Bhubaneswar, April 9 – The Odisha Congress on Thursday constituted a 13-member fact-finding committee to investigate alleged police excesses against displaced people protesting against construction work by a private company at Sijimali in Rayagada district.According to instructions from Odisha...
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Bhubaneswar, March 19 The Odisha Pradesh Congress Committee (OPCC) has urged the Assembly Speaker to disqualify two of its MLAs under the provisions of the Tenth Schedule (Anti-Defection Law) of the Constitution.The MLAs, Sofia Firdous (Barabati-Cuttack) and Dasarathi Gamango (Mohana), have...
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Bhubaneswar, March 17 – The Odisha Pradesh Congress Committee (OPCC) suspended three of its legislators on Tuesday who had reportedly voted in favor of an Independent candidate, Dilip Ray, backed by the BJP, defying the party's whip in the Rajya Sabha election.The MLAs, Ramesh Chandra Jena of...
Bhubaneswar, March 5 Odisha witnessed a rare political development on Thursday as the BJD ended its alliance with the NDA and jointly fielded a common candidate with the Congress and CPI(M) in the upcoming Rajya Sabha elections, aiming to prevent the BJP from securing an additional seat in the...