Author: Odisha News Tune

Bhubaneswar, October 6: Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Tuesday ordered a probe over the unruly crowd behaviour during the second T20 match between India and South Africa at Barabati Stadium in Cuttack on Monday night, and cautioned Odisha Cricket Association (OCA) and Odisha police to ensure no such incidents in future. Expressing concern over incident […]

Bhubaneswar, September 13: The Bharat Raksha Manch on Sunday said that it would release a White Paper on the extent of Bangladeshi infiltration in the state. Manch national secretary Anil Dhir said that a preliminary survey of 72 urban places in the State had shown that in 54 towns and cities there was a discernible, […]

Bhubaneswar, September 3: Four days after the arrest of Jhinti Sasan-based Trahi Achyuta ashram chief Surendra Mishra and his two sons for alleged ‘illegal activities’, the Odisha Government has scarped the tourism stats of the ashram.    The tourism department which had accorded the status to the ashram spread over 20 acre in 2010-11 on […]

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, […]