Odisha

New Delhi: Spirited India beat New Zealand in a thriller to seal cement a semifinal berth with their third straight win in the Women’s T20 World Cup at Junction Oval in Melbourne on Thursday. With this win, India stands at the top of their Group A with 6 points from 3 matches. Batting first, India [...]

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik will attend the 24th Eastern Zonal Council meeting to be chaired by Home Minister Amit Shah here on Friday. According to reports, the Chief Ministers of West Bengal, Bihar, Jharkhand and Sikkim will also be attending the meeting where issues on Development or disaster-resilient infra, expeditious implementation of rail [...]

Bhubaneswar: In a significant development, the Odisha Government has changed the status of Berhampur-based Khallikote University from a Cluster University to a Unitary University. The status will focus on intensive research activities. A notification has been issued by the Higher Education Department in this regard. “Khallikote University is not functioning as per the true spirit [...]

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik unveiled the trophy, jersey and mascot for the Special Development Council (SDC) Football Cup 2020 in a special function at Lok Seva Bhawan here on Wednesday. As many as 10 teams of the nine SDCs are participating in the tournament, which has kicked off from February 14. More than [...]

Puri: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee today visited the Shree Jagannath Temple in Puri and offered prayer to the Trinity. The West Bengal CM entered the Srimandir at around 4.30 pm and spent around 30 minutes on the premises of the shrine. Mamata offered prayers to Lord Jagannath and his siblings for world peace [...]

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik launched ‘Mo Sarkar’ programme in Revenue and Disaster Management Department at a function held at Lok Seva Bhavan here today. Launching the initiative, the CM asked Government officials to respect the dignity of individual citizens coming to Government offices. Speaking on the occasion, the Chief Minister said, “I am [...]

Bhubaneswar: The Biju Janata Dal does not work for winning elections but to win the hearts of the Odisha and to serve them, said Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik here today. Speaking at the party’s State Council meeting after re-elected as the President of the BJD for the eighth consecutive term, Naveen said, “As long as [...]

Bhubaneswar: Two eminent writers from Odisha – Tarun Kanti Mishra and Kali Charan Hembram received the prestigious Kendra Sahitya Akademi Award for the year 2019 at a function held in New Delhi on Tuesday. Mishra got the award for his book ‘Bhaswati’- a collection of short stories in Odia language. Santhali writer Kali Charan Hembram [...]

Bhubaneswar: The results of +2 Science annual examination conducted by the Council of Higher Secondary Education (CHSE), Odisha will be announced in last week of May, School and Mass Education Minister Sameer Ranjan Dash told the Assembly today. The results of Arts, Commerce and Vocational Education streams will be declared by June 7, the Minister [...]

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik today expressed deep grief and condoled the demise of former Congress MLA Bijaya Kumar Nayak, who breathed his last at a private hospital here today. He was 70. The Odisha CM took to Twitter handle and wrote: ଜଗତସିଂହପୁର ଜିଲ୍ଲା ଏରସମାର ପୂର୍ବତନ ବିଧାୟକ ବିଜୟ କୁମାର ନାୟକଙ୍କ ଦେହାନ୍ତ ବିଷୟରେ ଜାଣି ମୁଁ [...]