Odisha

Bhubaneswar: Four candidates of Biju Janata Dal today filed nomination papers for the Rajya Sabha elections with the returning officer Dasarathi Satapathy at the State assembly. As announced by Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik, Munna Khan, Sujeet Kumar, Subash Singh and Mamata Mahanta today filed the papers in the presence of Party Supremo and Chief Minister [...]

Puri: Holi, the festival of colors, has been celebrated in the holy city of Puri today with traditional fervor and gaiety. People from different walks of life came together to celebrate the festival smearing colors on each other and exchanged greetings. They were also seen taking all precautions in view of the scare caused by [...]

Cuttack: In order to decongest the heart of the city of Cuttack, the Badambadi area, the government is going to shift the Bus Stand from Badambadi to Khan Nagar. The new Bus Stand will be a state of the art facility on a land of about 30 acres with all modern amenities. It will come [...]

Berhampur: Pilgrims visiting to the Tara Tarini Shrine in Ganjam were in for a surprise to see a new look transformed temple on the occasion of first Tuesday of Chaitra month. The temple which attracts lakhs of devotees on this day has seen a major transformation recently in terms of infrastructure development and improvements in [...]

Cuttack: 5T Secretary V K Pandian today made an early morning visit to Cuttack and reviewed various developmental projects. Pandian along with works secretary Dr Krishan Kumar and other officials visited Badambadi Bus stand and discussed about its development. They also visited the site of Ring Road project . The ring road is being [...]

Bhubaneswar: Giving yet another example of its selfless social service, the BJD’s Odisha-Mo Parivar team helped to bring back body of an Odia worker, who passed away in Tamil Nadu, to his native village. One Devendra Bhukta of Dalbhada village of Odisha’s Subarnapur district died of heart attack in Maliguda in Tamil Nadu on March [...]

Bhubaneswar: Rainfall may dampen Holi celebrations in several parts of Odisha on Tuesday, as predicted by the weather department. According to the Regional Meteorological Centre, light to moderate rain or thundershower is very likely to occur at a few places over the districts of Rayagada, Koraput, Gajapati, Kalahandi. Similarly, at one or two places over [...]

New Delhi: Four new cases of COVID-19 have been reported since Sunday taking the total number of confirmed cases to 43 in India, according to the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare. One each case has been reported from Ernakulum, Delhi, Uttar Pradesh and Jammu. “As of today, there are 43 total cases (3 [...]

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik today greeted people on the auspicious occasion of Dola Purnima festival. ପବିତ୍ର ଦୋଳ ପୂର୍ଣ୍ଣିମା ଉପଲକ୍ଷେ ସମସ୍ତଙ୍କୁ ମୋର ହାର୍ଦ୍ଦିକ ଶୁଭେଚ୍ଛା ଓ ଶୁଭକାମନା। ଦୋଳଗୋବିନ୍ଦଙ୍କ କୃପା ଓ ଆଶୀର୍ବାଦରୁ ସମସ୍ତଙ୍କ ଜୀବନ ସୁଖମୟ ହେଉ। pic.twitter.com/yXw6EL29LK — Naveen Patnaik (@Naveen_Odisha) March 9, 2020 The CM prayed for the prosperity and wellbeing of the people on [...]

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Finance Minister Niranjan Pujari today requested to Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman to issue necessary instruction to the Reserve Bank of India to allow release of Rs. 545 crore deposited by Shree Jagannath Temple Administration (SJTA), Puri in the crisis-ridden Yes Bank in the interest of millions of devotees of Lord Jagannath. In [...]