Eight-time MLA Ranendra Pratap Swain took oath as Pro-tem Speaker of the Odisha assembly in Bhubaneswar on Friday. A Pro-tem speaker is appointed temporarily to conduct proceedings in the parliament or state legislature. According to a report by PTI, Swain, a former minister and lawmaker from the Athagarh assembly segment in Cuttack district, was appointed…
Odisha Government Swearing-in: ओडिशा के नए मुख्यमंत्री मोहन चरण माझी ने बुधवार (12 जून) को नए सीएम के तौर पर शपथ ली. ओडिशा सरकार के शपथ ग्रहण समारोह में सीएम मोहन चरण माझी और दो उपमुख्यमंत्री के तौर पर कनक वर्धन सिंह देव और प्रवति परीडा ने भी शपथ ली. ओडिशा के मनोनीत सीएम मोहन…
The BJP has ended speculations around the Chief Minister’s post with the announcement of Keonjhar Sadar MLA Mohan Charan Majhi’s name for the top state government post. Along with him, Nimapara MLA Pravati Parida and Patnagarh representative Kanak Vardhan Singh Deo will take oath with him as Odisha’s Deputy Chief Ministers. Pravati Parida will be…
Andhra Pradesh and Odisha are set to get their new chief ministers today as oath taking ceremony will take place in both the states on Wednesday. Telugu Desam Party (TDP) chief N Chandrababu Naidu is set to be sworn in as the Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh for a fourth term. Similarly, Bharatiya Janta Party’s…
With the BJP set to form its first-ever solo government in Odisha, there is much buzz going around regarding the party’s chief ministerial pick. Two days before the new state government takes oath on Wednesday, there is strong speculation that the BJP’s top picks for the post include G.C. Murmu, the current Comptroller and Auditor…
The oath-taking ceremony for Odisha’s new CM will be held at 6 pm on Monday, June 10. The ceremony will be held at the Janata Maidan in Bhubaneswar. The BJP’s legislature party meeting will be held in the capital on Monday at 10 AM ahead of the swearing-in ceremony. However, the BJP is yet to finalise…
Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik, who also heads the BJD as its president, said that his party served the people of Odisha for the last 24 years and would continue to work for the state. (Photo: Special Arrangement) Patnaik handed over his resignation letter to Governor Raghubar Das at the Raj Bhavan on June 5. He…
The BJP’s Parliamentary Party in New Delhi is likely to choose Odisha’s new chief minister on Friday. In the recently concluded elections, the BJP ended the BJD’s 24-year rule in Odisha by securing 78 seats out of the 147 in the state Assembly. Although three of the newly elected BJP members have previously served as…