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Bhubaneswar, March 29, 2018: Puri King Gajapati Dibyasingh Deb on Thursday called on Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik at the State Secretariat here and discussed issues of development of Shree Jagannath Temple, Shree Gundicha Mandir, Grand Road (Bada Danda) and heritage monuments and sites in the pilgrim city of Puri. The Gajapati Maharaja, who happens to […]

Bhubaneswar, March 29, 2018: In a tribute to Madhu Babu, the state Government has named the new bridge on Mahanadi river from Cuttack to Nuapatna as Utkal Gourab Madhusudan Setu.  Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik will dedicate the 3.13 km bridge to the people on Odisha Divas.  The bridge has been constructed at a cost of […]

Bhubaneswar, March 27, 2018: The State Government on Tuesday signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the Vedanta Ltd for setting of a medical college and hospital in Bhawanipatna in Kalahandi district. Once completed, it will fulfill a long-standing need of best quality healthcare for the people of Kalahandi and adjoining districts. The MoU for […]

Bhubaneswar, March 26, 2018:  An exhibition of photographs, sketches and newspaper reports on the Great Orissa Famine of 1866 was inaugurated by Culture Minister Ashok Panda at the State Archives on Monday.  The exhibition is being organised by The Indian National Trust for Art and Cultural Heritage (INTACH) and Odisha State Archives. The exhibition will […]

Bhubaneswar, March 23, 2018: Odisha Finance Minister Sashi Bhusan Behera on Friday presented a Rs 1.20 lakh crore budget for 2018-19 in the State Assembly when the State is slated to go for polls in early parts of 2019, giving major thrust to the agriculture and health sector. Presenting the annual Budget of 1,20,028 crore, […]

Bhubaneswar, March 23, 2018: A united Opposition forced repeated adjournments in the Odisha Assembly over distress sale of tomato in the State on Friday. As the House assembled at 10.30 am to transact the business for the day, opposition Congress and BJP members holding newspapers and tomatoes first raised slogans against the Government standing on […]

Bhubaneswar, March 22, 2018: Odisha Government on Thursday decided to develop a Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) to enquiry and sanction process of ex-gratia in case of disaster deaths  to ensure that the beneficiaries get the financial aid without delay.  The move was aimed at paying the assistance to next of kin (NOKs) of the deceased […]

Bhubaneswar, March 22, 2018: Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Thursday inaugurated the much-awaited Kala Bhoomi- Odisha Crafts Museum in Pokhariput here. The Kala Bhoomi – Odisha Crafts Museum marks a golden chapter in the State’s cultural history and will play a vital role in preserving and promoting our heritage and traditions, said Patnaik. The museum […]

New Delhi, March 20, 2018: Union Minister of State for Home Affairs Kiren Rijiju on Tuesday informed the Lok Sabha that around 330 Pakistani and 1,770 Bangladeshi nationals have been repatriated in last three years. “Illegal migrants enter into the country in clandestine and surreptitious manner.  Therefore, accurate estimate of such illegal migrants is not […]