Senior Biju Janta Dal leader Pramila Mallik was elected the new speaker of the Odisha Legislative Assembly unopposed on Friday. She became the first Women Speaker of the State.
Biju Janta Dal (BJD) party leader Pramila Mallik on Thursday filed her nomination for the Odisha Assembly Speaker and thanked Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik.
The special Vigilance unit of Patna raided the house of a government employee working in power department in Patna and unearthed assets highly disproportionate to his known source of income running into more than one crore rupees.
On the occasion of 'Nuakhai', Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik disbursed financial assistance to 44.56 lakh farmer families under KALIA (Krushak Assistance for Livelihood and Income Augmentation) Scheme for Rabi Crop season.
"This is the beginning of a new era in the new parliament building and in this era the participation of women must increase. Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik also for many years had been requesting to the Central government to table the long-pending Women Reservation Bill," said Misra.
Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Saturday inaugurated the state-of-the-art Cuttack Netaji Bus Terminal (CNBT), which has been built at a cost of Rs 90 crores.
Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Thursday launched the 'Mukhyamantri Sampoorna Pushti Yojana' in the state for fulfilling the nutritional needs among the mothers, adolescent girls and children, in addition to this CM also launched the 'Pada Pushti Yojana', said an official statement from Odi