Odisha

Bhubaneswar: The Annual Budget of Odisha for the financial year 2019-20 may cross One Lakh 38 thousand crore rupees. The Odisha Council of Ministers today approved the draft budget in a meeting chaired by the Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik. The budget for this year will be more than the last year because of the new [...]

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha Government’s Higher Education Department today issued notification for admission into +3 courses in various degree colleges in the State. The online application process for admission into graduate courses for the academic session 2019-20 will start from June 24, the notification said. The Common Application Form (CAF) will be available online at www.dheodisha.gov.in [...]

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha Government today announced the extend of the retirement age of contractual doctors to 70 years from 68. Health and Family Welfare Minister Naba Kishore Das made this announcement at the two-day Chief District Medical Officers’ (CDMOs) conference here. The Minister insisted the officials to prepare a list of retired doctors district-wise by [...]

Bhubaneswar: The southwest monsoon is likely to hit Odisha within the next 24 hours, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) predicted today. In its mid-day bulletin, the IMD said that conditions are favorable for advance of monsoon into some parts of Odisha during the next 24 hours. The monsoon will be active in south Odisha in [...]

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha Government is planning to introduce a new programme ‘School Certification Programme’ in all the state-run schools from this academic session to recognise and reward schools for quality education. This has been informed by Odisha School Education Programme Authority (OSEPA) State Project Director Jyoti Prakash Das here today. Under the initiative, the schools [...]

Bhubaneswar: Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik will preside over the Council of Ministers meeting to be held in the Secretariat today. The meeting is expected to discuss many issues including the aspects of the Budget for the year 2019-20. Department wise allocations in the budget will also get the nod. The council and the Cabinet are [...]

Bhubaneswar: In view of the improved weather conditions, the Odisha Government today announced the reopening of schools from tomorrow instead of June 26. “With the onset of monsoon and improved weather condition, government has decided to advance the school reopening to June 21,” informed School and Mass Education Department Secretary Pradipta Kumar Mohapatra. Earlier, the [...]

Jharsuguda: In order to facilitate take-off and landing operations of flights during inclement weather conditions, Instrument Landing System (ILS) will be installed at the Odisha’s Jharsuguda airport soon, said an official. The ILS will be installed at Veer Surendra Sai Airport in Jharsuguda within a time frame of two months and will cost around Rs [...]

Bhubaneswar: At least 11 districts in Odisha will witness rainfall and thunderstorm today, according to the Regional Meteorological Centre, Bhubaneswar. The districts are Kendrapara, Jagatsinghpur, Bhadrak, Dhenkanal, Keonjhar, Jajpur, Angul, Cuttack, Khurda, Nayagarh and Puri, the met department predicted. Moderate thunderstorm with lightning and light to moderate rainfall are likely to occur at some places [...]

Bhubaneswar: The mortal remains of Sahid Naik Ajit Kumar Sahoo today reached Bhubaneswar. Odisha Governor Prof Ganeshi Lal paid his rich tributes and laid wreath on the mortal remains at the 120 Battalion (TA) here. Army jawan, Ajit Kumar Sahoo lost his life after sustaining injuries in an IED blast in Pulwama on June 18. [...]