Odisha

Bhubaneswar: In a major development, Director (Horticulture) Bijay Ketan Upadhyaya was arrested on Monday while allegedly accepting a bribe of Rs 1 lakh in Bhubaneswar as part of zero tolerance towards corruption under ‘Mo Sarkar’ initiative. According to reports, the 2009-batch IAS officer was caught red-handed while accepting the bribe money, which he had allegedly [...]

Bhubaneswar: Going one step ahead in transformation of the governance system in the state, the Odisha government has taken a bold decision to do away with a number of age old practices that bothered the common people a lot. As part of this, the state government has decided to abolish the requirement of solvency certificate. [...]

Bhubaneswar: The long-pending demand of people for a direct flight connecting Surat and Bhubaneswar is set to be realized soon as national flag carrier Air India is set to start its direct flight from Bhubaneswar to Surat from January 20. Confirming this, Ministry of Civil Aviation Joint secretary Usha Padhee tweeted that the A321 AI [...]

Bhubaneswar: Odisha continued to reel under a severe cold wave with the minimum temperature dropping below 10 degree Celsius in 16 places across the State on Monday. As per reports, Sonepur recorded the lowest temperature for the third consecutive day with minimum temperature setting at 5.4 degrees Celsius, followed by Angul 5.6 degrees Celsius and [...]

Bhubaneswar: Bringing laurels, the Rourkela Steel Plant (RSP) has supplied 30.5 tonne of maraging steel that are to be used in the ‘Gaganayan project, the first indigenous manned mission of Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) to space, RSP statement said. Gautam Banerjee, Executive Director (Works) of RSP, flagged off the plates in a function organised [...]

Bhubaneswar: Former Union Minister and Hotelier Dipil Ray has praised Chief Minister Naveen for his pro active efforts to develop the tourism sector in the state. Speaking to a private TV channel, Dilip said the efforts of the state government to develop the tourism sector have been tremendous and the world today recognises Odisha as [...]

Bhubaneswar: Cold wave condition will continue to prevail in several districts of Odisha for next two days, said the Meteorological Centre in Bhubaneswar in its afternoon bulletin. Some places in the state will also witness a wet spell from January 1st to 3rd, the bulletin stated. “Cold wave condition is very likely to prevail at [...]

Bhubaneswar: In a major relief to common citizens of the state, Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik today announced the abolition of solvency certificate in the state. As part of the transformation process of the governance mechanism that is going under 5T Initiative, there will be no more requirement of the solvency certificate. Along with this, Naveen [...]

Bhubaneswar: The Panchayti Raj Department will organise its national-level annual fair ‘Sisira Saras-2020’ at the IDCO Exhibition Ground here in Bhubaneswar from January 4 to 14th 2020. The Mela is a part of the Government’s poverty alleviation programme being organised in Bhubaneswar every year. “The annual fair provides a big platform for sale and display [...]

Bhubaneswar: Acting tough on the issue of compliance of its order, the National Human Rights Commission has asked for the Action Taken Report from Odisha Government with regard to suspension/cancellation of registration of the Apollo Hospital at Bhubneswar. NHRC has orderd the government to furnish within within 6 weeks positively the report u/s 16 of [...]