Odisha

Bhubaneswar: A day after sworn in as the Chief Minister of Odisha for record fifth time, Naveen Patnaik today announced a special package for Bijepur Assembly constituency in Bargarh district, which the BJD president represents for the first time in the Odisha Legislative Assembly. As per announcement, about 34,000 eligible households having Kutcha houses in [...]

Bhubaneswar: Odisha’s newly appointed School & Mass Education Minister Samir Ranjan Das on Thursday held a review meeting of the Department and stressed on the fast rebuilding of the cyclone Fani-ravaged schools. At the review meeting at the State Secretariat here, the minister urged the all concerned officials to expedite repair and restoration work of [...]

(File Photo) Bhubaneswar: The Odisha Home Department on Thursday urged the Director General of Fire Services to carry out inspection of fire safety measures at all coaching centres across the State. The directive came in the wake of a major fire mishap at a coaching centre in Gujarat’s Surat that killed at least 21 students. [...]

Bhubaneswar: The newly elected members of Odisha Legislative Assembly began taking the oath this morning, a day after Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik and his council of ministers were sworn in. Naveen Patnaik, the leader of the House, was first administered the oath by newly appointed pro-tem speaker Amar Prasad Satpathy. The pro-tem speaker also administered [...]

Bhubaneswar: India’s lone orangutan ‘Binny’ passed away last night at Odisha’s Nandankanan Zoological Park following a prolonged illness. The aged 41-year-old orangutan died at about 9.40 PM on Wednesday due to old age complicacy followed by respiratory tract infection. The animal was under long term treatment since one year by the experts from the College [...]

Bhubaneswar: Dibya Shankar Mishra after taking the Charge of Energy, Industries and MSM&E Ministry on Wednesday visited Energy Department to take stock of restoration work in the aftermath of cyclone Fani. An official welcome was rendered to Minister Mishra by Secretary Energy, Sri Hemant Sharma, IAS in presence of key officials of Energy Department and [...]

Bhubaneswar: Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik will not attend the swearing-in ceremony of Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday as the newly elected members of the 16th Odisha Assembly will take oath on the same day. As leader of the House the Chief Minister will remain present during the occasion. So he is unable to visit [...]

Bhubaneswar: Keeping his election promise, Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik today, on the first day of assuming office, announced that the women self-help groups of the state will be provided government works worth one thousand crore rupees under the Mission Shakti Scheme. The move assumes significance as the government took the decision on the very first [...]

Bhubaneswar: Keeping his poll promises, Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik announced disbursal of financial assistance to 33 lakh more eligible farmers under the KALIA (Krushak Assistance for Livelihood and Income Augmentation) scheme on the first day of assuming office. The Chief Minister also approved proposal to provide Rs 1,000 crore worth of government business to Women [...]

Bhubaneswar: Naveen Patnaik who took oath as Chief Minister for 5th record term has motivated his new Council of Ministers to work dedicatedly towards building a new and empowered Odisha. Chairing the first meeting of the Council of Ministers at the State Secretariat this evening, Patnaik asked his Ministers to focus on Transformation towards a [...]