Odisha

Bhubaneswar: Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi on Wednesday invited the Indian diaspora to select Odisha as the preferred destination for investment and be a part of the state’s journey to become one of the top five economies of the country by 2047. Addressing the delegates at the Joint Business Session between the Ministry of External [...]

Bhubaneswar: The Odia Language, Literature and Culture Department is going to host Classical dance and music festival programmes in Bhubaneswar from January 7 to 11 coinciding with the Pravasi Bharatiya Divas event, which will be attended by more than 3,000 NRIs and person of Indian origin. The Odisha government is leaving no stone unturned to [...]

Bhubaneswar: External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Monday reached Bhubaneswar on a five-day Odisha visit to attend the 18th Pravasi Bharatiya Divas scheduled to be held here between January 8 and 10. EAM Jaishankar was welcomed by Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi, Deputy CM Pravati Parida, former Union minister and Balasore MP Pratap Chandra Sarangi [...]

Bhubaneswar: Biju Janata Dal (BJD) President and Leader of Opposition Naveen Patnaik on Monday made a scathing attack on the BJP government over the soaring prices of essential commodities in the state. Naveen termed the BJP’s double engine government (both at Centre and state) as the double blow to the people of Odisha. The BJD [...]

Bhubaneswar: Senior IAS officer Manoj Kumar Sahoo has been appointed as the Private Secretary to Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi. Sahoo has replaced Arindam Dakua, who was appointed as the Director of Municipal Administration, and the Ex-Officio Additional Secretary of the Housing and Urban Development Department on January 2. Currently, Sahoo has been working [...]

Bhubaneswar: Odisha is all set to host the 18th Pravasi Bharatiya Divas (PBD) for the first time, with the event scheduled to take place at Bhubaneswar’s Janata Maidan from January 8 to 10. Pravasi Bharatiya Divas commemorates Mahatma Gandhi’s return to India from South Africa on January 9, 1915. Initiated in 2003, the convention celebrates [...]

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha Cabinet on Friday approved nine key proposals including the hike in pension amount for the Persons with Disabilities and elderly persons of 80 years of age or above. The decision was taken during a Cabinet meeting held under the chairmanship of Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi here on Friday. “State Cabinet have [...]

Bhubaneswar: In the wake of massive crop losses due to the recent untimely rainfall in coastal districts in Odisha, the state government has declared the unseasonal rains as natural calamity. Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi announced while participating in the three-day Krushi Odisha-2025 programme which began here on Friday. Speaking to media persons on the [...]

Bhubaneswar: The opposition Biju Janata Dal (BJD) has decided to hold a protest here on January 6 over the state government’s failure to control soaring prices of essential commodities. In a press conference held at Sankha Bhawan, the BJD came down heavily on the BJP government, alleging that the excessive price hike of essential commodities [...]

Bhubaneswar: The State Urban Development Agency (SUDA) hosted a Refresher Training Programme on “Urban Governance” for Community Organisers, MIS professionals/Consultants, and Accountants representing all 115 Urban Local Bodies (ULBs) in Odisha. This training is a key initiative under the Housing and Urban Development (H&UD) Department’s commitment to strengthening urban governance and building capacity at the [...]