Odisha

Koraput: Odisha Director General of Police (DGP) Abhay on Saturday visited Koraput district to review the anti-Maoists operations. The DGP held meeting with the top officials including the six Superintendents of Police Senior officials of paramilitary forces BSF and SOG were also present during the meeting, according to reports. He also reviewed law and order [...]

Bhubaneswar: After renaming the Sachivalaya (Odisha Secretariat) to Lok Seva Bhawan, the entire stretch of road from AG square to Acharya Vihar, which was known as Sachivalaya Marg, has been renamed as ‘Lok Seva Marg’, informed General Administration and Public Grievance Department on Saturday. The decision to this effect was taken keeping in view of [...]

Bhubaneswar: The Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) has come up with a unique initiative to deal with plastic waste in the city. The civic body has decided to provide a free Aahar meal for every half kilo of plastic. The programme will be launched on Monday in collaboration with UNDP and Touch Stone Foundation, the BMC [...]

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik inaugurated the much-awaited Marine Drive Eco-Retreat at the Ramchandi beach near Konark today. The Chief Minister drove in golf cart around the Eco Retreat and took stock of facilities made available by Odisha Tourism in this novel initiative that is first of its kind in the Eastern India and [...]

New Delhi: Two Biju Janata Dal MPs from Odisha have been appointed as members of Joint Committee for Personal Data Protection Bill, 2019. Senior parliamentarian and Cuttack Lok Sabha MP Bhartruhari Mahtab and Rajya Sabha MP Amar Patnaik from Odisha have been included in the 30-member Joint Committee that will examine the Personal Data Protection [...]

Bhubaneswar: Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik today paid humble tributes to Pandit Nilamani Vidyaratna, one of the founding fathers of Odisha, on his birth anniversary. ସ୍ଵତନ୍ତ୍ର ଓଡ଼ିଶା ପ୍ରଦେଶ ଗଠନର ଅନ୍ୟତମ ପୁରୋଧା, ବିଶିଷ୍ଟ ସାହିତ୍ୟିକ ପଣ୍ଡିତ ନୀଳମଣି ବିଦ୍ୟାରତ୍ନଙ୍କ ଜୟନ୍ତୀରେ ମୋର ଶ୍ରଦ୍ଧାଞ୍ଜଳି। ଓଡ଼ିଆ ଭାଷା, ସାହିତ୍ୟର ପ୍ରସାର ଓ ସୁରକ୍ଷା ସହିତ ‘ଉତ୍କଳ ଦୀପିକା’, ‘ପ୍ରଜାବନ୍ଧୁ’ ପରି ପତ୍ରିକାର ସମ୍ପାଦନା କରି ସେ ଛାଡିଯାଇଥିବା ଛାପ [...]

Sambalpur: In a tragic accident on the National Highway 55 near Jujumura Police Station, two persons died and two severely injured after two trucks crashed head on. The trucks caught fire after the accident leaving no time for rescue of both the drivers. One of the trucks, a gas tanker was carrying LPG. Police and [...]

At a time when the Indian economy is crippling through slowdown with people losing confidence in the economy, Naveen Patnaik’s Odisha, however, has emerged as a silver lining in the horizon of Indian economy. The State, which is governed by the 5T principles, has been able to turn the table and has emerged as the [...]

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha Government today appointed Health and Family Welfare Department Minister, Naba Kishore Das as Chairperson, District Planning Committee, Kalahandi in place of Women and Child Development Minister Tukuni Sahu. Similarly, Tukuni Sahu has been appointed Chairperson, District Planning Committee, Deogarh in place of Steel and Mines Minister, Prafulla Mallick. Besides, Labour and ESI [...]

Bhubaneswar: Dead trees from Balukhand sanctuary in Puri district will be used for cooking purposes at the Lord Jagannath temple in Puri. As per reports, the Odisha Forest Department is planning to send dead wood from Balukhand sanctuary along the Puri-Konark marine drive to Shree Jagannath temple and Swargadwar in Puri. It has been informed [...]