Odisha

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik today formally announced as the president of the state’s ruling party Biju Janata Dal (BJD) for the eighth consecutive time. Returning officer Pratap Keshari Deb has announced the election of Naveen Patnaik as the party president. Besides, 80 other leaders are also elected as party’s state executive members. The [...]

Chatrapur: Three dead bodies belonging to the members of one family were found from inside a locked house in Paliachatrapur village of Ganjam district early morning today. The bodies are reportedly of Brunaban Behera, his wife Urmila Behera and their daughter Sunita Behera. The dead bodies were found under mysterious circumstances. It is suspected to [...]

Bhubaneswar: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Tuesday reached Bhubaneswar and went straight to Puri. She is on a four day visit to Odisha. Odisha Parliamentary Affairs minister Bikram Keshari Arukha welcomed her at the airport. Mamata is in Odisha to attend the Eastern Zonal Council meeting to be held in Bhubaneswar on the 28th [...]

Bhubaneswar: With the organizational polls of the Biju Janata Dal in the last leg, Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik is all set to become the Party President again for the eighth consecutive time. The election of Naveen as the Party President will be announced today at the State Council Meeting to be hel d at the [...]

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha Government will set up seven more Aahaar Kendras this year. This has been informed by Housing and Urban Development Minister Pratap Jena in the Assembly on Tuesday. Currently, there are 158 Aahaar Kendras across the State, the Minister said. The State Government has spent Rs 166.71 crore between 2015-16 and 2018-19 to [...]

Berhampur: Eyes were filled with big dream in life and heart was always beating to join the Air Force to serve the motherland . But destiny had stored something very cruel for him. Destiny’s cruelty stroke the little boy shattering his dream that time when he lost both his legs in a tragic accident. It [...]

Bhubaneswar: Continuing its selfless social service, the BJD’s Odisha-Mo Parivar team has helped to bring back bodies of three Jajpur youths, who died in a fire accident at a plant site in Ahmedabad. The youths were identified as Dayanidhi Khuntia (35), Chinmaya Khuntia (25) and Kamesh Singh (23). They were from Rekabi Bazar under Jamdhar [...]

Bhubaneswar: Puri Srimandir has 60,426.943 acres of land spread over 24 districts of Odisha, informed Law Minister Pratap Jena to the Assembly on Tuesday. Out of 60,426.943 acres of land, the Shree Jagannath Temple Administration possesses final Record of Rights (RoR) over 34803.013 acres of land, the Minister said in a written reply to the [...]

Bhubaneswar: Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik has congratulated noted Odia litterateur Ajay Kumar Patnaik on being selected for the Kendra Sahitya Akademi Award for the year 2019. କେନ୍ଦ୍ର ସାହିତ୍ୟ ଏକାଡେମୀ ପୁରସ୍କାର ପାଇଁ ମନୋନୀତ ବିଶିଷ୍ଟ ଅନୁବାଦକ ଡକ୍ଟର ଅଜୟ କୁମାର ପଟ୍ଟନାୟକଙ୍କୁ ମୋର ଶୁଭେଚ୍ଛା ଓ ଅଭିନନ୍ଦନ। ଅନୁବାଦ ସାହିତ୍ୟ କ୍ଷେତ୍ରରେ ତାଙ୍କର ଏହି ସଫଳତା ଓଡ଼ିଶା ପାଇଁ ଗୌରବର ବିଷୟ। ତାଙ୍କର ସାହିତ୍ୟ ସୃଷ୍ଟି [...]

Phulbani: Heavy rains lashed out in parts of Kandhamal District since morning today. District Headquarter town Phulbani and it’s surrounding areas witnessed heavy rainfall and high speed winds led to falling of a number of trees. Damage to a number of kaccha houses and thatched roofs have also been reporterd. Also, tree falling incidents on [...]