Category: Odisha

Noida, December 25, 2017: Prime Minister Narnedra Modi on Monday hailed Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath for ignoring superstition associated with Noida and visiting the city. The Chief Minister had shunned advice of many for not visiting Noida, as many of his predecessors had apparently lost their chair after visiting Noida. The Chief Minister […]

Bhubaneswar, December 24, 2017: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate a stretch of the new Magenta line of the Delhi Metro on Monday. The line connects Botanical Garden in Noida with Kalkaji Mandir in Delhi. The Botanical Garden-Kalkaji Mandir metro line will bring down the travel time between Noida and south Delhi to 19 minutes […]

Bhubaneswar, December 23, 2017: A day after sacking him from the Council of Ministers, Chief Minister and BJD president Naveen Patnaik on Saturday removed Damodar Rout from the post of party’s vice-president and party’s observer for Dhenkanal district. A BJD communiqué signed by party vice-president and Minister Usha Devi to this effect was issued to […]

Bhubaneswar, December 23, 2017: The central Government has recognised Odisha as “Champion State” for recording the highest growth in exports during 2016-17 financial year. This was announced during a review meeting of Ministry of Commerce and Industry on Export performance of States and formulation of strategy attended by State MSME Additional Chief Secretary (MSME) LN […]

Damodar Rout Bhubaneswar, December 22, 2017: Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Friday expelled senior Minister Damodar Rout from the Council of Ministers for his derogatory remarks on Brahmins.  Four days after he stirred controversy for his beggar remark on Brahmin community, Patnaik dismissed Agriculture Minister Damodar Rout from his Council of Ministers. “I strongly disapprove […]

Bhubaneswar, December 22, 2017: As many as 2,275 Highways construction workers from Odisha among 1.12 lakh people from across the country will be provided training in World Bank funded projects in the trades of masonry, bar-bending and shuttering over a span of four months by June 2018, said Union Minister of Road Transport and Highways […]

Bhubaneswar, December 21, 2017: The Central Government has launched an online complaint management system titled Sexual Harassment electronic–Box (SHe-Box) for registering complaints related to sexual harassment at workplace of all women employees in the country, including Government and private employees. In order to ensure the effective implementation of the Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace […]

Bhubaneswar, December 20, 2017: Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Wednesday appointed noted space entrepreneur and founder CEO of India’s first space StartUp Earth2Orbit Dr Susmita Mohanty as the chairperson of ‘Mo School’ initiative. On November 14, on the occasion of Children’s Day, Patnaik had announced an initial corpus of Rs 100 crore for this initiative […]

Bhubaneswar, December 20, 2017: Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Wednesday stressed the need for equitable water sharing among riparian States with strong responsibility towards healthy river system. Focusing on the highly important issue of sustainable river basin management, Patnaik said, “Equitable water sharing among riparian States with strong responsibility towards healthy river system should be […]