Odisha Assembly
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President Murmu gets emotional while addressing Odisha Assembly, reminisces her old days as an MLA
India | Nov 27, 2025, 09:51 PM ISTPresident Murmu said she had addressed several assemblies in India and abroad but the experience she acquired in Odisha Assembly was one of a kind as it was during the starting years of her political career.
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BJP's Surama Padhy elected unopposed as second woman Speaker of Odisha Assembly
India | Jun 20, 2024, 04:10 PM IST63-year-old Padhy this time won the election from Ranpur Assembly segment. She defeated Satyanarayan Pradhan of Biju Janata Dal by a margin of around 15,544 votes. In 2004, Padhy was elected from Ranpur and served as the Cooperation Minister in the Naveen Patnaik-led BJD-BJP alliance govt.
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Odisha: Former CM Naveen Patanaik elected as Leader of Opposition in assembly
India | Jun 19, 2024, 08:00 PM ISTDuring a meeting of BJD MLAs, Naveen Patnaik was elected as the leader of the opposition as well as the leader of the BJD Parliamentary Party. It is after 24 years that Naveen Patnaik is to participate in the state assembly not as chief minister.
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Naveen Patnaik sportingly greets new BJP MLA in Odisha Assembly: 'Oh, you defeated me' | WATCH
India | Jun 18, 2024, 10:19 PM ISTNaveen Patnaik sportingly greeted the newly-elected BJP MLA who defeated him in the Kantabanji seat in Bolangir district in Assembly elections.
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Assembly Election Results 2024: Andhra Pradesh, Odisha results to be declared on June 4, details
India | Jun 04, 2024, 06:12 AM ISTAssembly Election Results 2024: Results for Andhra Pradesh and Odisha Assemblies will be declared on June 4. The Andhra Pradesh Assembly has 175 seats while the Odisha Assembly has 147 seats.
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Odisha: Two BJP MLAs suspended from Assembly for allegedly throwing pulses at Speaker
India | Sep 28, 2023, 11:13 PM ISTTwo BJP MLAs in Odisha were suspended from the assembly after they protested and allegedly threw pulses at the Speaker during the session.
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Odisha Assembly passes resolution seeking caste-based census
India | Sep 10, 2021, 08:56 AM ISTOn the last day of Assembly's Monsoon session, SC and ST Development, and Minorities and Backward Classes Welfare Minister Jagannath Saraka moved the resolution, which was passed in the absence of opposition BJP and Congress members.
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Odisha assembly drowns in din, slippers and paper missiles hurled at Speaker
India | Apr 04, 2021, 09:39 AM ISTWhen the House reassembled, Speaker Patro announced the suspension of BJP deputy leader in the House BC Sethi, Mohan Majhi, the party's whip, and MLA JN Mishra for the duration of the entire session and asked them to leave immediately.
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Opposition creates ruckus in Odisha Assembly over paddy procurement issues
News | Mar 16, 2021, 01:02 PM ISTBharatiya Janata Party and Congress MLAs created ruckus in Odisha Assembly over paddy procurement issues on March 16.
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BJP MLA attempts suicide in Odisha Assembly by consuming sanitiser
India | Mar 12, 2021, 06:37 PM ISTSubash Chandra Panigrahi, an MLA from Deogarh constituency, tried to consume sanitiser inside the Assembly.
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Woman attempts self-immolation outside Odisha Assembly
News | Nov 24, 2020, 06:00 PM ISTA woman attempted self-immolation outside Odisha Assembly on November 24.
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Odisha Assembly passes bill, resolution for OBCs
India | Feb 17, 2020, 11:48 PM ISTThe Odisha Assembly on Monday passed the State Commission for Backward Classes (Amendment) Bill, 2020 and a separate resolution, paving the way for conducting surveys of the social and economic condition of people belonging to backward classes.
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Odisha speaker bans media from reporting ruckus in House
India | Feb 14, 2020, 11:51 PM ISTOdisha Assembly Speaker S N Patro on Friday imposed an embargo on the media from reporting ruckus inside the House, inviting sharp criticisms from the opposition Congress and the BJP.
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Congress MLA Taraprasad blows flying kiss to speaker in Odisha Assembly
India | Nov 20, 2019, 07:52 AM ISTAmong other issues, Congress MLA Taraprasad at the Odisha Assembly drew the government's attention to the drinking water problems in his constituency.
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Congress, BJP at loggerheads over Gandhi and Godse in Odisha Assembly
India | Aug 03, 2019, 10:31 PM ISTThe issue was raised for the second day by Congress Legislature Party leader Narasingha Mishra who asked the BJP members whether they can condemn the people who "worship" Nathuram Godse.
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Pregnancy of tribal girls in Bhubaneswar hostels rocks Odisha Assembly
India | Jul 02, 2019, 06:04 PM ISTRaising the issue, Congress Legislature Party leader Narasingha Mishra asked Speaker Surya Narayan Patro to direct Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik to ensure a fair probe into the incident. Mishra demanded the probe report to be tabled in the House by July 12.
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Pradipta Naik appointed Odisha's Leader of Opposition
India | Jun 25, 2019, 08:53 AM ISTThe saffron party has emerged as the second-largest party in the 145-member assembly by securing 23 seats.
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Survivor Naveen Patnaik weathers many storms in two-decade rule
India | May 25, 2019, 09:19 AM ISTAlready the longest-serving Chief Minister of Odisha, Patnaik weathered many a storm in his political career and remained undisputed leader despite not being fluent in the mother tongue of his state.
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Odisha Assembly passes resolution seeking 33% reservation for women in state legislative assemblies, Parliament
India | Nov 20, 2018, 09:13 PM IST"I initiate the discussion on this historic motion for providing 33-per-cent reservation for women in legislative assemblies and the Parliament," the chief minister said while moving the resolution.
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Odisha Assembly passes bill to make Odia mandatory for official work
India | May 02, 2018, 12:31 PM ISTAs per the bill, in order to encourage maximum use of Odia language, provision has also been made to provide rewards to officials.