Odisha Assembly Speaker

Amid protests and walkouts by opposition BJP and Congress members, Speaker Pramila Mallik on Friday adjourned Odisha Assembly sine die on Friday, at least 26 business days ahead of its schedule.

Senior BJD leader and former Odisha Assembly speaker Maheswar Mohanty died at a private hospital here on Tuesday.

Two BJP MLAs including opposition chief whip Mohan Majhi were suspended from the Odisha Assembly till the end of the current session on October 4 for throwing 'daal' (pulses) at Speaker Pramila Mallik's podium on Thursday.

Senior Biju Janta Dal leader Pramila Mallik was elected the new speaker of the Odisha Legislative Assembly unopposed on Friday.

The opposition BJP on Friday decided to boycott the election for the Odisha Assembly Speaker on September 21 as it coincided with the 'Nuakhai' festival, an agrarian event in the western region of the state.

Biju Janta Dal (BJD) senior leader and MLA Vikram Keshari Arukh was elected as the new Speaker of the Odisha Legislative Assembly on Monday.

Six-time BJD MLA Bikram Keshari Arukha was on Monday elected unopposed as the speaker of the Odisha assembly.

Odisha Assembly Speaker S N Patro on Tuesday dubbed as "inappropriate" the behaviour of senior Congress MLA Taraprasad Bahinipati who lifted a chair in front of the Speaker's podium.

Members of both the ruling Biju Janata Dal and the opposition parties - BJP and Congress - rushed to the well of the Odisha Assembly on Tuesday and raised slogans against each other forcing Speaker S N Patro to adjourn the proceeding till 4 PM.

The Opposition BJP in Odisha on Monday boycotted the all- party meeting convened by the Assembly Speaker SN Patro, when he allegedly did not allow opposition chief whip Mohan Majhi and MLA Jaya Narayan Mishra to attend the meeting in place of Leader

Opposition BJP and Congress MLAs on Wednesday gheraoed Speaker SN Patro in his Assembly chamber after he adjourned proceedings for one hour owing to a ruckus created in the House by the members.

The ongoing budget session of the Odisha Assembly on Saturday witnessed ugly scenes after shoes, microphones and other items were hurled at Speaker Surjya Narayan Patro's podium following noisy protests over the alleged arbitrary passage of some bill

Odisha Assembly on Saturday witnessed an unpleasant scene when members of the Opposition BJP allegedly hurled slippers, earphones and papers at the Speaker's podium.

Odisha Assembly Speaker SN Patro on Friday asked all the Vidhan Sabha employees to go on home quarantine after the state's third COVID-19 patient came in contact with one of the staffers.

Congress MLA Taraprasad Bahinipati evoked peals of laughter in the Assembly on Tuesday when he blew a flying kiss to Speaker SN Patro after being allowed to raise issues faced by his constituency.

Amid protests and walkouts by opposition BJP and Congress members, Speaker Pramila Mallik on Friday adjourned Odisha Assembly sine die on Friday, at least 26 business days ahead of its schedule.

Senior BJD leader and former Odisha Assembly speaker Maheswar Mohanty died at a private hospital here on Tuesday.

Two BJP MLAs including opposition chief whip Mohan Majhi were suspended from the Odisha Assembly till the end of the current session on October 4 for throwing 'daal' (pulses) at Speaker Pramila Mallik's podium on Thursday.

Senior Biju Janta Dal leader Pramila Mallik was elected the new speaker of the Odisha Legislative Assembly unopposed on Friday.

The opposition BJP on Friday decided to boycott the election for the Odisha Assembly Speaker on September 21 as it coincided with the 'Nuakhai' festival, an agrarian event in the western region of the state.

Biju Janta Dal (BJD) senior leader and MLA Vikram Keshari Arukh was elected as the new Speaker of the Odisha Legislative Assembly on Monday.

Six-time BJD MLA Bikram Keshari Arukha was on Monday elected unopposed as the speaker of the Odisha assembly.

Odisha Assembly Speaker S N Patro on Tuesday dubbed as "inappropriate" the behaviour of senior Congress MLA Taraprasad Bahinipati who lifted a chair in front of the Speaker's podium.

Members of both the ruling Biju Janata Dal and the opposition parties - BJP and Congress - rushed to the well of the Odisha Assembly on Tuesday and raised slogans against each other forcing Speaker S N Patro to adjourn the proceeding till 4 PM.

The Opposition BJP in Odisha on Monday boycotted the all- party meeting convened by the Assembly Speaker SN Patro, when he allegedly did not allow opposition chief whip Mohan Majhi and MLA Jaya Narayan Mishra to attend the meeting in place of Leader

Opposition BJP and Congress MLAs on Wednesday gheraoed Speaker SN Patro in his Assembly chamber after he adjourned proceedings for one hour owing to a ruckus created in the House by the members.

The ongoing budget session of the Odisha Assembly on Saturday witnessed ugly scenes after shoes, microphones and other items were hurled at Speaker Surjya Narayan Patro's podium following noisy protests over the alleged arbitrary passage of some bill

Odisha Assembly on Saturday witnessed an unpleasant scene when members of the Opposition BJP allegedly hurled slippers, earphones and papers at the Speaker's podium.

Odisha Assembly Speaker SN Patro on Friday asked all the Vidhan Sabha employees to go on home quarantine after the state's third COVID-19 patient came in contact with one of the staffers.

Congress MLA Taraprasad Bahinipati evoked peals of laughter in the Assembly on Tuesday when he blew a flying kiss to Speaker SN Patro after being allowed to raise issues faced by his constituency.