Tag: State News

Bhubaneswar, February 26, 2018: Odisha Government, under ‘Khushi’ scheme, will provide free sanitary napkins to girl students from class VI to XII in Government and Government-aided schools in the State. Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik announced the launching of the scheme benefitting 17 lakh female students. “I am happy to announce “KHUSHI” universal provisioning of free […]

Barpali, February 20, 2018:  Shoes were hurled at Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik while he was addressing a public meeting as part of the ongoing election campaign for the February 24 by-poll for the Bijepur Assembly constituency on Tuesday. The incident occurred while Patnaik was about to end his public address and preparing to leave the […]

New Delhi/Bhubaneswar, February 20, 2018: The Union Cabinet on Tuesday approved proposal constitution of a tribunal under Inter-State River Disputes Act, 1956 to resolve the Mahanadi river water sharing dispute between Odisha and Chhattisgarh.  The Union Cabinet chaired by the Prime Minister Narendra Modi has approved the proposal for adjudication of dispute on Mahanadi River […]

New Delhi, February 20, 2018: The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday approved 130 km long Jeypore-Malkangiri New Line project at a completion cost of Rs 2676.11 crore. The project is likely to be completed by 2021-22. The project will cover Koraput and Malkangiri districts of Odisha. The […]

Bhubaneswar, February 17, 2018: NITI Aayog Vice-Chairman Rajiv Kumar on Saturday met Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik at the State Secretariat here. The CM raised important issues of Odisha’s interest, including the most “deserved” Special Category State status for the State for fast tracking ongoing development activities. “I have again raised our demand for restoration of […]

New Delhi, February 16, 2018: Union Tribal Affairs Minister Jual Oram on Friday said that his Ministry will set up 562 more Ekalavya Model Residential School (EMRS) in tribal areas of the country. The Ministry of Tribal Affairs has been allocated an amount of Rs 6000 crore in 2018-19 (BE) as compared to Rs 5329.32 […]

New Delhi, February 15, 2018: Odisha Government will sponsor Indian Men’s and Women’s Hockey teams for next five years, announced Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik in New Delhi on Thursday.  The CM announced the first-of-its-kind association with Hockey India for the next five years Patnaik also unveiled its logo that will don the new jerseys of […]

New Delhi, February 13, 2018: The Union Health Ministry has approved the proposal of Medical Council of India (MCI) to amend the Screening Test Regulations-2002, making it mandatory to qualify NEET to pursue foreign medical course. A common National Entrance Exam -National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test (NEET)-has been made  mandatory for admission to all medical courses in […]

New Delhi/Bhubaneswar, February 10, 2018: Union Petroleum and Natural Gas, Skill Development and Entrepreneurship Minister Dharmendra Pradhan along with Union MoS Railways Manoj Sinha flagged off the inaugural run of Bhubaneswar-New Delhi Rajdhani Express via Sambalpur City, Jharsuguda and Rourkela through video conferencing from Railway Board, New Delhi on Saturday. “The running of this train […]

Bhubaneswar, February 9, 2018: The Film Society of Bhubaneswar (FSB) will host a seven-day ninth Indian Film Festival of Bhubaneswar from February 14 at the IDCOL auditorium here. The festival will screen contemporary works from the east and the northeast (Assamese, Bengali, Bodo, Manipuri, Khasi and Odia); South (Kannada, Malayalam and Tamil), West (Marathi); and […]