Odisha

Berhampur: Guided by Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik’s 5T mantra of governance, Berhampur MLA Bikram Kumar Panda and MP Chandra Sekhar Sahu today made surprise visit to several government departments to review delivery of services to the people. As per sources, the local leaders visited City Hospital in Berhampur to take stock of its facilities. The [...]

Berhampur: Prof. Govind J. Chakrapani will be the new vice-chancellor of Berhampur University. He has replaced the outgoing VC Prof Rajendra Prasad Das. Odisha Governor and Chancellor of universities Ganeshi Lal today announced the appointment of Prof. Chakrapani as VC of Berhampur University. Meanwhile, Prof. Hari Har Hota has been appointed as the new Vice [...]

Bhubaneswar: In a major achievement in providing quality school education, Odisha has registered a significant improvement, says Niti Aayog report titled School Education Quality Index (SEQI) which is released today. While Odisha was placed at 13th rank in base year 2015-16, it moved up to 7th position in the reference year 2016-17, the report said. [...]

Balasore: In a significant development, the BrahMos , supersonic cruise missile has been successfully test-fired at 10.20 AM today from ITR, Chandipur in Odisha. Brahmos features Indian propulsion system, airframe, power supply and other major indigenous components and has touched the range of 290-km during the launch jointly conducted by DRDO and BrahMos Aerospace. @SpokespersonMoD [...]

Puri: Few days after the Revenue Department issued a notification for a survey to acquire land within 75-metre radius of Shree Jagannath Temple here for beautification of the shrine surroundings and enhancement of security measures, a social impact assessment (SIA) survey began on Monday. Five teams headed by five IAS officers are conducting the survey. [...]

Malkangiri: The images given above are not of persons on vacation taking a leisure trip in the adventurous terrain or trekking horseback rides for pleasure. Neither the place is any park or an urban polo ground. The images are from one of the remotest places of India and the subjects are teachers and officials who [...]

Berhampur: Mo Gaon Re Tahasil, a people-friendly service delivery programme started by the Ganjam district administration in line with Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik’s 5T principles of governance, received an overwhelming response among the people on the very first day of inauguration of the programme today. As part of the initiative, workshops-cum-camps were organized in 23 [...]

Bhubaneswar: Odisha’s Krushi Bhawan located in the state capital has been shortlisted for the World Architecture Festival 2019 award. This was informed by the Chief Minister’s Office (CMO) in a tweet today. #KrushiBhavan added another feather to #Odisha’s cap with its shortlisting for prestigious #WorldArchitectureFestivalAward2019. Designed for sustainability, the 1.3 lakh sq ft administrative centre [...]

Bhubaneswar: Following the directives given by the Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik to weed out middlemen and dalals from public offices, the State Transport Authority (STA) has swung into action and decided to ban them from all RTOs of the state from October 1. The STA has introduced a slew of measures in order to ensure [...]

Bhubaneswar: The Mahanadi River Water Disputes Tribunal today asked the governments of Odisha and Chhattisgarh to submit a joint survey report by November 30. Both the states have been directed to send their expert teams to each other’s states for assessment of the projects being developed on Mahanadi River. As per sources, a technical team [...]