Odisha

Khallikote: A local court here today convicted five persons and sentenced them to life imprisonment in the sensational murder of television journalist Tarun Acharya that rocked the entire district 5 years ago. Additional district judge Srinivas Pratihari convicted the five persons including mastermind P Shyam Sundar Prusty, the owner of a cashew factory. He has [...]

Bhubaneswar: Honesty is a rare virtue. What does one do when he/she finds a bag full of cash? It is highly unlikely it could reach the owner but not in this particular case. Biswanath Khatua, “Mo Bus’’ captain made sure the bag he found, which had Rs 49,500 cash in it, was returned to its [...]

Bhubaneswar: Joining office of the Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC), the largest urban local body of the state, Prem Chandra Chaudhary the new Municipal Commissioner, stressed better delivery of services and raising the “satisfaction levels’’ of all groups of citizens across the civic body. Calling for adopting simplified procedures for the citizens to avail the services [...]

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik today expressed grief over the demise of centenarian freedom fighter Mohammed Baji. Baji, an ardent follower of Mahatma Gandhi, passed away at the age of 103 at his residence in Nabarangpur district. ବିଶିଷ୍ଟ ସ୍ଵାଧୀନତା ସଂଗ୍ରାମୀ ମହମ୍ମଦ ବାଜିଙ୍କ ଦେହାନ୍ତ ବିଷୟରେ ଜାଣି ମୁଁ ଦୁଃଖିତ। ଦେଶର ସ୍ଵାଧୀନତା ପାଇଁ ତାଙ୍କ ଅବଦାନ ସବୁବେଳେ ସ୍ମରଣୀୟ [...]

Bhubaneswar: The Biju Janata Dal (BJD) MLA Rajanikant Singh was today elected as the Deputy Speaker of 16th Odisha Legislative Assembly unanimously. BJD Supremo and Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik moved the proposal of the Angul MLA’s nomination for the post in the House today, which was supported by Parliamentary Affairs Minister Bikram Keshari Arukh. Speaker [...]

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik has paid humble tributes to Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay on his Birth Anniversary. Chattopadhyay was a great litterateur and will be remembered for his inspiring composition of Vande Mataram, our National song, Naveen tweeted. Chattopadhyay was an Indian writer, poet and journalist. He was the composer of Vande Mataram, originally [...]

Bhubaneswar: Development of startup ecosystem remains the top priority of the Odisha Government and in the next phase it will be expanded to districts by setting up ‘Startup Development Cells’, said Capt. Divya Shankar Mishra, Minister, MSME, Energy, Industries & Home on Wednesday. While interacting with the startups, Mishra assured that all possible support will [...]

Bhubaneswar: Joining the cause of rebuilding Fani-hit Odisha, public sector lender Bank of India (BOI) and Hindustan Unilever Limited (HUL) today contributed towards the Chief Minister’s Relief Fund (CMRF) for the relief and restoration works in the cyclone-affected areas in the State. BOI Managing Director and CEO Dinabandhu Mohapatra met Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik at [...]

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha Government will come up with a roadmap for the overall development of farmers and agriculture sector in the State, informed Agriculture Minister Arun Sahoo to the Assembly today. In order to prepare the roadmap, the government will take suggestions of all legislators, Sahoo said during the Question Hour on second day of [...]

Bhubaneswar: The East Coast Railway (ECoR) has decided to run 194 special trains to Puri in order to control heavy rush of passengers during the world famous Puri Rath yatra to be celebrated from July 4 and July 13 this year. Besides, 60 additional ticket counters will also be opened under Khurda Road Division to [...]