Odisha

Bhubaneswar: With an aim at clearing additional rush of passengers during Puja Holidays and also in Winter Season, Ministry of Railways is running Special Trains towards different destinations from and through East Coast Railway jurisdiction by creating additional berths. This time, East Coast Railway is running a direct special train between Visakhapatnam and Subedarganj (Allahabad) [...]

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha Government today announced that the vehicle owners can now show vehicle-related documents such as driving license, registration certificates in electronic form through mobile phones. The State Transport Commissioner has conveyed the decision in this regard to all SPs, DCPs, RTOs and Additional RTOs through a letter. The documents related to vehicle registration, [...]

Bhubaneswar: Making the country and the State proud, Odia girl Lipika Seth has scaled Mount Elbrus, the highest mountain in Europe. Born in Dalab village of Bargarh district, Lipika’s mountain expedition was led by Nrusingha Sahu began on September 28 and concluded on October 8. She proudly chanted ‘Vande Mataram’, ‘Bharat Mata ki Jai’ and [...]

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha Government on Thursday ordered compulsory retirement to two more officers for alleged involvement in corruption. Prana Krushna Prasad, son of Gobinda Prasad Behera, Executive Engineer, at present Angul Rural Works Quality Control Division has been given compulsory retirement today. Prana Krushna Prasad is involved in two Vigilance cases of trap, relating to [...]

Nuapada: In an effort to strengthen the Mo Sarkar initiative and take firsthand experience of its implementation, 5T Secretary V Karthikeya Pandian today made a visit to the District Headquarter Hospital in Nuapada. He was accompanied by R Balakrishnan, Chief Advisor, CMO and Mission Director NHM, Shalini Pandit. During his visit to the Nuapada DHH, [...]

Bhubaneswar: Acting tough on corrupt officials, the Naveen Patnaik led Odisha Government has once again showed that, there is no place for corruption and stern action will be taken against anybody who is found to be guilty. The state government today gave compulsory retirement to Odisha Forest Service Officer Sudhansu Sekhar Mishra on charges of [...]

Kendrapada: The administrative machinery is on a mission mode and the mission is to reach out to the common people. Enthused by the call given by Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik for citizen centric governance through Mo Sarkar, the authorities are today taking initiatives to improve the service delivery of various government departments. As a part [...]

Bhubaneswar: Be it cricket or politics, fitness and form is the basis for excellency. It is just like, if a cricketer loses fitness, he is out of the game and if a politician loses the faith of the people he is serving, he is out of the peoples’ minds and becomes irrelevant. There are a [...]

Berhampur: Ganjam Collector Vijay Amrita Kulange made a surprise visit to City Hospital here today to review the implementation of Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik’s newly launched ‘Mo Sarkar’ initiative.

Bargarh: With the campaigning for the Bijepur Assembly by-election on October 21 kicking off on Wednesday, Director General of Police (DGP) BK Sharma held a high-level meeting with DIG (Northern Range), DIG (Intelligence), IG (Intelligence), ADG (Law and Order) and DIG, CRPF at the district police headquarters here. Speaking to media after the meeting, the [...]