Tag: National News

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 […]

Bhubaneswar, December 19, 2017: Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Tuesday launched four healthcare programmes to provide advanced healthcare services free of cost to the people of Odisha. First, under NIDAAN scheme, high-end diagnostic services like Digital X-Ray, CT scan, Pathology and MRI will be provided in PPP mode at Government hospitals. The proposed NIDAAN scheme […]

Bhubaneswar, December 19, 2017: BookMyShow, India’s largest online entertainment ticketing platform, has opened advance ticket sales for the most anticipated blockbuster of the year ‘Tiger Zinda Hai’. The tickets for the soon-to-be released Salman Khan and Katrina Kaif starrer are expected to be sold out very quickly as fans all across the country are eagerly […]

New Delhi, December 18, 2017: As many as 866 women cadets have been recruited in the Army, Navy and Air Force in last three years. They have been recruited in the officer cadre only.  A record of 486 female cadets have been recruited in the Air Force (excluding Medical and Dental Branch) followed by 245 […]