Mumbai, June 20 (IANS) Television superstar-turned-politician Smriti Irani extended birthday wishes to President Droupadi Murmu on June 20.The actress further described her journey from a small village to the highest constitutional office in the country as “extraordinary.”Taking to her official work account that goes by the name, Smriti Irani Office, Smriti shared a picture of herself presenting a bouquet of yellow roses to the President and penned a powerful note celebrating Murmu’s inspiring l…
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Mumbai, June 20 (IANS) Veteran Bollywood actor Jackie Shroff has penned a note for President Droupadi Murmu on her birthday. He wished the Honourable President of India a year ahead filled with good health, peace, and happiness. Jackie shared a photograph of the President of India on his Instagram stories section. He added the instrumental version of the National Anthem. For the message, Jackie wrote: “Warmest birthday wishes to the Honourable President of India, Smt. Droupadi Murmu! Wishing y…
New Delhi, June 20 (IANS) Vice President of India, C.P. Radhakrishnan and Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Saturday extended their heartiest birthday greetings to the President of India, Droupadi Murmu. C.P. Radhakrishnan took to social media ‘X’ and said, “Heartiest birthday greetings to Hon’ble President of India, Smt. Droupadi Murmu Ji. President Murmu ji has consistently championed the cause of the underprivileged and devoted herself to the service of the nation. Her remarkable commitment…
Bhubaneswar, June 11 (IANS) Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Debashish Samantaray was on Thursday elected unopposed to the Rajya Sabha from Odisha, as no other candidate was in the fray for the lone vacant seat.Samantaray had earlier filed his nomination papers for the by-election to the lone vacant Rajya Sabha seat from Odisha at the State Assembly premises here on June 5.According to the election schedule, nominations closed on June 8, while June 11 was the last date for withdrawal of candi…
Bhubaneswar, May 13 (IANS) Senior Biju Janata Dal (BJD) leader and former MLA Haji Md. Ayub Khan passed away at his residence at Kantabanji in Odisha’s Balangir district on Wednesday at the age of 78. Sources said that the veteran BJD leader died following a prolonged illness. His death has saddened people across Kantabanji and adjoining regions, where he was respected as an influential political leader.Ayub Khan entered the Odisha Legislative Assembly for the first time in 2004 after winning th…
Bhubaneswar, May 2 (IANS) Naveen Patnaik, BJD chief and Leader of Opposition (LoP) in the Odisha Legislative Assembly, on Saturday wrote to Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, expressing anguish over a shocking incident involving a bank in Keonjhar district. On April 27, Jeetu Munda, a 50-year-old tribal man from Odisha, took the drastic step of placing his deceased sister’s skeletal remains outside a rural bank branch to prove her death and claim her savings.Jeetu was distressed by the b…
Bhubaneswar, April 27 (IANS) A delegation of Biju Janata Dal (BJD) MLAs, led by Deputy Leader Prasanna Acharya, on Monday met the Speaker of the Odisha Legislative Assembly, Surama Padhy, and submitted a formal memorandum seeking the disqualification of eight party legislators who reportedly violated the party’s whip and were giving statements against the party in public.The demand comes after these eight MLAs allegedly voted in favour of the ruling party-supported candidate during the recent …
Bhubaneswar, April 25 (IANS) Amid a political slugfest over the defeat of the Women’s Reservation Bill, a special session of the Odisha Legislative Assembly has been summoned on April 30 to discuss women’s representation in India’s democracy. As per a notification issued on Friday, the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and opposition parties, including the Biju Janata Dal (BJD) and the Indian National Congress, will hold discussions on ‘Participation of Women in Indian Democracy’ dur…
Bhubaneswar, April 1 (IANS) The Odisha Legislative Assembly was adjourned and declared sine die, bringing the ongoing budget session to an end, five working days ahead of its scheduled conclusion.The sixth session of the 17th Odisha Assembly, which commenced on February 17, was to conclude on April 8. The session, conducted in two phases, was scheduled to have 28 working days. But the session ended on Tuesday late at night after functioning for 22 working days.The House debated five adjournment …
Bhubaneswar, March 31 (IANS) The Odisha Legislative Assembly on Tuesday cleared the Appropriation Bill for the 2026–27 financial year, even as opposition MLAs staged a walkout. With its passage, the government obtained the legal authority to withdraw and spend the budgetary allocation of ₹3.10 lakh crore from the Consolidated Fund of the state to meet its expenditure during the financial year 2026-27.Participating in discussions on the bill, CM Majhi stated that the total budget estima…