Tag: State News

— Odisha Chief Secretary, DGP asked for report Bhubaneswar, August 14: The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has sought an action-taken report (ATR) from the Chief Secretary and the Director General of Police (DGP) over the blatant human rights violation at Sarathi Ashram in Kendrapara district. Acting on a petition filed by Supreme Court lawyer […]

— GM Rajiv Vishnoi congratulates stakeholders for success Bhubaneswar, August 14: In the first quarter of the current financial year (FY) up to June 2015, the East Coast Railway (ECoR) has generated earnings to the tune of Rs 3,485.58 crore which is 11.07 per cent more than in the corresponding period of last year. Similarly, […]

Bhubaneswar, August 11: To enhance opportunities for entrepreneurship and to encourage youth entrepreneurship and innovation in Odisha, Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik launched a Rs 2-crore Odisha Youth Innovation Fund on Tuesday. The scheme would be implemented by the Odisha Small Industries Corporation (OSIC) as the nodal agency. Youths of the State aged between 13 and […]

Bhubaneswar August 9: The Bharat Raksha Manch on Monday released a Special Mourning Cover on former President late Dr APJ Abdul Kalam. The cover was released as a part of the Kranti Divas celebrations held at Bhubaneswar. This is the first mourning cover released on the former President after his death. Manch president Dr Bimlendu Mohanty, […]

–Sarathi Baba in scandal Bhubaneswar, August 9: Crime Branch sleuths on Sunday started interrogation of the self-styled godman Srimad Sarathi at the CB headquarters in Cuttack to extract truth from him about the ‘scandal’. The CB has taken Sarathi on a three-day remand starting Sunday. A team of CB sleuths started grilling of the controversial […]

Koraput, August 5: Professor Sachidananda Mohanty has appointed as the new Vice-Chancellor of the Central University of Orissa (CUO) Koraput, said a communiqué received from the Ministry of Human Resources Development (MHRD) on Tuesday. Prof Mohanty, the former HoD of English at the University of Hyderabad, will take full charge of the university soon.  He […]

Bhubaneswar, August 5: President Pranab Mukherjee would pay a two-day visit to the State from Friday. As per the itinerary, the first citizen of India would arrive at the Biju Patnaik International Airport at 1.45 pm on Friday and leave for Rameswar by a helicopter to attend the golden jubilee function of the Rameswar High […]

–Sarathi Baba in ‘scandal’– Kendrapara, August 5: Tension erupted at Barimula-based at the self-proclaimed godman Srimad Sarathi Baba Ashram in Kendrapara district after police personnel on Wednesday evening resorted to mild lathi charge to disperse the irate mob who was demanding clarification from Baba about the explicit clippings telecasted in a regional TV channel. While […]

Bhadrak, August 5: A destitute widow who was declared dead by the Bhadrak district administration in Odisha a year ago finally has started receiving has started receiving old age pension. More interestingly, the district administration that had been denying her pension itself started giving the benefit. The district administration of Bhadrak woke up after the […]

Bhubaneswar, August 3: Odisha to go on a mission mode to preserve onions in the state. Agriculture Minister Pradeep Maharathy on Monday informed that to deal with the onion crisis, the State Government is all set to launch an Onion Mission soon. Under the mission, emphasis would be given on opening of cold storages across […]