Tag: State News

Gopalpur, October 28: Mumbai-based Sure Safety Solutions Pvt. Ltd. (SSS) would set up a manufacturing unit of Aerial Target Products for defence purposes at Gopalpur Industrial Park of Tata Steel in Ganjam district in Odisha. The Aerial Target Manufacturing facility would be set up by Sure Safety Solutions Pvt. Ltd., in collaboration with Megitt Defence, […]

Bhubaneswar, October 28: The National Aluminium Company Limited (Nalco), the Navratna PSU, has declared a total dividend amount of Rs 451.02  crore (i.e.35% of the paid up capital) for the financial year 2014-15. This includes the Union Government’s share of Rs 365.01 crore. Since inception, Nalco has paid a total of Rs 5356.76 crore as […]

Bhubaneswar, October 6: Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Tuesday ordered a probe over the unruly crowd behaviour during the second T20 match between India and South Africa at Barabati Stadium in Cuttack on Monday night, and cautioned Odisha Cricket Association (OCA) and Odisha police to ensure no such incidents in future. Expressing concern over incident […]

Bhubaneswar, September 13: The Bharat Raksha Manch on Sunday said that it would release a White Paper on the extent of Bangladeshi infiltration in the state. Manch national secretary Anil Dhir said that a preliminary survey of 72 urban places in the State had shown that in 54 towns and cities there was a discernible, […]

Bhubaneswar, September 3: Four days after the arrest of Jhinti Sasan-based Trahi Achyuta ashram chief Surendra Mishra and his two sons for alleged ‘illegal activities’, the Odisha Government has scarped the tourism stats of the ashram.    The tourism department which had accorded the status to the ashram spread over 20 acre in 2010-11 on […]

Bhubaneswar, August 30: The Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) and National Aluminium Company Limited (NALCO) would establish chair for Aeronautical Engineering and for Geological Sciences and Communication Skills Development Programme, respectively at the Central University of Orissa (CUO), Koraput. This was informed by Koraput CUO Vice Chancellor Dr Sachidananda Mohanty on the occasion of the varsity’s […]

Bhubaneswar, August 20: The Assembly on Thursday was adjourned till 3 pm, amid sloganeering over the quashing of State Government’s appeal in the Supreme Court challenging the High Court order on ex-DGP Prakash Mishra case by Opposition Congress. As the House assembled for the day, Congress MLAs rushed to the well of the House holding […]

— 2,890 block level posts, 146 at Panchayati Raj Dept lying vacant Bhubaneswar, August 18: Out of the total 314 blocks in the State 20 blocks are running sans regular Block Development Officers (BDOs) while 100 blocks are functioning without Additional BDOs. Panchayati Raj Minister Arun Sahoo on Tuesday informed the Assembly that around 2,890 […]

Bhubaneswar, August 18: The Monsoon Session of the Odisha Assembly was adjourned till Wednesday after paying rich tributes to the departed former members of the House, including former president of India Dr APJ Abdul Kalam and former Chief Minister of Odisha and Assam Governor Janaki Ballav Patnaik. As soon as the House assembled on the […]

Bhubaneswar, August 17: In a major jolt to the Odisha Government, the Supreme Court on Monday quashed the special leave petition (SLP) of the State challenging the June 19 High Court order quashing the vigilance case against CRPF DG and former Odisha DGP Prakash Mishra. A two judge bench consisting Justice J Chelemeshwar and Justice […]