Odisha

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha Government has recommended to audit accounts of 150 temples in the State. The Law Department has asked the State Principal Accountant General to audit the annual income and expenditures of 150 temples and mutts across the state for transparency. Among temples, the accounts of 17 mutts in Khordha and 10 temples and [...]

Bhubaneswar: Odisha’s Biju Janata Dal MP Prasanna Acharya has demanded the Centre to declare Dhanu Jatra Mahotsav of Bargarh district as a national festival. The BJD MP wrote to the Secretary-General of Rajya Sabha requesting for the same. The Odisha MP said, “The festival of Dhanuyatra, a great mass festival held annually at Bargarh in [...]

Bhubaneswar: Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik today flagged off the Baristha Nagarika Tirtha Yatra special train which will run from Balasore to Haridwar. Naveen flagged off the train through Video Conferencing from Lokseva Bhavan. The train will carry senior citizens from Northern parts of Odisha to Haridwar under the Odisha government’s pilgrimage scheme. The special train [...]

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha Government is planning to set up a new elephant sanctuary in order to reduce man-animal conflict in the State. The sanctuary is likely to be established somewhere in between Berhampur and Kandhamal. Talking about it, Chief Wildlife Warden Hari Shankar Upadhyay said that the forest reserve area between Ganjam and Kandhamal districts [...]

Bhubaneswar: Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Governor Shaktikanta Das met Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik and discussed several issues including financial inclusion programmes today here at Lok Seva Bhawan. Speaking to the media Dad said, “A lot of issues, including financial inclusion programmes, banking presence, digital payments, streamlining agriculture loans and direct transfer benefits were [...]

Bhubaneswar: As an initiative towards reducing environmental pollution and to encourage the use of non-motorized vehicle, the Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) has decided to declare every Friday a ‘No Vehicle Day’. The BMC has urged all the officers and employees including consultant and outsourced staff not to use any vehicle either four wheelers or two [...]

Bhubaneswar: After the phenomenal success in acquiring land for Srimandir beautification and security, Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik Thursday announced the Lingaraj Temple Heritage project and urged the people living in and around the temple to sacrifice their land for the beautification of the temple. The 66- acre Ekamraskhetra Yojana comprises a beautiful entrance gateway, [...]

Bhubaneswar: Adding yet another feather to its cap, the Odisha Government has bagged the prestigious ‘Best State Promoting Sports’ award at the FICCI India Sports Awards 2019. The awards ceremony was held at the FICCI Federation House in New Delhi on Wednesday. Odisha has been recognized as Best State for the Promotion of Sport at [...]

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha Higher Education Department has prepared a 17-point action plan in line with the Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik’s 5T initiatives in order to ensure better service delivery in the sector. As per the action plan, the Department has asked the teachers to discharge seven-hour duty on every working day. The attendance of the [...]

Bhubaneswar: Buoyant with the success Mo Sarkar in Police Stations and Hospitals, Odisha Chief Minster will now talk to farmers directly under ‘Mo Sarkar’ as the Agriculture and Farmers Empowerment Department has been included in ‘Mo Sarkar’ Initiatives. Addressing a meeting at the Lok Seba Bhawan on this occasion Naveen said, “Over the years, agriculture [...]