Tag: State News

Bhubaneswar, April 28: The Odisha Disabled Peoples’ Network, a forum fighting for the cause of physically-challenged people, on Tuesday opposed the State Government’s decision to bring transgender and widow under the newly constituted Department of Social Security and Empowerment of Persons with Disability. “It is a welcome step that the Government has considered our demand […]

Bhubaneswar, April 28: Odisha Circle Chief Postmaster General Tikal De on Monday inaugurated the much awaited State’s first post office savings bank ATM at the Bhubaneswar General Post Office (GPO). Another ATM was also opened at the Cuttack GPO. Three more ATMs would be launched at Puri, Rourkela and Sambalpur shortly while as many as […]

Odisha CM Naveen Patnaik Bhubaneswar, April 27: The State Cabinet would meet on Tuesday at the State Secretariat here under the chairmanship of Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik. The meeting which is scheduled to meet at 11.30 am is likely to approve 15 different proposals, including amendments to BPUT Act in which the concerned ET and […]

Bhubaneswar, April 22: A total of 347 Special Police Officers (SPOs) were elevated to the post of Constables in the State. Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik approved a proposal of the State police headquarters to this effect here on Wednesday. The SPOs who were working in the nine Naxal hit districts like Sundargarh, Rayagada, Deogarh, Ganjam, […]

— Threatens to launch strike from Apr 24  Dandapani Mohanty Bhubaneswar, April 22: Maoist interlocutor Dandapani Mohanty has threatened to resort to hunger strike at Brahmapur Circle Jail from April 24 if the Government fails to ensure political prisoner status to him.  Mohanty (65), who was arrested in Brahmapur on February 8, 2013 on charges […]

Bhubaneswar, April 20: The Odisha Government on Monday effected a major reshuffle in top IAS level and removed senior bureaucrat Taradatt from the post of Revenue and Disaster Management Additional Chief Secretary. Taradatt, a 1983 batch IAS officer, was shunted to the insignificant position of Director General of Gopabandhu Academy of Administration. However, he continued […]

Odisha Secretariat Bhubaneswar, April 20: The Odisha Government on Monday declared six per cent hike in DA for its employees with retrospective effect from January 1, 2015. The announcement of the hike would now raise the allowance from the present 107 to 113 per cent and benefit about four lakh State Government employees and pensioners, […]

— ECI urged for action Bhubaneswar, April 19: Ruling BJD and CPI (M) leaders Odisha are miffed over BJP’s membership drive as they claim that they too have been receiving SMSs inviting them to join the saffron outfit. A controversy has erupted after senior BJD and CPI (M) leaders received messages from the BJP on their […]

Bhubaneswar, April 18: In a bid to create awareness about the importance of ancient monuments and heritage sites hundreds of people, including students of different schools and colleges, folk artists and people from different walks of life like politicians and bureaucrats conducted a heritage walk to mark the World Heritage Day on Saturday here.  The […]

–Kalinga  TV launched– Bhubaneswar, April 18: Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Saturday formally launched Kalinga TV, a 24*7 regional news channel, and called upon it to be constructive media organisation thereby helping the Government in solving the issues of people. Patnaik stated, “It will be not wrong to say that it is a golden period […]