Odisha

Bhubaneswar: Biju Janata Dal president and Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik today urged the members of the BJD to act as agents of transformation and bring cheers and satisfaction in the lives of common man. Addressing the party workers at the BJD’s Extended Executive Body Meeting here, Naveen said, “I expect you all to act as [...]

Chatrapur: In a bid to help the students to develop a broader perspective on their career paths, the Ganjam district administration has launched a lecture series ‘Ganjam Knowledge Hub’ for the graduate students from today. ‘Ganjam Knowledge Hub’ is an initiative to bring together successful people from different sectors all over the country to guide [...]

Bhubaneswar: Biju Janata Dal, the Numero Uno party in Odisha for more than two decades, will hold its extended Executive Body Meeting here today. The meeting is going to be held at the IDCOL Auditorium in Bhubaneswar and will be attended by all the Executive Body Members, Parliamentarians and the Legislators of the party who [...]

Bhubaneswar: Odisha has received an average rainfall of 443.3 mm in August as against the long term average (LTA) of 356.0 mm, recording a surplus of 24.5% during the month. Malkanagiri registered the highest rainfall of 763.3 mm (61.5% surplus) and Puri district received the lowest rainfall of 287.6 mm (3.4% deficit) in August. The [...]

Bhubaneswar: Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik today felicitated Odisha’s ace para shuttler Pramod Bhagat for winning gold medal at World Para-Badminton Championship

Bhubaneswar: Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik today felicitated Odisha’s Gold Medalist at World Skills Competition held in Kazan, Russia S. Aswatha Narayan. Commending the achievement of Aswatha at a special function organised at Lok Seva Bhawan, the Chief Minister announced Rs.I 0 lakh cash award for him and Rs.5 lakh for his Coach Rajat Kumar Samantray.

Bhubaneswar: The Sports & Youth Services Department, Government of Odisha and Delhi Soccer Private Limited signed an agreement today in the presence of Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik and Sports Minister Tusharkanti Behera, to launch the Indian Super League club ‘Odisha FC’ in Bhubaneswar. As part of the club’s operations in Odisha, the Club’s first [...]

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha Government will launch a new scheme known as Gajabandhu Yojana for the safety of elephants. Talking about it, Chief Wildlife Warden Ajay Kumar Mahapatra said that people will be engaged under the new scheme. Any person giving information about the movement of elephants will be given cash rewards, he said. Apart from [...]

Bhubaneswar: In pursuance with his zero-tolerance policy towards corruption, Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik today dismissed six more officials from service and stopped pensions of four others. Action against these officials was taken after they were convicted by the Vigilance court.

Jajpur: Biju Janata Dal’s Lok Sabha MP Sarmistha Sethi paid a visit to Danagadi community health centre in her constituency on Saturday. She enquired about the condition of the health centre. The BJP MP talked to the medical staffs and local people on a range of issues including the healthcare services and facilities being provided [...]