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Bhubaneswar, June 4, 2018: Amid mounting opposition pressure and strikes by different outfits over missing key of the Ratna Bhandar (Treasury) of Lord Jagannath, Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Monday ordered a judicial probe into the matter. A retried High Court justice will probe the issue and submit report within three months. “The Chief Minister […]
Continue ReadingBalasore, June 3, 2018: The long range ballistic missile Agni-5 was successfully flight tested at 9.45 am on Sunday from Dr APJ Abdul Kalam Island (Wheeler Island). All the Radars, Electro Optical Tracking Stations and Telemetry Stations tracked the vehicle all through the course of the trajectory. All the mission objectives have been achieved. Defence […]
Continue ReadingBhubaneswar, June 2, 2018: Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Saturday wrote to Union Environment, Forest and Climate Change Minister Dr Harsh Vardhan seeking immediate operationalization of the ‘Stop Work Order’ on construction work of Polavaram Project, till issues pertaining to Odisha’s interests are resolved. The Chief Minister had written similar letters of protest to Prime […]
Continue ReadingBhubaneswar, June 1, 2018: BJD’s Prasanna Acharya and TMC MP Sukhendu Sekhar Ray could be fielded for the Rajya Sabha Deputy Chairman’s post as incumbent PJ Kurien’s terms gets over this month. Kurien’s term as Deputy Chairman will end this month and elections for the post are likely to be held when the Upper House […]
Continue ReadingBhubaneswar, May 31, 2018: Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Thursday announced ‘Gopabandhu Sambadika Swasthya Bima Yojana’ to provide health insurance cover of Rs 2 lakh for working journalists in the State. The programme will come into effect from June 1, 2018. The State Government will provide the health insurance cover to the working journalist along […]
Continue ReadingBhubaneswar, May 29, 2018: Born in a humble agricultural family, Sesha Kisan suffered deep personal tragedy as he lost his mother at a tender age and father in his teens. He was grazing cattle in a village in Sambalpur in Odisha. Today, the same Sesha Kisan is a renowned chemical scientist. His journey from grazing […]
Continue ReadingBhubaneswar, May 30, 2018: The Mahanadi Water Disputes Tribunal has issued notices to five States – Odisha, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra – to nominate representative for adjudication of Mahanadi water sharing dispute by August 6. The notices were issued under Rule 4 of the Inter-State River Water Disputes Rules, 1959 to the Governments of […]
Continue ReadingBhubaneswar, May 30, 2018: Ahead of the onset of monsoon, Special Relief Commissioner (SRC) Bishnupada Sethi has reviewed the arrangements in all districts to handle possible flood during monsoon. A mock drill on cyclone and flood management will be held on June 19 in all the districts. Sethi who also acts as the Disaster Management […]
Continue ReadingBhubaneswar, May 28, 2018: Stitiprajna Sahoo of DAV Public School Chandrasekharpur here emerged as the State topper and secured fourth position at the all India level with 99.2% (496 marks) in Class-X CBSE examinations results of which were published on Tuesday. She has scored a perfect 100 marks in Science and Social science, 99 marks […]
Continue ReadingBhubaneswar, May 29, 2018: Prof Ganeshi Lal took oath as the 45th Governor of Odisha on Tuesday. A former Haryana BJP unit president, he was administered the oath of office at Raj Bhavan by Chief Justice Vineet Saran of the Orissa High Court at a special function in presence of Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik. Prof […]
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