Odisha

Bhubaneswar: In a significant development, the Odisha government on Friday issued a fresh notification for auction of 20 working mines whose lease period is going to expire on March 31, 2020 The government had earlier cancelled the auction process for these blocks recently on administrative ground. Now, it has issued a fresh notification by incorporating [...]

Bhubaneswar: Giving a major air connectivity boost in the State, the Centre has decided to include three airports in Odisha under UDAN (Ude desh ka aam nagrik)-4. The three airports of the state to be included under the UDAN-4 are Jeypore (Koraput), Rourkela (Sundargarh) and Utkela (Kalahandi). According to sources, this was decided at a [...]

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik today inaugurated the second State Book Fair ‘Akhyara’ dedicated to the 150th birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi. Speaking on the occasion, the Chief Minister urged the young generation to read, know and understand Gandhi and work for a better world. Addressing the gathering at IDCO Exhibition Ground here, Naveen [...]

Bhubaneswar: In a major relief to the people, Commerce and Transport Minister Padmanabha Behera said the wrong challans have been a headache for the citizens and they will be refunded for wrong challans. He further stated that challans will be issued to those who will violate traffic rules based on CCTV footage. After the State [...]

New Delhi: Santhali, one of the most widely spoken languages of the Munda subfamily of the Austroasiatic languages, has made its debut in Rajya Sabha when Odisha’s Biju Janata Dal (BJD) MP Sarojini Hembram used it to raise an important issue in the Upper House during the Zero Hour. The BJD MP spoke in Santhali [...]

Bhubaneswar: Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik today paid his humble tributes to freedom fighter Radhanath Rath on his birth anniversary. Radhanath Rath was born 6 December 1896 at Athagarh. He was the staunch disciple and follower of Utkalamani Gopabandhu Das. He started his career in journalism joining the then Odia weekly “The Samaja” which was started [...]

Bhubaneswar: UNFPA (United Nations Population Fund) India is all set to expand LSE (Life Skills Education) programme in Odisha to support the girls in tribal and other vulnerable communities. Argentina Matavel Piccin, the Resident Representative for UNFPA India met Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik here on Thursday and pledged to support the State Government in [...]

Bhubaneswar: Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik today distributed Laptops to the meritorious intermediate students of different colleges under the Biju Juba Sasaktikarana Yojana. The program was organized at the Lok Seva Bhawan where Higher Education Minister Arun Sahu, Chairman Mo College Akash Das Nayak and other senior officials were present. Started in 2013, every year, the [...]

Rourkela: In a bid to promote various products made by Women Self Help Groups (WSHGs) in Sundargarh district, the Rourkela Municipality Corporation has opened an exclusive Shakti Bazar at Koelnagar here to facilitate marketing of their products. Attending the inauguration ceremony, Rourkela MLA and Sundargarh District Planning Committee Chairman Sarada Prasad Nayak, Sundargarh Collector Nikhil [...]

Konark: Five-day long annual Konark Festival was concluded on a memorable note. In the open air auditorium with the famous Sun Temple at the back drop, the artistes of Bharatnatyam and Odissi stirred the souls of the audience with their serene and scintillating dance recitals. Bharatnatyam Guru Vaibhav Arekar and troupe from Mumbai entered the [...]