Odisha

Bhubaneswar: Senior BJP leader and Ranpur MLA Surama Padhy is all set to be the next Speaker of the Odisha Assembly. She submitted her nomination papers for the post of Speaker of the Odisha Legislative Assembly. Padhy filed her nomination papers in the presence of Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi, Deputy Chief Ministers KV Singh [...]

Bhubaneswar: Biju Janata Dal President Naveen Patnaik will today chair the BJD Legislature Party meeting today. The meeting is scheduled to be held at 4. 30 PM at Sankha Bhawan and will decide on the Leader of Opposition and other issues. While the party Supremo is all set to be elected as the Leader of [...]

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi has expressed his grief over the death of a minor boy after being swept away in an open drain in Bhubaneswar on Tuesday. The CM announced an ex-gratia of Rs 4 lakh from the State Disaster Response Fund for the next of kin of the deceased boy. Majhi [...]

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Health and Family Welfare Department has urged the officials to open social media handle ‘X’ at all DHHs, SDHs, CHCs and PHCs in the designation of the Medical Officer in Charge of the facility. Shalini Pandit, Commissioner-cum-Secretary of Health Department, wrote to Director, Capital Hospital, Bhubaneswar, Director, RGH Rourkela and All CDM & [...]

Balasore: The Odisha Government has prohibited the use of social media in Balasore municipality area till 10 AM of June 20 in order to avoid any untoward incident in the wake of communal tension here on Monday. An official notification has been issued by the Home Department in this regard. “Miscreants are circulating false and [...]

Bhubaneswar: The newly elected MLAs of the 17th Odisha Legislative Assembly on Tuesday took oath. Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi, Deputy Chief Ministers – K.V. Singh Deo and Pravati Parida – and BJD President Naveen Patnaik took oath as members of the 17th Odisha Legislative Assembly. Pro-tem Speaker Ranenda Pratap Swain administered the oath of [...]

Bhubaneswar: BJD President Naveen Patnaik’s nephew Arun Patnaik tied nuptial knot with Nadia in Amsterdam, the capital city of the Netherlands. The marriage ceremony took place in the presence of close family members in Amsterdam city, as per reports. Arun Patnaik is the son of Prem Patnaik, the elder brother of Naveen Patnaik. The pictures [...]

Bargarh: Three persons including a woman and her two children were trampled to death by a herd of wild elephants in Saldihi village under Paikamala Range in Bargarh district last night. Three others have also received serious injuries in the incident who have been admitted in hospital. According to sources, the mishap occurred when the [...]

Balasore: The Balasore district administration has imposed curfew in the city Municipality areas following reports of incidents of group clashes. The decision to impose curfew has been taken in view of the continued unrest in some places. Senior officials of the Police Department including the Addl DG (Law & Order) Sanjay Kumar, IG, SP, other [...]

Bhubaneswar: Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi on Monday directed Collectors of all districts to take the decision regarding reopening of schools considering the weather situation. As per the order, the Collectors will declare holidays or change the timing of the government, private and aided schools from Class I to 12 depending on the weather conditions [...]