Tag: State News

Bhubaneswar: As a part of the campaign to construct the world’s tallest statue of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel known as ‘Statue of Unity,’ the ‘Run for Unity’ marathon was organized at Bhubaneswar, the capital of Odisha. The marathon was flagged off by former Director General of Police Amiya Bhusan Tripathy. It was started off from Forest […]

Bhubaneswar: The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) Odisha unit on Friday set a target enorl 1 lakh youths in the State within a period of one month to expedite its anti-corruption movement. The membership drive will continue till January 15. Addressing mediapersons here at the State party office, AAP State Committee convener Nishikant Mohapatra said, “We […]

Bhubaneswar: Sidharth Sritam Pattnaik, a student of Kalinga Institute of Medical Sciences (KIMS), was awarded with Dr Gobind Chandra Senapati Memorial Gold Medal by the Indian Academy of Pediatrics for the year-2013 for securing second highest mark in final MBBS Final Examination 2013 of Utkal University. He received the award from Surya Narayan Patro, Minister, […]

Bhubaneswar: The State Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME) department will organsie a seven-day-long trade fair at IDCO exhibition ground from January 1 to 7 in the name and style of Odisha MSME International Trade Fair-2014. Large number of low cost technologies would be demonstrated in the trade fair which would be helpful for the […]

Bhubaneswar: INTACH Odisha on Wednesday held a one day seminar on ‘The Potential World Heritage Sites in Odisha’ at the Mahabodhi Society of India Hall.    Speaking on the occasion, State Convener of INTACH,  A.B. Tripathy spoke of the potential sites in Odisha which could and should be included in the World Heritage List. He […]

Bhubaneswar: Renowned Sanskrit scholar and the Vice Chancellor of Central Sanskrit University, Tirupati, Prof. H.K. Satapathy conferred with the prestigious ‘Kaustubha’ award by Bharatiya Vidya Bhawan, New Delhi.    Prof Satapathy was chosen for this commented honour for his monumental contribution in enriching Sanskrit Literature by writing the epic Bharatayanam consisting a Shawl, Shriphala, Citation, […]

Bhubaneswar: Farmer leaders from Odisha led by the anti corruption activist and great farmer leader Er. Debashisha Hota met the Union Tribal Affairs and Panchayati Raj Minister V. Kishore Chandra Deo along with Rajya Sabha MP AV Swamy.   The delegation urged the Minister to Include SARA and SAARA in the list of Scheduled Tribes […]

Bhubaneswar: The Indian Institute of Management (IIM), Raipur on the occasion of International Conference on Humanitarian Logistics (ICHL) 2013 conferred ICHL award 2013 for Excellence in Humanitarian Action to Odisha State Disaster Management Authority (OSDMA) in the field of disaster preparedness. The award is conferred for valuable contribution in creating greater public awareness on multi-hazard […]

Bhubaneswar: Former Odisha Pradesh Congress Committee President (OPCC) Niranjan Patnaik on Wednesday slammed the BJD Government for trying to get a new Police Bill passed surreptitiously without adequate public debate. The provisions of the Bill are contrary to the recommendation of the National Police Commission (NPC) and subsequent reports by expert groups as well as […]

— Says 5 months enough to build alternative Salepur: Taking inspiration from the spectacular performance of the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) in the Delhi Assembly elections, expelled Congress leader Soumya Ranjan Patnaik on Sunday said Ama Odisha, the political outfit recently launched by him, can do an encore in Odisha. “The performance of the AAP, […]