Odisha

New Delhi: In a significant development, Civil Aviation Ministry likely to seek Cabinet approval for privatising half a dozen more airports including Bhubaneswar Biju Patnaik Airport by the first week of December. According to reports, the Airports Authority of India (AAI) board has approved the plan and it will seek in-principle approval of the Cabinet [...]

Bhubaneswar: In order to further give a boost to implementation of 5T and Mo Sarkar Initiatives, the Odisha Government has decided to accord weightage for both the initiatives in the Annual Performance Appraisal Reports of the government employees. According to a government order notified Friday, “The Government has already decided to accord 20 percent weightage [...]

Cuttack: Bali Yatra, a famous festival that reflects ancient maritime glory of Odisha, is scheduled to begin on the banks of Mahanadi river in Cuttack city from November 12 and shall continue till November 19. Special focus will be given on cleanliness and the ban on usage of single-use plastics will be enforced strictly, sources [...]

Bhubaneswar: In pursuance of Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik’s 5-T policy of governance, two more police officials were compulsorily retired from service for their doubtful integrity. Two ASIs – Birabar Lenka and Kishore Ku Bag were compulsorily retired from service by the Superintendents of Police for their doubtful integrity in exercise of powers under Rule 71 [...]

Bhubaneswar: After enforcing a complete ban on polythene carry bags and single-use plastic in urban areas in the State, the Odisha Government has decided to impose similar restrict on single-use plastic in rural areas from October 2 next year. The decision was taken a meeting chaired by Chief Secretary Asit Tripathy here today. According to [...]

Dhenkanal: A district culture officer in Odisha has come under vigilance net for allegedly amassing assets disproportionate to his known sources of income. Based on the allegation of possession of disproportionate assets by current Dhenkanal District Culture Officer and Ex-District Culture Officer, Chatrapur Shukru Swain, vigilance sleuths conducted simultaneous raids at six different places to [...]

Puri: Puri district administration has signed an MoU with two entities to build disaster resilient houses for cyclone Fani-affected families. The MoU was signed between the district administration, L&T Tech Services and Habitat for Humanity India in the presence of Puri Collector Balwant Singh to build 150 disaster resilient houses for Fani Cyclone affected families. [...]

New Delhi: Odisha is steadily becoming an innovative hub as the State has ranked 12th position in the India Innovation Index (III) 2019 released by the NITI Aayog. Karnataka is the most innovative major state in India followed by Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra, Telangana, Haryana, Kerala, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal, Gujarat, and Andhra Pradesh form the [...]

Odisha Girls Shine at India’s Mr and Miss Charming Face-2019 Pageant Bhubaneswar: Three girls from Odisha brought laurels to the State by winning different titles at the India’s Mr and Miss Charming Face-2019 held in Rajasthan. Nagaja Niranjana, Ipshita Das and Janhvi Pathak won three different titles at the finale of the pageant held in [...]

Bhubaneswar: Odisha has been awarded as ‘Top State’ for promoting sports in the recently-concluded India Sports Summit. Receiving the award at the national meet to promote Fit India Movement, Odisha Sports and Youth Services Secretary Vishal Dev said that Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik is promoting sports in a big way with an aim to turn [...]