Odisha primary teachers call off protest after 11 daysAppealing the teachers to withdraw their protest, Odisha Finance Minister Bikram Keshari Arukha said that the school and mass education dep...
18 Sep, 2023, 09.02 PM IST
Odisha Assembly Speaker, two ministers resignThe Speaker of the Odisha Assembly, Bikram Keshari Arukha, along with two ministers, Samir Ranjan Dash and Srikanta Sahu, have resigned fro...
12 May, 2023, 09.14 PM IST
Odisha Assembly Speaker election on June 13In his letter to all members, Dasharathi Satapathy, OSD-cum-secretary of Assembly said: "As per provisions contained in Article 178 of the ...
09 Jun, 2022, 06.33 PM IST
Odisha CM Naveen Patnaik explains why the state has no LokayuktaOdisha 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.
29 Mar, 2018, 05.05 PM IST
BJD moves motion of notice for election of Assembly SpeakerChief Minister Naveen Patnaik proposed the name of Amat which was seconded by Parliamentary Affairs minister Bikram Keshari Arukha.
15 May, 2017, 03.23 PM IST
13 districts has no representation in Naveen Patnaik's new ministryThe district which are not represented in the council of ministers are Jajpur, Kendrapara, Kalahandi, Kandhamal, Gajapati, Sundargarh, Samb...
07 May, 2017, 02.15 PM IST
Naveen Patnaik orders Rs 62 crore bonus to kendu leaf pluckers"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...
27 May, 2016, 04.18 PM IST
Naveen Patnaik files nomination for BJD president's postPatnaik is all set to be elected as the BJD president for the sixth consecutive time unopposed. The election results will be announced on S...
26 Feb, 2016, 04.36 PM IST
Congress serves privilege notice against Odisha minister Bikram Keshari ArukhCongress MLA from Aul Devendra Sharma served the notice against Arukh alleging that the minister had given false information on Namtara fir...
13 Mar, 2015, 04.25 PM IST
Deer Park to be set up near Bhanjanagar: Odisha forest ministerThe state government would seek permission of the Central Zoo Authority of India for establishment of the park.
13 Jan, 2015, 02.03 PM IST
BJP rejects Odisha government committee on Bidhan ParishadsThe govt recently announced the name of Nrushinga Sahu, Pramila Mallik, Manohar Randhari of BJD, Bhujabal Majhi of Congress and Nitesh Gang...
09 Jan, 2015, 04.51 PM IST
Odisha government sets up a five-member committee on proposed Legislative CouncilThe decision in this regard was taken at a meeting which was chaired by Parliamentary Affairs Minister Bikram Keshari Arukh.
02 Jan, 2015, 04.03 PM IST
Niranjan Pujari new Odisha Assembly SpeakerSenior BJD leader and former Odisha minister Niranjan Pujari was elected unopposed as the Speaker of the State Assembly.
26 May, 2014, 02.31 PM IST
Niranjan Pujari named as BJD candidate for SpeakerPatnaik proposed Pujari's name before the Assembly secretary while the Parliamentary Affairs Minister Bikram Keshari seconded the proposal.
24 May, 2014, 04.35 PM IST
Naveen Patnaik takes oath as Chief Minister for fourth term in OdishaNaveen Patnaik, who steered BJD to a landslide victory in the Odisha Assembly elections, was today sworn in as Chief Minister for a fourth ...
21 May, 2014, 12.58 PM IST
Assembly & parliamentary polls: Blue blood in Odisha poll frayScions of erstwhile princely states in Odisha have made their place in the state's politics and 14 of them are in the election fray.
27 Mar, 2014, 12.26 PM IST
- Naveen Patnaik sworn in as Orissa Chief Minister
BJD is the first ever regional party to come to power on its own in Orissa.
21 May, 2009, 03.42 PM IST