Odisha

Bhubaneswar: Hitting back at the Odisha unit of Bharatiya Janata Party for allegedly misguiding the people about the Panchayati Raj Institutions by baseless statements, the ruling Biju Janata Dal said that the true decentralization of power and governance to the PRIs has been done by the BJD under leadership of Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik. In [...]

Bhubaneswar: In bid to bring more transparency in allotment of houses under Biju Pucca Ghar Yojana, the Odisha Government will distribute ‘Pucca Ghar eligibility’ and ‘land rights eligibility’ cards to beneficiaries in rural and urban areas who have not availed the benefits of ‘Pucca Ghar’ and ‘Jaga Mission’ schemes respectively. Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik will [...]

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik today called upon the public servants to respect and fulfil people’s will saying it is the primary responsibility of the Government. Speaking at the function here on the occasion of inclusion of five more departments in Mo Sarkar programme, the Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik elucidated on the pre-eminence of [...]

Bhubaneswar: Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik today expressed his gratitude to the people of Odisha for reposing their faith on his leadership and government for last two decades. In a message on the eve of completion of 20 years of the BJD-led government in Odisha, the Chief Minister said, “4.5 crore people of Odisha are my [...]

Bhubaneswar: Even as there is generating cases of coronavirus in the state, the School and Mass Education Minister Samir Ranjan Dash on Wednesday said that schools and colleges in the State will not be closed now as no positive cases of Coronavirus have detected in Odisha. Speaking to media, Mohanty said, “There is less likelihood [...]

Bhubaneswar: In the wake of increasing cases of Coronavirus suspects, the Odisha Government has decided to urge the Centre to set up a State-level quarantine facility and two Coronavirus testing centres in the State. Speaking to media after Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik chaired a high-level review meeting to discuss the measures to control the outbreak [...]

Bhubaneswar: Five more government departments in Odisha have come into the ambit of Mo Sarkar programme. This has been announced by Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik at a function held at Lok Seva Bhavan here today. The departments are Energy, Rural Development, School & Mass Education, Higher Education, and Science & Technology. On February 29, Forest [...]

Puri: Puri Srimandir is going to be completely plastic-free from April 1 this year. It has been decided at the Chhattisa Nijog, (federation of servitor bodies of Shree Jagannath Temple, Puri) meeting held today. Any person found chewing paan (betel leaves) and tobacco products, such as gutkha inside the premises of the Jagannath temple will [...]

Bhubaneswar: Heavy rain under the influence of norwesters lashed on Wednesday disrupting normal life in several parts of the state. Gusty wind accompanied by heavy rain hit Bhubaneswar along with many other places across the State. Earlier, the Met department had issued ‘yellow warning’ with rainfall and thunderstorm alert for several parts of Odisha in [...]

Bhubaneswar: Odisha has registered an 11 percent growth in the collection of gross Goods and Services Tax (GST) during the period from April 2019 to February 2020. The State has collected a whopping Rs 27,044.37 crore during the period from April 2019 to February 2020 compared to Rs 24,325.79 crore in the same period in [...]