Odisha

Bhubaneswar: TIME named Indian athlete Dutee Chand to the first-ever TIME 100 Next, a new expansion of the TIME 100 list of the most influential people in the world. The list highlights 100 rising stars who are shaping the future of business, entertainment, sports, politics, health, science and activism, and more. The full list and [...]

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Finance Minister Niranjan Pujari today presented a Supplementary Budget of Rs 8,126.32 crore for the current year, 2019-20, in the State Assembly. According to the budget, while Rs 7432.8 crore has been allocated under Programme Expenditure, Rs 267.23 crore allocated for Administrative Expenditure. Besides, Rs 6.52 crore has been allocated for Disaster Response [...]

Bhubaneswar: As many as 51,05,290 farmers have been given financial assistance under the innovative KALIA (Krushak Assistance for Livelihood and Income Augmentation) scheme till date, informed Odisha Agriculture Minister Arun Kumar Sahu to the Assembly on Thursday. The beneficiaries have received financial assistance of Rs 5000 each under the scheme till date, while the total [...]

Bhubaneswar: The Birla Gagan Narang High Performance Centre in shooting, set up by Gagan Narang Sports Promotion Foundation in partnership with the Odisha Government’s Department of Sports and Youth Services and Aditya Birla Group has commenced operation in the city, under the banner Odisha Talent Adoption Programme (OTAP) with a two pronged approach to develop [...]

Bhubaneswar: Newly elected BJD MLA Rita Sahu was today administered oath of office by Odisha Assembly Speaker Surya Narayan Patro. The Speaker congratulated Rita Sahu, who now officially a Member of the 16th Odisha Legislative Assembly. Sahu, who registered a record victory in the recently concluded by-poll to the Bijepur Assembly constituency in Bargarh district, [...]

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik paid his humble tributes to noted Odia poet and Padma Shri awardee Mayadhar Mansingh on his birth anniversary today. Mansingh was born in Puri district on November 13, 1905. His literary contributions include essays, poetic plays and long narrative poems. ବିଶିଷ୍ଟ କବି ତଥା ଲେଖକ ପଦ୍ମଶ୍ରୀ ଡ଼. ମାୟାଧର ମାନସିଂହଙ୍କ ଜୟନ୍ତୀରେ [...]

Bhubaneswar: Five districts in Odisha will witness power cut for a few hours on November 14 and 15, according to Central Electricity Supply Utility of Odisha (CESU). The districts, such as Puri, Khordha, Cuttack, Dhenkanal and Kendrapara will face power cut due to maintenance work, said CESU. Here’s the detail:

Bhubaneswar: Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik today sought the status of a ‘National Maritime Heritage Festival’ for the famous Bali Yatra, which is an integral part of the cultural ethos of Odisha. The Odisha CM wrote to Union Minister of State for Culture and Tourism Prahlad Singh Patel in this regard and said that according the [...]

Bhubaneswar: The winter session of the Odisha Assembly is going to be stormy as the opposition parties are in no mood to allow the house to function properly. Amidst ruckus by the opposition members who are demanding to take up discussions on various issues in place of the Question Hour, Speaker Surya Narayana Patra adjourned [...]

Bhubaneswar: Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik has asked his party MLA’s to submit bi-monthly activity report to him directly. Speaking at the Legislature Party Meeting today, Naveen said, You all know that MPs are submitting Bi-monthly activity reports to me. Similarly we would have a MLAs report submitted Bi-monthly to me.” Naveen also informed that a [...]