Tag: State News

Bhubaneswar, Sep 26: Fisheries and Animal Resources Development (F&ARD) Department has planned to initiate artificial insemination (AI) in 10,000 indigenous/Non-Descript cows from October 2 to 8 by adopting advanced reproductive technology of synchronised breeding through camp mode with an objective to sensitise and motivate the farmers rearing Indigenous cattle. Non-descript cows of the State in […]

Bolangir, Sep 26: Aggrieved displaced villagers of the Lower Suktel project on Monday started an indefinite Jan Satyagraha at Khagsabahal village, 25 km from here, in the Suktel river. Members of the Bolangir Action Committee led by Gopalji Panigrahi started the agitation protesting the State Government’s slipshod attitude in providing adequate compensation as per the […]

Bhubaneswar, Sep 26: Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Monday informed the Assembly that Vigilance cases have been registered against 19 IAS, two IPS, seven IFS and 290 OAS officers during the last 11 years. Patnaik informed in response to a question of Congress MLA Krushnachandra Sagaria on Monday told the House that the cases were […]

Bhubaneswar, Sep 25: Protesting arrest of owner of the ‘Maharaja’ bus, which claimed 19 lives after it fell off a bridge near Athamallik in Angul district on September 9, the All Odisha Private Owners’ Association on Sunday decided to go on a 24-hour State-wide strike on September 29. Association president Prakash Mishra told reporters that […]

Bhubaneswar, Sep 25: BJD supremo and Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Sunday said the apathy of the successive Governments at the Centre towards Odisha is the main barrier in the State’s development. “Like natural calamities, the Centre’s apathy is the main barrier in development of Odisha. Anti-Odisha tendency of the Centre was evident from Mahanadi […]

Bhubaneswar, Sep 25: A day after Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik blasted opposition parties, the Congress and the BJP, saying they are shedding crocodile tears on Mahanadi issue, Leader of Opposition and senior Congress leader Narasingha Mishra on Sunday severely criticised Patnaik for surpassing facts on Mahanadi in the House and termed him as a “villain”. […]

Bhubaneswar, Sep 25: With panchayat elections less than six months away in Odisha, the Congress on Sunday decided to visit every house in the State against the ruling BJD dispensation and opposition BJP to seek public support. Odisha Pradesh Congress Committee (OPCC) president Prasad Harichandan, who convened a meeting of party block chiefs titled Sankalp […]

Bhubaneswar, Sep 24: Two days’ discussion on Mahanadi water dispute issue virtually yielded no results as Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik alleged that Congress-led Government at the Centre and the BJP-led Government at the Centre, both have supported Chhattisgarh on Mahanadi issue and Andhra on Polavaram issue. “The Congress-led Government at the Centre and the BJP-led […]

Bhubaneswar, Sep 24: The death toll in Nayagarh cracker factory explosion mounted to six as four more succumbed to their injuries while undergoing treatment at SCB Medical College and Hospital, Cuttack on Saturday. Four who died in the Hospital on Saturday are Prafulla Kumar Sahu (45), Trinath Naik (70), Laxmidhar Mohapatra (38) and Loknath Mohapatra […]

Bhubaneswar, Sep 24: The Odisha unit of Bhartiya Janta Party (BJP) is all set to start off the year long birthday centenary celebrations of Pundit Deendayal Upadhyaya, beginning Sunday. Pundit Deendayal Upadhyaya was the party ideologue of the Bhartiya Jana Sangh, the forerunner of the BJP. State-level Pandit Deendayal Upadhyaya Birth Centenary Committee coordinator and […]