Tag: State News

Bhubaneswar: Former Minister and senior Congress leader Niranjan Patnaik on Friday wrote to Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik asking him to facilitate a full public debate on the proposed Lokayukta Bill. While welcoming the “belated announcement” to enact Lokayukta legislation in Odisha, Pattnaik said that such a Lokayukta had to be created within one year as […]

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Secretary Jugal Kishore Mohapatra on Thursday that there is vast scope for the food processing sector in the State and urged the implementing agencies to execute the food processing policy of the State in true letter and spirit. He was speaking after inaugurating a workshop titled on ‘Investors Meet on Food Processing’ […]

Bhubaneswar: The Indian Red Cross Society, Odisha State Branch organised a mock drill by trained Certified First Medical Responder (CFMR) volunteers at Red Cross Bhavan here to capture the practical knowledge on the very specific CFMR training. More than 100 volunteers including NDRT/ SDRT/DDRT members/ Youth Red Cross/ Junior Red Cross Counsellors / Red Cross […]

Bhubaneswar: The seven-day-long second edition of Odisha MSME International Trade Fair 2014 is all set to begin on January 1, 2014 at IDCO exhibition ground, here. Governor SC Jamir is scheduled to inaugurate the fair while Union MSME Department joint secretary SN Tripathy will be the guest of honour on the occasion. MSME Department Secretary […]

Bhubaneswar: The Central University of Odisha (CUO) conferred the Degree of Doctor of Science (Honoris Causa) upon Professor Madhav Gadgil, an eminent ecologist and environmental scientist. Union Rural Development Minister Jairam Ramesh conferred the Degree upon Gadgil in a special programme organised by CUO at India International Centre (IIC), New Delhi on Sunday. CUO VC […]

Titilagarh: The Titilagarh Assistant Sessions Judge Court here on Sunday rejected the bail pleas of four accused persons arrested in connection with the murder of youth BJD leader Abhimanyu Sahu and sent them to six day Crime Branch remand for interrogation. The state Crime Branch on Saturday arrested Alok Das, Jagadish Bag, Santosh Rana and […]

File Photo Bhubaneswar: BJP Prime Ministerial candidate Narendra Modi is scheduled to visit Odisha on February 11 to address a public meeting. Briefing mediapersons here about the visit of Modi BJP State president KV Singhdeo said though the exact venue of the public meeting is yet to decided but there is no chance of reschedule […]

Bhubaneswar: Pre-commercialization awareness workshop was organized by Business Planning and Development (BPD) Unit of Central Institute of Freshwater Aquaculture (CIFA) here. Seven technologies developed by CIFA were showcased to the prospective entrepreneurs/companies. The open forum provided the companies, successful entrepreneurs and emerging entrepreneurs to freely interact with the inventor scientists and research products. Attending the […]

Bhubaneswar: Senior Congress leader Niranjan Patnaik on Thursday visited unemployed jailed youths arrested during a ruckus in an employment fair organized by the state government last week at Ragadi jail in Jajpur and demanded their immediate release. Patnaik said, “It is highly disappointing that an employment fair is organized largely for freshers besides experienced youths. […]

Bhubaneswar: The five-day-long 8th International Odissi Dance Festival- 2013 will begin from Thursday here at Rabindra Mandap. The event will culminate on December 30. Around 250 Odissi dancers and 200 accompanying musicians from India and abroad including from Italy, USA, Japan, Malayesia, German, Poland and Srilanka will participate in the programme. The festival is being […]