Tag: State News

CM Naveen Patnaik presenting free laptops. (File Photo) Bhubaneswar, Aug 22: Around 15,000 meritorious Plus Two pass students, including 5,000 belonging to tribal and Dalit category, would get free laptops under the Biju Yuva Sashaktikaran Yojana this year, sources said. The Higher Education Department has asked the Council of Higher Secondary Education (CHSE) to give […]

Bhubaneswar, Aug. 21: Odisha Panchayati raj and Law Minister Arun Sahu on Wednesday called upon the students of SOA University here to be good leaders in all fields including politics and business. “Able leadership is the need of the hour in all fields including politics and business. It’s time that students should realize the importance […]

To hold mass agitation from Sep 5-15 Bhubaneswar, Aug 21:  The Communist Party of India (Marxist) State Committee on Thursday demanded CBI inquiry into the large scale mining, land and plot scam in the State and slammed the Chief Minister for his silence over the housing scam. “The Chief Minister’s silence in the housing and […]

Volunteers staging street play at Bhubaneswar Railway station Bhubaneswar, Aug-21: In a bid to create awareness among passengers about the need to keep the stations clean, the East Coast Railway recently organised a cleanliness awareness programme at Bhubaneswar railway station to maintain clean and hygienic atmosphere in train and station premises. Volunteers taking out rally at […]

Dharmendra Pradhan Interpretation Centre by Sept this year Bhubaneswar: Union Minister for Petroleum and Natural Gas Dharmendra Pradhan on Wednesday directed the concerned officials to complete the tourist facilities and peripheral development project at Sun Temple complex at Konark latest by April 2015 in view of the ensuing Nabakalebara festival of Lord Jagannath. While reviewing […]

Courtesy-OCAC  Bhubaneswar: The Odisha Government is all set to digitise all the universities and colleges in a phased manner as a part of its initiatives to reform the higher education. Initially, all the State-owned universities will be digitized while the service will be available at colleges later. The Odisha Computer Application Centre (OCAC), the nodal […]

Bhubaneswar: A delegation of Kalinga Lanka Foundation (KLF), on the first-ever meeting with its new ex-officio Patron-in-Chief, Prof Sudharshan Seneviratne, High Commisioner of Sri Lanka in India, raised five key issues of mutual cooperation between Odisha and Sri Lanka. The delegation led by former Odisha Chief Secretary Mr Debi Prasad Bagchi, apprised the High Commissioner […]

Bhubaneswar: In order to alleviate fears in complainants and create a cooperative ambience in police stations, the State police introduced basic amenities service at the Saheednagar police station here for the first time on Tuesday.  Under this service, tea, coffee, cold water, pen and paper will be provided to the people visiting the police station […]

Naveen Patnaik Bhubaneswar: Senior BJP leader Bijoay Mohapatra on Tuesday alleged that Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik is the main accused in land and plot scam and demanded a CBI probe to unearth the truth. Briefing mediapersons here, Mohapatra, a bête-noire of Patnaik, said there is enough evidence to hold the Chief Minister as an accused […]

Bhubaneswar: With 500 days left to the Millennium Development Goals (MDG), people from different walks of life like retired bureaucrats, UNDP officials and NGO representatives here at a workshop to chalk out modalities to achieve the goal. Organized by international child rights organization-Save the Children marking 500 day countdown to MDG achievement beginning from Monday […]