on Tuesday is likely to be affected by the absence of a large number of MLAs who have tested positive for coronavirus. Apart from Covid-19 manage...

Naveen always had a simple way of looking at life, his journalist friend Vir Sanghvi wrote, recounting the chief minister’s earlier years in a weekly pullout of the Hindustan Times a decade ago. ‘...

Biju Janata Dal president and Odisha chief minister Naveen Patnaik on Wednesday welcomed Mamata Banerjee’s decision to field women in 41 per cent of seats in Bengal.Naveen tweeted: “Immensely happ...

Seven legislative bills received the nod of the Assembly in the absence of the Opposition on Wednesday.The bills were passed within around two and half hours on Wednesday, the penultimate day of the o...