Month: January 2018

New Delhi, January 31, 2018: The National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) has provided toilet facilities at 192 toll plazas across the country. Around 180 more toll plazas will be covered by the end of March, 2019 across India, informed a Ministry of Road Transport and Highways press release.  Under the Government of India’s flagship […]

Bhubaneswar, January 29, 2018: From this year, winners of National Bravery Award from Odisha would get cash award of Rs 1 lakh from the State Government, announced Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Monday here. Patnaik met Mamata Dalai and Pankaj Mahanta, who received the National Bravery Awar on Republic Day from Prime Minister Narendra Modi […]

Bhubaneswar, January 29, 2018: The Bharat Raksha Manch held a protest on Monday with the demand for extending the exercise of holding the National Register of Citizens (NRC) in Odisha after the first part of the draft of the NRC for Assam was published on the January 1. The NRC is an exercise that is […]

New Delhi, January 27, 2018: More than 17 crore children of less than five years across the country will be given polio drops as part of the Pulse Polio Programme in 2018. President Ram Nath Kovind, launched the programme for 2018 by administering polio drops to children at the Rahstrapati Bhawan, in the presence of […]

Bhubaneswar, January 27, 2018: Cutting across party lines, regions, ideologies and age groups, eminent personalities of the country gathered in Bhubaneswar at the release a pictorial biography of former Odisha Chief Minister and freedom fighter Biju Patnaik titled ‘The Tall Man Biju Patnaik’ on Saturday.  Former President Pranab Mukherjee, BJP veteran and former Deputy Prime […]

Bhubaneswar, January 27, 2018: Former Prime Minister HD Deve Gowda on Saturday said the Government of India must bestow the country’s highest civilian honour, Bharat Ratna to freedom fighter and former Odisha Chief Minister Biju Patnaik. Recalling the great contribution of the legendary leader both during pre-independence and post-independence period, the former PM said that, […]

Bhubaneswar, January 24, 2018: Chief Minister and BJD president Naveen Patnaik on Wednesday suspended Lok Sabha MP from Kendrapara, Baijayant “Jay” Panda from the primary membership of the party for anti-party activities. The move came nine months after he was removed from the post of spokesperson of the BJD parliamentary party. “Party president Naveen Patnaik […]

Bhubaneswar, January 22, 2018: In a small village of Manipur, one last veteran of Netaji’s Indian National Army still lovingly cherishes the first flag that was unfurled in Indian Territory. It was not the tricolor, but the INA Flag that was flown in liberated India at Moirang on the April 14, 1944 by Colonel Shaukat […]