Month: August 2015

Bhubaneswar, August 30: The Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) and National Aluminium Company Limited (NALCO) would establish chair for Aeronautical Engineering and for Geological Sciences and Communication Skills Development Programme, respectively at the Central University of Orissa (CUO), Koraput. This was informed by Koraput CUO Vice Chancellor Dr Sachidananda Mohanty on the occasion of the varsity’s […]

Bhubaneswar, August 20: The Assembly on Thursday was adjourned till 3 pm, amid sloganeering over the quashing of State Government’s appeal in the Supreme Court challenging the High Court order on ex-DGP Prakash Mishra case by Opposition Congress. As the House assembled for the day, Congress MLAs rushed to the well of the House holding […]

— 2,890 block level posts, 146 at Panchayati Raj Dept lying vacant Bhubaneswar, August 18: Out of the total 314 blocks in the State 20 blocks are running sans regular Block Development Officers (BDOs) while 100 blocks are functioning without Additional BDOs. Panchayati Raj Minister Arun Sahoo on Tuesday informed the Assembly that around 2,890 […]

Bhubaneswar, August 18: The Monsoon Session of the Odisha Assembly was adjourned till Wednesday after paying rich tributes to the departed former members of the House, including former president of India Dr APJ Abdul Kalam and former Chief Minister of Odisha and Assam Governor Janaki Ballav Patnaik. As soon as the House assembled on the […]

Bhubaneswar, August 17: In a major jolt to the Odisha Government, the Supreme Court on Monday quashed the special leave petition (SLP) of the State challenging the June 19 High Court order quashing the vigilance case against CRPF DG and former Odisha DGP Prakash Mishra. A two judge bench consisting Justice J Chelemeshwar and Justice […]

— Odisha Chief Secretary, DGP asked for report Bhubaneswar, August 14: The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has sought an action-taken report (ATR) from the Chief Secretary and the Director General of Police (DGP) over the blatant human rights violation at Sarathi Ashram in Kendrapara district. Acting on a petition filed by Supreme Court lawyer […]

— GM Rajiv Vishnoi congratulates stakeholders for success Bhubaneswar, August 14: In the first quarter of the current financial year (FY) up to June 2015, the East Coast Railway (ECoR) has generated earnings to the tune of Rs 3,485.58 crore which is 11.07 per cent more than in the corresponding period of last year. Similarly, […]

Bhubaneswar, August 11: To enhance opportunities for entrepreneurship and to encourage youth entrepreneurship and innovation in Odisha, Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik launched a Rs 2-crore Odisha Youth Innovation Fund on Tuesday. The scheme would be implemented by the Odisha Small Industries Corporation (OSIC) as the nodal agency. Youths of the State aged between 13 and […]

Bhubaneswar August 9: The Bharat Raksha Manch on Monday released a Special Mourning Cover on former President late Dr APJ Abdul Kalam. The cover was released as a part of the Kranti Divas celebrations held at Bhubaneswar. This is the first mourning cover released on the former President after his death. Manch president Dr Bimlendu Mohanty, […]

–Sarathi Baba in scandal Bhubaneswar, August 9: Crime Branch sleuths on Sunday started interrogation of the self-styled godman Srimad Sarathi at the CB headquarters in Cuttack to extract truth from him about the ‘scandal’. The CB has taken Sarathi on a three-day remand starting Sunday. A team of CB sleuths started grilling of the controversial […]