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Odisha Assembly adjourned sine die ahead of schedule
Odisha Sun Times Bureau
Bhubaneswar, May 16:
Odisha Assembly Speaker Niranjan Pujari today adjourned the Budget session of the Assembly for an indefinite period four days ahead of the schedule.
The second phase of the Budget…
Chorus for Jagamohana repair gets louder in Odisha
Odisha Sun Times Bureau
Bhubaneswar, May 15:
The Archeological Survey of India (ASI)’s dilly-dallying with the repair and conservation of the Jagamohana of the Shree Jagannath temple in Odisha’s Puri has received flak across the board…
Candidates announced for CMC by-poll in Odisha
Odisha Sun Times Bureau
Bhubaneswar, May 15:
With less than three weeks to go for the Cuttack Municipal Corporation (CMC) by-poll in ward no- 21, Opposition parties today announced their candidates.
While Congress has fielded…
Odisha SC/ST MLAs continue protest in Assly on holiday too
Odisha Sun Times Bureau
Bhubaneswar, May 14:
The SC/ST legislators of Opposition Congress and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) continued their sit-in dharna near the Speaker’s podium demanding implementation of the Odisha Reservation of…
BJD takes to the streets demanding more rice for Odisha under NFSA
Odisha Sun Times Bureau
Bhubaneswar, May 14:
Even after assurances from Union Minister of Food and Public Distribution Ram Vilas Paswan, Odisha’s ruling Biju Janata Dal today held agitations across all 32 of its organisational…
SC/ ST MLAs plead before Odisha CM, Patnaik looks other way
Odisha Sun Times Bureau
Bhubaneswar, May 13:
In a shocking turn of events in Odisha Assembly, the agitating SC/ST MLAs of Congress and BJP today begged and prostrated before Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik seeking implementation of…
Odisha Assembly passes demand of 11 departments amidst din
Odisha Sun Times Bureau
Bhubaneswar, May 12:
Odisha Assembly today passed the demand of Water Resources Department for Rs 3361.58 crore and approved demands of 10 other departments by guillotine in the house amidst ruckus.
The…
3 Rajya Sabha seats from Odisha to go on polls on Jun 11
Odisha Sun Times Bureau
Bhubaneswar, May 12:
The Election Commission of India (ECI) today announced the date for holding elections to 57 seats in the Rajya Sabha from 15 states including Odisha.
Polls to these seats in the House…
BJP Yuva Morcha activists detained in Odisha capital
Odisha Sun Times Bureau
Bhubaneswar, May 12:
About a hundred activists of the BJP Yuva Morcha (BJYM) were today detained by the Twin City Commissionerate police when they clashed with them in their attempt to break through the barricade…
Former Odisha Minister Raghunath Patnaik passes away
Odisha Sun Times Bureau
Jeypore, May 12:
Former Odisha Finance and Law Minister Raghunath Patnaik passed away here this morning following a brief illness. He was 89.
He was admitted to a private hospital in Jeypore yesterday due…