The Odisha Assembly was adjourned for the second day on Tuesday over demands for the arrest of former law minister Raghunath Mohanty. Mohanty and his family members are facing charges of dowry torture of his daughter-in-law. ...
12:55 PM, Mar 26, 2013
At least 50 persons, including women, were injured when private college teachers and security personnel fought a pitched battle in front of the Odisha assembly in Bhubaneswar on Friday, the police said. ...
10:36 PM, Feb 22, 2013
Bhubaneswar: The woman constable, who was on Thursday beaten up by Congress workers outside the Odisha Assembly in Bhubaneswar, is recovering in a city hospital. Meanwhile, the Odisha Police have registered six FIRs in connection with the violent protests. The police have also arrested as many as 33 people in the case. Thursday's incident also led to chaos in the Odisha Assembly on Friday as MLAs from the Congress party...
05:11 PM, Sep 07, 2012
Bhubaneswar: Pandemonium rocked the Odisha Assembly on Friday as Congress MLAs raised a furore over the action taken against party workers by the police as they protested outside the Assembly a day earlier over coal blocks allocations. The state Congress has been demanding the resignation of Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik, saying he recommended people for the coal blocks allocations. In the Assembly, the Congress MLAs said the Biju Janata Dal...
11:22 AM, Sep 07, 2012
Protests over coal blocks allocation turned violent in Odisha when several thousand Congress workers clashed with police. ...
11:43 PM, Sep 06, 2012
Bhubaneshwar: Protests over coal blocks allocation turned violent in Odisha when several thousand Congress workers clashed with police outside the state Assembly in Bhubaneshwar. The Congress workers were demanding the resignation of Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik alleging that he recommended people for allocation of coal blocks. Police lathicharged the Congress workers, used water canon and fired tear gas to disperse then after they allegedly attacked them. Police officials claimed...
03:01 PM, Sep 06, 2012
New Delhi: There was pandemonium in the Odisha Assembly on Wednesday as the House witnessed what seemed like a wrestling match right at the Speaker's podium. Opposition Congress MLAs tussled with the security staff after creating a disruption during question hour. The MLAs were protesting against the state government's declaration of drought relief without consulting them. ...
03:14 PM, Mar 14, 2012
