Odisha

Chandigarh: The Punjab Government today moved a resolution against the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) in the state Assembly demanding scrapping of the controversial Act. The resolution moved by Local Bodies and Parliamentary affairs minister Brahm Mohindra on the last day of the two-day special Assembly session has received the support of the main opposition AAP. [...]

Bhubaneswar: Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik said that Brand Odisha itself is seeing a major transformation through sports, industry, tourism, health and many more development aspects. “Today, Brand Odisha itself is seeing a major transformation through sports, industry, tourism, health and many more development aspects. We have been able to consistently attract the highest investment because [...]

New Delhi: India’s latest communication satellite GSAT-30 was successfully launched from the Spaceport in French Guiana during the early hours today. The launch vehicle Ariane 5 VA-251 lifted off from Kourou Launch Base, French Guiana at 2:35 am IST carrying India’s GSAT-30 and EUTELSAT KONNECT for Eutelsat, as scheduled. After a flight lasting 38 minutes [...]

Bhubaneswar: Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik today inaugurated Senior Officers’ Conference at the new convention centre inside the Lokseva Bhavan premises here in city. The conference provides a forum to all officers at the senior echelon to get together and deliberate the roadmap for all round growth of the State over the next five years. The [...]

Bhubaneswar: The spirit behind our governance is reflected in the preamble of MO SARKAR, said Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik today. While addressing senior officers’ conference, Patnaik termed the people of Odisha as his family members and said, “ Family is very important to all of us. We want our children to study well. We [...]

Bhubaneswar: Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik will inaugurate the Senior Officers Conference at the newly opened Convention center at the Loksava Bhawan. All IAS officers of Odisha, including all Secretaries and District Collectors will have a one-day brainstorming on Friday on various issues concerning the state. It is the first of its kind meet for the [...]

Bhubaneswar: As part of zero tolerance towards corruption being adopted by the Naveen Patnaik Government under the 5T initiative, the state vigilance department today raided the residence and other business establishments of former MLA Anam Naik. The vigilance is conducting raids in Bhawanipatna and other places in a case related to disproportionate assets. Anam was [...]

Bhubaneswar: Ritesh Agarwal, founder of OYO Rooms, met CM Naveen Patnaik Thursday at the Lok Seva Bhawan here. He discussed about the future plans of OYO Rooms in Odisha with the Chief Minister. During the meeting, Ritesh said, “My home state Odisha continues to inspire and excite more young people to become entrepreneurs”. Explaining about [...]

Bhubaneswar: A day after the ST-SC Development Department joined the Mo Sarkar fold, two more key departments of the Odisha Government – the Industries and MSMEs (Micro, Small & Medium Enterprises) came under the purview of the Mo Sarkar initiative. Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik announced this at a special function at Lokseva Bhavan here today. [...]

Bhubaneswar: The Commissioner of Railway Safety will probe into the derailment of Mumbai-Bhubaneswar Lokmanya Tilak Terminus (LTT) Express near Nergundi railway station in Cuttack, in which over 40 passengers suffered injuries. Commissioner of Railway Safety, South Eastern Circle Abhai Kumar Rai will hold a statutory inquiry on the incident on January 18 at Officers’ Rest [...]