Odisha

Berhampur: Five more persons were arrested on Wednesday in connection with the murder of Congress MLA candidate from Aska in Ganjam district, Manoj Jena. A lookout notice was also issued against prime accused Bhagwan Sahu by the Berhampur police, sources said. Four accused persons were held from Laxmipur area in Koraput district, another was arrested [...]

Bhubaneswar: Alliance Air, a wholly owned subsidiary of state-owned Air India commenced operations from Jharsuguda airport also known as Veer Surendra Sai Airport (VSSA) from today. The Air India subsidiary launched its flight services from VSSA to Odisha’s state capital Bhubaneswar and Raipur in Chhattisgarh. The flight services will be operated under Ude Desh Ka [...]

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Wednesday extended warm greetings to the people on the auspicious occasion of of Eid-ul-Fitr. “May the spirit of Eid bring happiness and strengthen the spirit of brotherhood and amity in the society”, the CM tweeted. Eid-ul-Fitr, which marks the end of the holy month of Ramadan, was [...]

Bhubaneswar: It was a sea of supporters at the Naveen Niwas yesterday when a large number of organizations gathered to felicitate Naveen Patnaik on his massive victory in the recently held elections. Hundreds of thousands of members of different government employees unions and associate organizations met the Chief Minister and congratulated him for his becoming [...]

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik today urged the ministers to give report before 7th of every month about the status of implementation of various promises made by his party Biju Janata Dal in its 2019 poll manifesto. The ministers will give the first report of their respective departments to the Chief Minister before July [...]

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha Government has started seeking suggestions from the people for the preparation of the annual budget for 2019-2020 fiscal. The Finance Department has invited suggestions from the public for the preparation of the yearly budget. It has developed a special web portal ‘www.budget.odisha.gov.in’ where suggestions can be submitted, an official release said. In [...]

Bhubaneswar: BJP’s Lok Sabha MP from Bhubaneswar seat Aparajita Sarangi met Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik at the State Secretariat here on Tuesday. It was Sarangi’s first meeting with the Chief Minister after being elected to the Lok Sabha. The bureaucrat-turned-politician congratulated Naveen on his victory and assured him of all her support to the [...]

Bhubaneswar: Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik has condoled the untimely death of noted Ollywood actor and comedian Salil Mitra. The Odisha CM expressed his profound grief over the sad demise of the actor and extended condolences to the bereaved family. In a Twitter post, Naveen explained the late actor a legend and said that the impression [...]

Bhubaneswar: Popular Ollywood comedian and actor Salil Mitra is no more. Mitra who met with an accident on May 12th in Ghatagaon breathed his last at a private hospital in Bhubaneswar. He was seriously injured in the accident and undergoing treatment for fractured ribs and injuries in the spinal cord. He is survived by his [...]

Bhubaneswar: The Rashtriya Ispat Nigam Limited (RINL), also known as the Visakhapatnam Steel Plant (Vizag Steel), has donated Rs 140 lakh to the Odisha Chief Minister’s Relief Fund (CMRF) for the relief and restoration work in the cyclone Fani-affected areas in Odisha. PK Rath, CMD, RINL-VSP met Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik here today and presented [...]