Tag: State News

Bhubaneswar, Aug 3: Four family members of renowned businessman and hotelier Satpal Singh and a domestic help died in a fire mishap at Singh’s house located in Budheswari Colony under Laxmisagar police in the early hours of Thursday. The deceased were identified as Satpal’s younger son Gagan Pal Singh (40), daughter-in-law Bhavana Singh (38), granddaughter […]

Bhubaneswar, Aug 3: Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Thursday launched UNNATI, a new initiative of the State Government, which aims at transformation of cities and towns into thriving urban areas. “The programme will accelerate implementation of civic amenities across all 107 municipalities and NACs of our state. The cities and towns will have 100% water […]

Bhubaneswar, Aug 2: Special Relief Commissioner’s (SRC) official Facebook page crossed 10,000 followers on Wednesday. It was around one-and-a-half month ago that the SRC had joined the social media by registering its presence on Facebook. “Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik has issued clear instructions for use of three Ts namely, Technology, Transparency and Team Work in […]

Bhubaneswar, Aug 1:  The State Government has released a total of Rs 6.80 crore to five districts for disbursement of house building assistance to the households whose houses were damaged due to the recent floods and heavy rain. The amount was given to the Collectors of Rayagada, Kalahandi, Nabarangpur, Koraput and Malkangiri districts. The highest […]

Bhubaneswar, July 26: Chief Secretary Aditya Prasad Padhi on Wednesday held a video conference with district Collectors to review the flood situation and preparedness by the administration. Padhi asked the Collectors of flood affected Rayagada, Kalahandi, Nabarangpur and Malkangiri districts to ensure submission of preliminary damage assessments of flood indicating areas affected, damage to public […]

Bhubaneswar, July 26: The Central University of Orissa (CUO), Koraput and the Council of Analytical Tribal Studies (COATS), Koraput signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to enhance the cooperation in the higher educational sector and tribal research development on Wednesday. The MoU was signed between CUO Vice-Chancellor Prof Sachidananda Mohanty and COATS Director Prof PC […]

Bhubaneswar, July, 25: The Odisha Cabinet chaired by Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik today approved at least 19 proposals that will have a transformative impact on key sectors including higher education, livelihood, drinking water, healthcare and air connectivity. The Cabinet approved a tender proposal which will enable starting of construction work of the medical college in […]

Bhubaneswar, July 25: As part of its efforts to improve delivery of public services by using social media, the State Government in association with Facebook on Tuesday organised a workshop for the bureaucrats and senior Government officials at the State Secretariat here. Inaugurating the workshop, Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik said that social media is a […]

Bhubaneswar, July 24: Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Monday took stock of the flood preparedness at the State Secretariat here and asked officials to evacuate people inundated in low lying areas to safer places well in advance. Asking the officials to be fully prepared to effectively deal with the situation, the Chief Minister directed for […]

Bhubaneswar, July 23: The Revenue and Disaster Management Department on Sunday alerted the District Collectors of six districts in view of IMD forecast of extremely heavy rainfall in the next 48 hours, which may trigger flood in the Baitarani, Subarnarekha, Budhabalanga and Brahmani rivers. District Collectors of Keonjhar, Jajpur, Bhadrak, Balasore, Mayurbhanj and Sundargarh have […]