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Bhubaneswar, June 12: Four-time MLA and tribal leader Mohan Charan Majhi was on Wednesday sworn in as the Chief Minister of Odisha at a ceremony here attended by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, several Union Ministers and Chief Ministers. This is the first time that a BJP Government has been formed in Odisha. The event was […]
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Bhubaneswar, June 11: Defence Minister Rajnath Singh today announced veteran tribal leader Mohan Majhi as new Chief Minister of Odisha, ending days of speculation after the party’s victory in the recent State Assembly election Singh also announced the names of Prabhati Parida and KV Singh Deo as the Deputy Chief Ministers of the State. The […]
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Bhubaneswar, June 11: No Government official will be allowed to avail leave or permission to leave the Headquarters, even on public holidays, (except on Health grounds) until June 30 to attend to any urgent assignments in view of the swearing-in ceremony of the new Government in the State, said an official release. The General Administration […]
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Bhubaneswar, June 9: Jatni-based artist L. Eswar Rao has sculpted a miniature head of Narendra Modi to congratulate him on taking the oath as the Prime Minister of India for the third term. Rao, known for creating miniature sculptures on various topics and themes, crafted Modi’s head on a wax crayon. The head is 1 […]
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New Delhi, June 10: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday assigned portfolios to his 71 Council of Ministers, a day after taking oath of office for a historic third consecutive term. The new Union Cabinet held its first meeting under the chairmanship of PM Modi at the PM’s residence in the evening following which the […]
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Bhubaneswar, June 9: Bureaucrat-turned-BJD leader VK Pandian on Sunday announced retirement from active politics amid a section of party leaders and workers expressing resentment against Pandian following the party’s poll defeat in the State. “My only intent was to help Naveen Patnaik,” the BJD leader, who is a close aide of Naveen Patnaik, said in […]
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Bhubaneswar, June 6: As many as 40 students of DAV Public School, Chandrasekharpur have scored more than 600 marks National Testing Agency conducted All India NEET (UG) exam, results of which were announced recently. A total of 131 students of the school here have been enlisted in the merit list. Out of the successful candidates, […]
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Bhubaneswar, June 5: After a resounding defeat in the State assembly and Lok Sabha elections, Naveen Patnaik, the long-standing Chief Minister of Odisha and president of the Biju Janata Dal (BJD), tendered his resignation to governor Raghubar Das at the Raj Bhavan in Bhubaneswar on Wednesday. Wiyh this, Patnaik’s 24-year tenure as the State’s Chief […]
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We are celebrating the 52nd Year of World Environment Day, today. This year’s theme for World Environment Day emphasizes the urgency of collective action to combat the challenges of land restoration, desertification and drought resilience under the slogan “Our land. Our future. We are Generation Restoration.” This is one of the most powerful slogans given […]
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Bhubaneswar, June 5: The BJP got majority in the Odisha Assembly by winning 78 seats in the 147-member House on Tuesday, according to the Election Commission of India (ECI) after counting concluded on Tuesday. The Naveen Patnaik led-BJD which is in power in Odisha since 2000 managed to get 51 Assembly seats and the Congress […]
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