Odisha

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik today called for renewal of pledge to uphold the Constitution in letter and spirit for further deepening the roots of democracy. In his speech on the occasion of Constitution Day in the Odisha Assembly, the Chief Minister said, “ It is the bounden duty of each of us as [...]

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik today urged people to uphold the enshrined ideals and principles of Indian Constitution in letter and spirit. On the occasion of 70th anniversary of the adoption of the Constitution today, the Odisha CM remembered the great visionaries who framed the Constitution. “On Constitution Day, let’s reaffirm pledge to uphold [...]

Bhubaneswar: NDRF Inspector Manoranjan Prasad, who was grievously injured in the rescue operations during Cyclone BulBul has been shifted to AIIMS New Delhi. He was shifted to Delhi in a special Air Ambulance from Bhubaneswar arranged by OSDAMA. Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik had instructed for Maroranjan’s shifting to Delhi AIIMS. He was injured in the [...]

Berhampur: Commuters in Odisha’s silk city Berhampur had a harrowing time today as private bus owners’ association started a strike opposing the District Administration’s decision to relocate the city bus stand temporarily. All private buses plying in Berhampur town remained off road as a part of the protest which was launched after a meeting between [...]

Bhubaneswar: The supplementary budget of Rs 8,126.32 crore for the 2019-20 financial year has been passed in the Odisha Assembly after a debate on Monday. The supplementary budget was passed with voice vote allowing the state government to spend Rs 8,126.32 crore from the consolidated fund. With this, the total budget size of the state [...]

Kendrapara: Guided by Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik’s 5T mantra, the Kendrapara district administration today launched the official mobile app of the district for better citizen centric governance. The mobile app ‘MO Kendrapara’ has been officially unveiled by district Collector Samarth Verma at a function held at Collectorate Conference Hall here today afternoon in the presence [...]

Bhubaneswar: As part of the Mo Sarkar initiative, the Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik-led government will review the proposal for establishment of a medical college at Rayagada, said Minister for Health and Family Welfare Naba Kishore Das in Assembly. Replying to the question of Independent MLA Makarand Muduli in the Assembly about setting up of a [...]

Bhubaneswar: Senior Congress leader and Jeypore MLA Taraprasad Bahinipati has praised the Government’s 5T initiative in Hospitals. While participating in the Question Hour discussions of the Odisha Assembly, Tara has said that there has been a tremendous improvement in the health services in Koraput after the implementation of 5T and visits by senior officials to [...]

Berhampur: In a first of its kind initiative in Odisha, the Ganjam district administration has introduced ‘Water Bell’ at schools for ensuring adequate drinking water intake by students for healthy life. The step has been taken after observing many students don’t take adequate water and put to number of diseases due to deficiency of water. [...]

Bhubaneswar: The NITI Aayog has lauded the Odisha Government’s 5T initiative and said that the adoption of 5T agenda in education system is conducive and engaging. “Odisha has adopted a 5T agenda to transform its education system, to achieve the goal of all children at grade-appropriate learning level in a school environment that is conducive [...]