Odisha

Puri: On the eve of New Year, Traffic advisory has been issued in Puri expecting large number of tourists thronging the town for New Year celebrations. According to the traffic plan, passenger buses coming from Bhubaneswar and Konark side will use regular route for Municipality Bus Stand and buses coming from Brahmagiri side shall be [...]

Puri: The pilgrims visiting to Sree Mandir this new year is going to have a amazing experience as the air in the Badadanda or grand road is thick in spiritual and devotional feelings. The District administration led by collector Balwant Singh through extravagant lighting arrangements, magnificent decorations, soul soothing ambiance and spiritually energising spaciousness etc [...]

Balangir: Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Tuesday announced a grant of Rs 25 crore to address the infrastructural needs of Rajendra College in Balangir district. The fund will be used for infrastructural needs such as development of academic and administrative blocks of the University. Besides, a District Science Centre and a Planetarium will be [...]

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi has condoled the sad demise of Sonny Mehta, brother-in-law of Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik. The Prime Minister spoke to Naveen over telephone and condoled the death of Sonny Mehta. The Odisha CM will not celebrate the New Year and has requested his well-wishers not to visit his residence [...]

Bhubaneswar: When Naveen Patnaik took over as the Chief Minister of Odisha for a record fifth term in a row in May, he knew the peoples’ expectations from this term are much higher than earlier. So he set in motion the ambitious ‘Mo Sarkar’ initiative on Gandhi Jayanti as part of his pro-people ‘5T action [...]

Puri: Senior BJP leader and Union Minister Dharmendra Pradhan on Tuesday praised the Odisha government for its development work in Puri and steps are being taken to promote the tourism sector across the country. “The development work undertaken by the state government to make Puri a world class heritage city is praiseworthy.” he said after [...]

Bhubaneswar: Sonny Mehta, Brother-in –Law of Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik has passed away. Sonny, husband of Geeta Mehta is an established Editor and was the Editor in Chief of Alfred A. Knopf Publishing house based out of New York. Born in 1942, Sonny is the son of Amrik Singh Mehta, former diplomat. Condoling the death [...]

Barang: In a yet another sad news, an ailing 14-year-old leopard named “Barsa” died at Nandankanan Zoological Park (NZP) in Bhubaneswar at around 5 pm on today. According to reports, the leopard was suffering from recurrent rectal prolapse since August 2019 and was treated for prolapsed on December 21. The leopard was found dull this [...]

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik today dedicated the draft architectural plan of shree Jagannath Heritage Corridor to the people of Odisha. He also solicittd the valuable suggestions from the people by 15th January , 2020 on draft plan so that the Government will come up with the final plan by February, 2020. This is [...]

Bhubaneswar: In yet another laurel for Odisha Government, the SDG India Index-2019, released by NITI Aayog today, has placed Odisha at the second spot in ‘Fastest Movers’ category. According to the Index report, Odisha stands second in overall improvement, with an increase of 7 points, from 51 to 58. Goal 9 has contributed mostly to [...]