Odisha

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha Government has decided to introduce Spoken English programme for students from Class I in all schools across the State soon. This has been informed by State School and Mass Education (S&ME) Minister Samir Dash. The decision was taken in view of interests among parents and guardians of students towards English education, sources [...]

Sambalpur: In a tragic incident, four persons, including three members of a family have been killed while many other have injured when a speeding truck rammed into makeshift shops installed at a local fair during Dhanu Jatra festival at Paramanapur under Sasan police limits in Sambalpur district early morning today. According to reports, the incident [...]

Bhubaneswar: Biju Janata Dal’s newly formed social wing Odisha- Mo Parivar has helped in rescuing seven Odia labourers who were stranded in Dubai for the last few months. The incident came to light when a local journalist of Jajpur informed Odisha-Mo Parivar Co-convener Atanu Sabyasachi Nayak about the seven laborers stranded in Dubai and were [...]

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha Government has announced the appointment of Registrars of five Universities in the State. As per a notification by the General Administration and Public Grievance Department, Administrative Officer of Directorate of Higher Secondary Education, Lopamudra Mohanty has been appointed as the Registrar of the Odisha University of Agriculture Technology (OUAT) and Shyamali Mohapatra [...]

Bhubaneswar: In an attempt to give a major push to the rich agri-ecosystem in Odisha, Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik inaugurated the ‘Krushi Odisha 2020’, farmers’ convention at Janta Maidan here today in city. While addressing the inaugural ceremony, the Chief Minister said, “My government has taken a number of steps for the development of farmers [...]

Bhubaneswar : In an effort to give shape to a major 5T target in urban administration with greater transparency and efficiency, Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik today launched Online Property Tax Module that will facilitate payment of tax anytime anywhere. The Chief Minister also launched Municipal Premier League, a unique transformative endeavour, which will facilitate ULBs [...]

Bhubaneswar: One of the marvelous architectural edifices of modern day Odisha, the Krushi Bhawan situated in the heart of capital city Bhubaneswar has been highly commended at the World Architecture Festival held in Amsterdam. The Krushi Bhawan, built at a cost of Rs 70 crore from the Krushi Karman Award money, was shortlisted for the [...]

Bhubaneswar: Odisha led the way in 1977 in demanding a parliament enacted legislation for preventing pollution of air. Such an initiative and demand was made by people of Ganjam Panchayat in 1977 when they submitted a petition to the Rajya Sabha Petition Committee drawing the attention of the highest legislature of our country to the [...]

Bhubaneswar: Owing to good governance under 5T and Mo Sarkar initiative led by Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik, Odisha has made a significant gain of around 7 points from 51 to 58 points to earn the “fasted mover” tag in the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) India index brought out by the NITI Aayog and UN for [...]

Bhubaneswar: Members belonging to the Teli samaja today felicitated Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik for the Odisha Government’s resolution demanding conduct of socio-economic caste based enumeration along with the general census of 2021. A large number of members belonging to the Teli Community came to Naveen Niwas to thank the Chief Minister for the historic move [...]