Odisha

Bhubaneswar: Chief Secretary Manoj Ahuja has been given the additional charge as the Chairman of the Odisha State Pollution Control Board (OSPCB). The Forest, Environment & Climate Change Department, Government of Odisha has issued a notification in this regard. “Manoj Ahuja, IAS (RR-1990), Chief Secretary, Odisha and Secretary to Government, General Administration & Public Grievance [...]

Bhubaneswar: Baikuntha Pradhan, an Assistant Section Officer who was allegedly assaulted by Odisha Governor Raghubar Das’s son Lalit Kumar, was transferred by the State Government. “Baikuntha Pradhan, Assistant Section Officer, Parliamentary Affairs Department, at present deployed to the Governor’ Secretariat, is hereby transferred and posted as such to Home Department against the existing vacancy with [...]

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi continues to listen to the grievances of the people. The hearing of the grievances, which began on July 1, reached its second day today. Along with the Chief Minister, Deputy Chief Minister Kanak Vardhan Singh Deo and various ministers were present at the meeting. Secretaries and senior officers [...]

Bhubaneswar: Religious fervour gripped the holy city of Puri as rituals commenced with pomp and gaiety for the Bahuda Yatra or the return car festival of Lord Jagannath and siblings Subhadra and Balabhadra on Monday. The deities will return to their main temple, the 12th-century shrine around 3 kms away from Gundicha Temple, after the [...]

Bhubaneswar: The Ratna Bhandar (treasure trove) of Jagannath Temple in Puri was finally opened after a gap of 46 years on Sunday. The treasury of the 12th-century shrine opened in the presence of an 11-member team headed by retired Justice Biswanath Rath. Rath is the chairman of the high-level inspection committee formed by the state [...]

Puri: The Ratna Bhandar of Lord Jagannath Temple will be opened today at an auspicious time in the afternoon. All arrangements have been put in place for the opening of the Ratna Bhandar in the presence of the Ratna Bhandar Committee led by Justice Biswanath Ratha. The Ratna Bhandar of the Jagannath Temple is being [...]

Bhubaneswar: The Congress on Saturday demanded immediate arrest of Odisha Governor Raghubar Das’s son Lalit Kumar for allegedly beating up the Assistant Section Officer (ASO) of the Raj Bhawan. Strongly condemning the incident, senior Congress leader and MLA Tara Prasad Bahinipati said that the police should immediately arrest the Governor’s son and his associates. He [...]

Bhubaneswar: The opposition Biju Janata Dal (BJD) has raised questions on the State Government’s silence on the incident of Governor Raghubar Das’s son assaulting an Assistant Section Officer in Puri. In a press briefing, senior BJD leader and MLA Pratap Keshari Deb said that such behaviour of the Governor’s son is highly condemnable. Despite FIR, [...]

Cuttack: Former Jharsuguda MLA and Biju Janata Dal candidate from Jharsuguda during the last Assembly elections, Dipali Das has moved the Orissa High Court seeking disqualification of Tankadhara Tripathy, the winning candidate from the Bharatiya Janata Party. In her petition filed yesterday, Dipali has claimed that Tankadhara Tripathy has filed false affidavit while submitting his [...]

New Delhi: Renowned Odia sand artist Sudarshan Patnaik has added another feather to his cap of successes by winning the coveted Golden Sand Master Award at the International Sand Sculpture Championship held at St Petersburg, Russia. He won the award for his 12 feet depiction of a sand chariot carrying Lord Jagannath and his devotee [...]