Odisha

Bhubaneswar: Members of Yadav community today felicitated Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik for the Odisha Government’s resolution demanding Centre’s nod to conduct a socio-economic caste enumeration along with the general census of 2021. More than 1500 members of Yadav community came to Naveen Niwas to thank the Chief Minister for the historic move that will enable [...]

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha Government has decided to extend helmet rule to pillion riders in the State. The pillion riders will also have to wear helmet while travelling. This has been informed by Odisha Transport Minister Padmanabh Behera after a road safety meeting in New Delhi. The helmet which is mandatory for motorcycle riders will now [...]

Puri: Hours after the brainstorming deliberations held at the newly inaugurated convention hall of the Lokseva Bhawan in Bhubaneswar, the senior officials of the state government headed to the picturesque Marine Eco Retreat in Konark being organised by the tourism department. The weekend stay at the Eco Retreat besides the blue ocean is going to [...]

Bhubaneswar: In a bid to promote art and culture of Odisha, the Ekamra Haat will host cultural events here daily. A decision in this regard was taken by the OLL & Culture Department of the Odisha Government. The department in association with the Odisha Tourism would organize the programmes. The move is aimed at promoting [...]

New Delhi: The Union HRD Ministry’s National Testing Agency has announced the results of the Joint Entrance Exam (JEE) – Mains on Friday. As many as nine candidates have scored a perfect 100 in the JEE – Mains, while Sourabh Soumyakanta Das emerged topper from Odisha. The toppers for the engineering entrance exam are Nishant [...]

Bhubaneswar: Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik has congratulated Odisha weightlifter Muna Nayak on winning silver medal at the ongoing Third Khelo India Youth Games in Guwahati. Muna won the medal in Boys U-21, 55 kg weightlifting at the mega sporting event. Congratulate #Odisha weightlifter Muna Nayak on winning silver medal in Boys U-21, 55 kg Weightlifting [...]

Bhubaneswar: Eminent educationist and Founder President of Siksha ‘O’ Anusandhan Deemed to be University (SOA) Prof. Dr. Manoj Ranjan Nayak will be honored with the Distinguished Alumnus Award by National Institute of Technology, Rourkela (NIT Rourkela). Dr. Nayak, a 1983 batch B. Tech student of NIT Rourkela, will receive the prestigious award for his immense [...]

Bhubaneswar: The 5-T initiative of Odisha Government is a real platform to have participatory governance, Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik said here today. Speaking at the 53rd Annual Convention of Computer Society of India here on Friday, Naveen said that his government is always committed to engage the people of Odisha with digital space and providing [...]

Kendrapara: In an attempt to enlighten the rural youth, the Kendrapara district administration is driving access to knowledge by setting up rural libraries in each Gram Panchayats in the district. As many as 50 such rural library and infotainment centers at different Gram Panchayats have been completed and another 200 are under construction, which are [...]

New Delhi: A Delhi court today issued a fresh death warrant for the four convicts of Nirbhaya gang-rape and murder case for February 1. The convicts – Vinay Sharma, Mukesh Singh, Akshay Kumar Singh and Pawan Gupta will be hanged at 6 AM. Issued by Additional Sessions Judge Satish Kumar Arora, the new warrant was [...]