Tag: State News

Bhubaneswar, August 29, 2017: Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Tuesday announced the implementation of Seventh Pay Commission for State Government employees and pensioners from September 1 this year. The announcement comes at a time when the implementation of the recommendation of the Seventh Pay Commission has been an issue amongst the State Government and […]

Bhubaneswar, August 28, 2017: Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Monday spoke to Prof Ashok Mahapatra who is leading the 40-member team at AIIMS, New Delhi on the surgery on conjoined twins from Kandhamal Honey alias Jaga and Singh alias Balia. “Prof Mahapatra assured me surgery at #AIIMS is on track & may take another 8 […]

Bhubaneswar, August 28, 2017: Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Monday urged the Union Government for installation of installation of the Doppler weather radars at  Balasore  and Sambalpur at the earliest. In 2006, the Central Government had decided to install four Doppler weather radars in the disaster prone Odisha for tracking and monitoring of real-time weather […]

Bhubaneswar, August 28, 2017: In a first-of-its-kind initiative, Odisha Government on Monday raised its own Odisha Industrial Security Force (OISF) in order to provide an integrated safety and security cover to the industrial establishments in the State. The first batch of the 1,289 recruits, including 203 women of the newly raised force has undergone 10-month […]

Bhubaneswar, August 24, 2017: Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Thursday hailed the Supreme Court’s land mark verdict on Right to Privacy. Earlier on Thursday, in a landmark decision that will affect the lives of all Indians, a nine-judge Constitution bench of the apex court unanimously declared that right to privacy was a Fundamental Right under […]

Bhubaneswar, August 24, 2017: A new batch of 150 young technical professionals joined Odisha Power Transmission Corporation Limited (OPTCL) on Thursday. Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik handed over appointment letters to them in a function here and urged them to work with dedication for realising our mission ‘Power for All’. “Since 2010, over 1,581 professionals have […]

Bhubaneswar, August 23, 2017: Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Wednesday launched the web portal of grid connected Rooftop Solar programme in the State. The website www.rtsodisha.gov.in was aimed at making the programme easily accessible to the common citizens with 30 percent Government subsidy.    Patnaik restated focus on harnessing renewable energy and utlising it productively […]

Bhubaneswar, August 22, 2017: Odisha Government on Tuesday launched Injectable Contraceptive programme, aimed to maintain healthy gap between the births of children by using injectable contraceptive. The injections would be available for free at public health facilities. Health and Family Welfare Secretary PK Meherda launched the programme christened as ‘Antara’ which is considered to be effective […]

Bhubaneswar, August 21, 2017: Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Monday handed over the appointment letters to as many as 581 doctors and asserted that more than 5,700 posts of Paramedics will also be filled up this year. “I congratulate all the doctors who are joining the prestigious Odisha Medical Service today. Healthcare is a top […]

Bhubaneswar, August 20, 2017: Union Petroleum and Natural Gas Minister Dharmendra Pradhan on Sunday flagged of 11 mobile medical units (MMUs) here on Sunday in order to provide doorstep healthcare facility in rural areas in Odisha. The service will be available free of cost.  The global positioning system (GPS)-enabled MMUs were the initiative of Hindustan […]