Odisha

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha Government has urged the Regional Transport Offices (RTOs) to facilitate citizen-centric services in the wake of implementation of the new amended Motor Vehicles (MV) Act 2019. Transport Commissioner Sanjeeb Panda wrote a letter to the Regional Transport Offices (RTOs) in this regard. He has urged concerned RTOs to make necessary arrangements for [...]

Bhubaneswar: Continuing zero tolerance towards corruption, Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Friday dismissed 16 more officials including five school headmasters from services after they have been convicted on graft charges.

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Friday urged legislators must not forget democratic decency while exercising their right of democratic dissent.

Bhubaneswar: President Ramanath Kovind will be on a two-day visit to Odisha from 27th September. He will reach Bhubaneswar by a special flight in the evening and stay at the Raj Bhavan. On the morning of 28th he will visit Gopalpur and on the same day he will return to Delhi. Police DG B K [...]

Bhubaneswar: In order to bring in more swiftness to the process of Transformation of Puri, Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik has appointed five IAS probationers who will assist the District Collector in the efforts to make Puri a World Heritage City.

Bhubaneswar: A two-day Orientation program for the members of the 16th Odisha Legislative Assembly is being organized in the assembly. Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik inaugurated the training programme at the new conference hall of the State Assembly. Speaker Surya Narayana Patro, Leader of Opposition Pradipta Nayak and other MLAs are present in the program. All [...]

Bhubaneswar: Adding another feather to its cap, the Siksha ‘O’ Anusandhan (SOA) Deemed to be University has featured in the Times Higher Education World University Ranking 2020. The Bhubaneswar-based institute has been placed in the 1001 plus category in the ranking this year in its first attempt. The rankings have been prepared based on five [...]

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha Government has decided to provide millet or Ragi ladooos to the children in their daily food at Angawadi centres in the State.

Bhubaneswar: The 150th birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi, Father of the Nation, will be celebrated on October 2. On the occasion, the Odisha Government has planned a series of programmes to inculcate Gandhian values and ideologies among the students.

Bhubaneswar: Inspector General (IG) Harminder Pal on Thursday took over as the Odisha Frontier Commander of Border Security Force (BSF) from IG Ashwini Kumar Singh. Pal, the BSF cadre officer of 1984 batch, said that operations against the Maoists will be intensified in coordination with the state administration. He further added that emphasis will be [...]