President Kovind arrives in Odisha on 3-day visit

Bhubaneswar, March 20: President Ram Nath Kovind arrived in Bhubaneswar on Saturday evening on three-day visit to Odisha. He was received at the Biju Patnaik International Airport here by Governor Prof Ganeshi Lal, Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik, Union Petroleum & Natural Gas and Steel Minister Dharmendra Pradhan, Union MoS Pratap Sarangi, Chief Secretary Suresh Chandra […]

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Odisha CM rolls out 18 Highway Patrolling units; 18 more to come up

Bhubaneswar, February 1: Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Monday rolled out 18 Highway Patrolling Units in 18 stretches of various State and National Highways (NHs) through video conferencing. Launching these units, the Chief Minister said that it will play a crucial role in saving the lives of accident victims on highways and announced that the […]

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CM announces India’s largest Hockey Stadium in Rourkela, to host Men’s Hockey World Cup-2023

Bhubaneswar, December 24: The wheels to host the prestigious FIH Odisha Men’s Hockey World Cup India 2023 started rolling in as Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Thursday announced a new world class Hockey stadium in Rourkela city which would be the biggest stadium for Hockey in India with a sitting capacity of 20,000. This is […]

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Bhubaneswar & Rourkela to host 2023 Hockey World Cup matches

Bhubaneswar: Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Wednesday announced that the 2023 Men’s Hockey World Cup will be held in Odisha. “It is a rare honour for any country to host a World Cup and Odisha is proud to be hosting Hockey World Cup for the second time continuously. I am happy to share matches of […]

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IAS officer who spent Rs 70 lakh on renovation of her residential quarter transferred

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha Government has transferred IAS officer and Sundergarh Collector Rashmita Panda reportedly for spending Rs 70 lakh for renovation of her residential quarters in Rourkela in a span of six months. She was shifted to Odisha Skill Development Authority as Chief Executive Officer and Employment Director on Saturday. The 2010-batch officer made the […]

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This IAS officer spent Rs 70 lakh to renovate residential quarters in Odisha

Bhubaneswar: Sundergarh Collector-cum-District Magistrate Rashmita Panda spent a staggering Rs 70 lakh of Government funds to renovate her residential quarters when she was the Vice-Chairperson of Rourkela Development Authority (RDA) and CEO of the Rourkela Smart City Authority with construction of additional bedroom costing Rs 4,34,861. Details of the renovation work and the expenditure incurred […]

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Rahul to address two public rallies in Bhawanipatna, Rourkela tomorrow

Bhubaneswar: Congress president Rahul Gandhi is scheduled to address two public meetings at Bhawanipatna in Kalahandi district and Rourkela in Sundergarh district on Wednesday. Rahul is visiting KBK region after a gap of nine years. Around 1.5 lakh people are expected to attend the Sankalp Samavesh at Bhawanipatna. After addressing in Bhwanipatna, Rahul will visit […]

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Rahul to visit Odisha on February 6

Bhubaneswar: Congress president Rahul Gandhi is scheduled to address two public meetings at Bhawanipatna in Kalahandi district and Rourkela in Sundergarh district on February 6, said Odisha Pradesh Congress Committee president Niranjan Patnaik on Thursday. This will be Rahul’s second visit to Odisha in two weeks. He had addressed a mass gathering at Tamando Mini […]

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Dilip Ray wants High-Performance Centre for Hockey in Rourkela

Rourkela: Maintaining that 10 out of 11 national Hockey players and 52 out of 53 international players from the State belong to Sundargarh district, Rourkela MLA Dilip Ray on Tuesday said that establishment of a High-Performance Centre for Hockey in Rourkela will be a fitting tribute to the sportspersons. Ray’s request came after Chief Minister […]

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