Odisha

Rourkela: Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik today launched a slew of development projects worth Rs 1,500 crores in Sundargarh district. During his visit to the district, the Chief Minister dedicated 41 projects worth Rs 494.43 crore and laid foundation stones for 102 projects worth Rs 1,032 crore. The Chief Minister also flagged off a fleet [...]

Bhubaneswar: The first day of the annual Higher Secondary examination in the state today concluded without any incidents. The exams conducted by Council of Higher Secondary Education Odisha started today in 1143 exam centers. In total about 3 lakh 50 thousand Eight Hundred students from 1628 colleges of the state are appearing in the exams. [...]

Bhubaneswar: As Odisha is gearing up to celebrate the Panchayati Raj Divas to mark the birth anniversary of legendary Biju Patnaik on March 5, the State Government has expanded the role and responsibilities of gram panchayats (GPs) in order to further strengthen the Three-Tier Panchayati Raj system. As per a decision, the GPs will now [...]

Bhubaneswar: As five more Departments namely– Water Resources, Cooperation, Fisheries & ARD, Social Security & EPD and Textiles Handloom join the ambit of Mo Sarkar today, the total number of Departments under Mo Sarkar becomes 22. Launching the inclusion of these five departments in Mo Sarkar, Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik called upon the officers to [...]

Bhubaneswar: Servitors of Jajpur district’s famous Maa Biraja Temple today felicitated Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik for the development package. Over 100 people and servitors from Jajpur led by Bhaba Prasad Das, Santosh Maliik and Debi Prasad Pani met the Chief Minister at his residence Naveen Niwas here and thanked him profusely for his devotion and [...]

Bhubaneswar: A whopping Rs 1.06 crore fine was collected from the traffic rule violators on the first day of enforcement of amended Motor Vehicle Act in Odisha in full throttle from Sunday. The fine was collected from 3,870 violators of traffic rules in the State in the first 24 hours of the enforcement of the [...]

New Delhi: Showing solidarity with the victims of Delhi communal riots, Odisha-Mo Parivar has distributed relief materials and other assistances to the people in the violence-hit areas of the city. Following the instruction of BJD supremo and Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik, the Odisha-Mo Parivar members visited riot-hit areas in Delhi and distributed relief materials to [...]

Cuttack: The annual matriculation examination conducted by the Odisha Board of Secondary Education (BSE) concluded today. Evaluation of answer sheets of the exam will begin from March 18 at 61 centres across the State, said BSE President Ramashis Hazra.As many as 15,000 teachers will be engaged for this purpose, the official said while adding that [...]

Bhubaneswar: ‘Chhena Poda’, a favourite sweet of millions of people, belonging to Odisha, as featured a spot in ‘Ek Bharat Shreshtha Bharat’ campaign. The Press Information Bureau, India on Sunday tweeted, asking people to try the taste and aroma of this special sweet dish from eastern India. The idea of a sustained and structured cultural [...]

Bhubaneswar: Odisha is one of the leading states in providing various welfare measures for construction workers, said, Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik. Patnaik, also provided financial assistance to the deceased workers, students of construction workers, for labor and delivery and for the marriage of daughter to mark the commencement of the “Nirman Shramik Seva Week”. Inaugurating [...]