Odisha

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik has greeted the people of the State on the occasion of the three-day Raja festival that began today with much pump and grandeur to welcome the monsoon. Naveen took to Twitter and wished everyone ‘Happy Raja and prayed for prosperity for all”. “I wish this unique Odia festival brings [...]

Bhubaneswar: On the occasion of World Blood Donor Day today, Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik has praised the people who donate blood regularly and urged all to join the noble cause. Every blood donor is a life saver and there is no greater act of humanity than donating blood, the Odisha CM mentioned in a [...]

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik today approved creation of two more Revenue inspection (RI) circles in Bargarh District. The Chief Minister approved creation of RI circles – Dava and Laudidhara under Jharbandh block – along with reorganisation of Jharbandh RI circle, an official release said. Earlier, the Odisha Government had announced creation of three [...]

Bhubaneswar: Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik today sanctioned an amount of seven crore fifty eight thousand rupees from the Chief Minister’s Relief Fund as financial assistance for house building to the Fani affected people of Puri district. According to an official statement, the assistance will be given to those who are not eligible to get relief [...]

Chatrapur: The Ganjam district administration has organised the monthly ‘Mo Gelha Jhia’ programme here today to celebrate the birthday of newborn girls with much fanfare. Through the programme, a first of its kind in the country, the administration aimed at spreading awareness among the people about the importance of girl child and gender equality. Aska [...]

Bhubaneswar: Kamal Kishore, member of the National Disaster Management Authority, who os on a three day visit to Odisha has appreciated Odisha’s response to Very Severe Cyclonic Storm Fani. He said the handling of the Cyclone Fani was World Class. Responding to media persons after his meeting with the Chief Secretary, he said “the State’s [...]

New Delhi: Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik today condoled the tragic death of Odia Flight Lieutenant Sunit Mohanty, who was among the air-warriors on board the ill-fated AN-32 transport aircraft of Indian Air Force (IAF) that crashed in Arunachal Pradesh. “Deeply saddened by the news of our air warriors who lost their lives in AN [...]

New Delhi: Union Minister Dharmendra Pradhan will meet Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik here on Friday. The Union Steel and Petroleum Minister is expected to meet the Chief Minister at Odisha Bhavan in the national capital, sources said. Both the leaders will discuss about the issues relating to the development of petroleum and steel sectors [...]

Bhubaneswar: Odisha has achieved a 19 per cent growth in revenue collection till May of this fiscal. The revenue collection till May of 2019-20 increased to Rs 6505 crore from Rs 5466 crore by the end of May 2018. It has been revealed at the high level meeting held at State Secretariat on Wednesday under [...]

Bhubaneswar: In a significant development, Odisha Government has decided to implement a common syllabus system for under graduate courses in all universities of Odisha. According to sources, the syllabus under choice-based credit system (CBCS) will come up from 2019-2020 academic sessions. State Higher Education Minister Arun Kumar Sahu today held an interactive session with vice [...]