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Dilip Ray Bhubaneswar, June 19, 2018: Hours after the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) pulled out of its alliance with the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in Jammu-Kashmir on Tuesday, senior BJP leader and Rourkela MLA Dilip Ray said that the alliance was a complete ideological mismatch and should have been ended much earlier. Hailing the decision […]
Continue ReadingBhubaneswar, June 14, 2018: Two days after announcement of the Biju Swasthya Kalyana Yojana (BSKY), Health Minister and Family Welfare Minister Pratap Jena on Thursday said that Odisha will not implement Centre’s Ayushman Bharat programme also known as ‘Modicrae.’ Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Tuesday announced yet another popular scheme Biju Swasthya Kalyana Yojana, named […]
Continue ReadingKolkata, June 10, 2018: The three-day ‘The Pride and Glory Of Baliyatra’ event which kick started at ‘The Rabindranath Tagore Centre’, ICCR, Kolkata on Saturday will culminate on Monday. Roots and Revelations, in collaboration with Embassy of the Republic of Indonesia, Indonesia Tourism, Indian Council for Cultural Relations (ICCR), Odisha Tourism and The Telegraph is […]
Continue ReadingBhubaneswar, June 8, 2018: The Odisha Government on Friday signed MoU with Pullela Gopichand Badminton Foundation to set up a world-class Badminton Academy in Odisha. The MoU was signed in the presence of Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik and Pullela Gopichand at the State Secretariat here. The CM said the partnership with badminton legend will groom […]
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 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 28, 2018: Bhubaneswar, the State capital of Odisha, has become the fourth National data centre of National Informatics Centre (NIC) after Delhi, Hyderabad and Pune. The NIC will hire 800 professionals in the next one year. The new cloud-enabled National Data Centre aims to offer round-the-clock operations with secure hosting for various […]
Continue ReadingBhubaneswar, May 28, 2018: With “deep anguish, hurt and sorrow”, high profile Kendrapara Lok Sabha member Baijayant Panda on Monday resigned from the ruling Biju Janata Dal (BJD). He sent his resignation letter to BJD president and Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik. He will separately write to Lok Sabha Speaker Sumitra Mahajan to resign from the […]
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