Category: Odisha

Bhubaneswar, October 6, 2018: An “International Conference on Thunderstorm and Lightning (ICTLT)” is all set to be organised in Bhubaneswar between January 17 and 19 next year. “The proposed conference is expected to provide an excellent platform for networking of scientists, academicians, operational researchers, planners, extension personnel and different levels of stakeholders to share their […]

Puri, October 6, 2018: Puri police on Saturday arrested 12 more persons, taking the total number of arrests to 23 so far in connection with the arson and violence near Jagannath temple here during Wednesday’s bandh. Earlier on Thursday, police had arrested 11 persons in this connection. Today, Singhadwar police arrested 12 more persons, including […]

Bhubaneswar, October 6, 2018: Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Saturday launched Nirman Kusuma Yojana that aims to provide financial assistance to children of construction workers for pursuing technical education Odisha. Under the scheme the State Government will fully fund the course fee of children of construction workers studying in Government ITI, Polytechnic and Diploma. The […]

Bhubaneswar, October 5, 2018: Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik has approved at least 45,714 projects worth Rs 1,130.59 crore so far under the Ama Gaon Ama Bikash (Our Village Our Development) initiative since its inception in March this year. Ama Gaon Ama Bikash programme aims to speed up rural development in Odisha with people’s participation. “So […]

Bhubaneswar, October 5, 2018: Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Friday launched ‘The Odyssey City Card’, a common payment card to pay for citizen services in Bhubaneswar and My Odyssey Centres’ to facilitate payment for services like shopping, city bus, recreation, parking and utility payments such as property tax. A joint initiative of Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation […]

Bhubaneswar, October 5, 2018: The Southwest Monsoon withdrew from the whole State on Friday. And the State has received a surplus of 11.3 per cent rainfall during the Monsoon this year, said an India Meteorological Department (IMD), Bhubaneswar bulletin. It said the country as a whole witnessed a normal Monsoon this year. According to its […]

Puri, October 3, 2018: Agitating Jagannath Sena activists on Wednesday ransacked Shree Jagannath Temple Administration (SJTA) office, vandalised Revenue and Disaster Management Minister Maheswar Mohanty’s house and broke barricades outside the Jagannath Temple during a bandh call given Sena opposing queue darshan system at the 12th century shrine. Aggrieved over queue darshan system at the […]

Bhubaneswar, October 2, 2018: Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik launched Odisha’s own Food Security scheme on Tuesday to mark the Gandhi Jayanti to cover 25 lakh people left out of National Food Security Act 2013. The State Government will spend Rs 443.5 crore per annum to support the scheme and Rs 221.75 crore in current financial […]