Odisha

Bhubaneswar: Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik will attend today the inauguration of the first edition of the Khelo India University Games being held at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium Cuttack. The Chief Minister wished all the best to the participants and congratulated the organizers for this prestigious games. In a video posted on his tweeter handle, Naveen [...]

Bhubaneswar: Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik today inaugurated the Gandhi Peace Center in Bhubaneswar. Built in association with the Aditya Birla Group, the Peace Center will rekindle Gandhi Ji’s remembrance and edify the youth his principles of Non Violence. The Peace Center will house some of Gandhiji’s memorabilia and article used by him. The center will [...]

Bhubaneswar: World University Games champion Dutee Chand will resume her quest for the Olympics Games qualifying standard at the inaugural Khelo India University Games that begins here on Saturday. “Yes, I will sprint for my University (Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology) next week,” she confirmed during training on Friday. As many as 3400 athletes from [...]

Bhubaneswar: Director General of Sports Authority of India Sandip Pradhan hailed the Khelo India University Games (KIUG) as the future of Indian sports, declaring that they would unearth many more Olympians for India. The first edition of the ambitious KIUG get under way on Saturday, with Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurating the event through video [...]

Berhampur: In a significant development, a private hospital here has been sealed for allegedly medical negligence on Friday. Berhampur Sub Collector raided and sealed the Gurudev Hospital after a woman died due to allegedly negligence by the medical staff. According to reports, a woman patient, identified as Aiswarya Singh Deo (24), was admitted to the [...]

Bhubaneswar: Odisha’s ruling Biju Janata Dal (BJD) has vehemently opposed the directive of the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) Bhubaneswar to use Hindi language in official work and communication. Condemning the directive, senior BJD leader and Puri MP Pinaki Mishra said that Odisha is the first State to be formed on linguistic basis [...]

Aska: Three persons including two women were arrested with 12.500 gram of ganja by Aska police in Odisha’s Ganjam district on Friday. The accused were identified as Dijabar Digal (47), Kumari Digal (40) and Faguni Digal (30). Acting on a tip-off, the police arrested the accused while they were allegedly transporting the confiscated item from [...]

Bhubaneswar: The Biju Janata Dal today announced organizational restructuring at the district level. The party has announced the names of 33 Organisational district presidents of the state. While some of the present members have again been elected to head the party at the district level, some new faces also got the chance to lead. Here [...]

Bhubaneswar: Senior administrative officer Suresh Kumar Vashishth has been appointed as the new Special Secretary to Government of Odisha, Agriculture and Farmers’ Empowerment Department.The 1998 batch IAS officer is currently on Central Deputation. According to a notification from the General Administration Department, the additional appointment of Dr. Pramod Kumar Meherda as Special Secretary to Government, [...]