The BJP and Congress parties in Odisha have decided to boycott the election for the Odisha Assembly Speaker on September 21. Both parties c...

Both Arukha and Marndi were dropped from the council of ministers during the previous reshuffle held in June last year. Nayak had also earl...

The Speaker of the Odisha Assembly, Bikram Keshari Arukha, along with two ministers, Samir Ranjan Dash and Srikanta Sahu, have resigned fro...

In his letter to all members, Dasharathi Satapathy, OSD-cum-secretary of Assembly said: "As per provisions contained in Article 178 of the ...

The BJD, which won 112 seats in the 147-member Assembly in the recently concluded elections, has been in power in Odisha since 2000.

Odisha had been the first to announce a state act, after the UPA II’s Lokpal and Lokayuktas Act, 2013, but it never appointed a Lokayukta.

Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik proposed the name of Amat which was seconded by Parliamentary Affairs minister Bikram Keshari Arukha.

The ministers were administered the oath of office and secrecy by Governor S C Jamir in presence of the chief minister and other senior min...

The district which are not represented in the council of ministers are Jajpur, Kendrapara, Kalahandi, Kandhamal, Gajapati, Sundargarh, Samb...

"The CM has directed the authorities to disburse Rs 62 crore as bonus to kendu leaf pluckers for 2015 harvest year by June," Forest and Env...

Patnaik is all set to be elected as the BJD president for the sixth consecutive time unopposed. The election results will be announced on S...