Odisha

Mumbai: Odisha’s Michael Patra has been appointed as the Deputy Governor of the Reserve Bank of India for a three-year term. Patra, an executive director at the RBI, replaces Viral Acharya, who left office on July 23 last year. He will take over as the fourth deputy governor at the Reserve Bank, which he joined [...]

Puri: With the transformation of the peripheral areas of Sri Jagannath temple in full swing, the government is planning facelift of the important Gundicha temple. The temple is an important place for devotees and pilgrims coming to Puri and is the Birth Place of Lord Jagannath. During the World famous Ratha Yatra, lakhs of people [...]

Bhubaneswar: Adding another feather to its cap, Odisha has bagged the ‘Best State for Promotion of Sports’ award for the second time in a row at the Sportstar ACES Awards in Mumbai on Monday. Odisha Sports Minister Tusharkanti Behera received the prestigious award on behalf of the State. Besides, Odisha’s ace para-badminton player Pramod Bhagat [...]

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Monday described the king of erstwhile princely State of Khallikote, Raja Bahadur Ramchandra Mardaraj Deo as a proud Odia and a dedicated social worker on his 121 birth anniversary. Speaking as the chief guest at a function held at Jayadev Bhawan here to commemorate the 121st birth anniversary [...]

Bhubaneswar: Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik will dedicate the new Convention Center at Lokaseva Bhavan Today. Built over two floors with stat-of-the-art facilities, the hall has a seating capacity of 400 along. It is also equipped with facilities like banquet, break out spaces, food plaza, mini-conference halls. CM @Naveen_Odisha will dedicate the new Convention Centre at [...]

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha Government has annonunced Makar Sakranti (January 15) as a government holiday. This has been announced by Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik. All State Government offices and educational institutions will remain closed Makar Sankranti, 15 January, 2020, the CMO said in statement.

Bhubaneswar: Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik has congratulated Odisha defenders Birendra Lakra and Amit Rohidas for making it to the 20-member Indian Men’s Hockey Team for the opening matches of the FIH Hockey Pro League 2020 to be played at Kalinga Stadium here. Congratulations to hockey players from #Odisha, Birendra Lakra and Amit Rohidas for making [...]

Bhubaneswar: Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik condoled the sad demise of national award winning filmmaker Manmohan Mohapatra, who passes away at a private hospital here today. Taking to Twitter, Naveen said that Mohapatra will always be remembered for his contribution as a filmmaker. ଜାତୀୟ ପୁରସ୍କାରପ୍ରାପ୍ତ ବିଶିଷ୍ଟ ଚଳଚ୍ଚିତ୍ର ନିର୍ମାତା ତଥା ନିର୍ଦ୍ଦେଶକ ମନମୋହନ ମହାପାତ୍ରଙ୍କ ଦେହାନ୍ତ ବିଷୟରେ ଜାଣି ମୁଁ [...]

Bhubaneswar: Syrian Ambassador to India Dr Riad Kamel Abbas today met Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik at the Lok Seva Bhawan here and discussed issues of mutual internet including trade, investment and commerce. The Chief Minister highlighted Odisha’s conducive business environment and invited Syrian businesses to take advantage of it for ‘Make in Odisha’. Talking [...]

Bhubaneswar: Renowned Odia filmmaker-director Manmohan Mohapatra passed away at a private hospital here today. He was 69. Manmohan Mohapatra had won eight consecutive national film awards for his films Nishita Swapna, Majhi Pahacha, Tired Afternoon, Neeraba Jhada, Seeta Raati, Bhinna Samaya. His first film Seeta Raati made in 1976 was the first Odia film to [...]