Odisha

New Delhi: The Mahanadi Water Disputes Tribunal has set August 3 as the next date of hearing on Mahanadi water dispute between Odisha and Chhattisgarh. The three-member Tribunal was supposed to pronounce its verdict today on the interim application of the Odisha Government relating to sharing of the river water with the neighboring state. However, [...]

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik today greeted the people on the occasion of Suna Besha of the Holy Trinity. Devotees in large numbers thronged the pilgrim city of Puri to witness this unique ritual of the Lord Jagannath and his siblings Balabhadra, and Goddess Subhadra. On the occasion, the Chief Minister took to social [...]

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Teacher Eligibility Test (OTET) examination 2019 will be held in the first week of August. The candidates can apply for the OTET exam online from July 15 to 26, while the online fee can be deposited till 4 pm on July 29, said the Board of Secondary Education (BSE). Notably, the Odisha Government [...]

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik today urged the Centre to introduce direct flights between Bhubaneswar and Dubai. In a letter to Hardeep Singh Puri, the Minister of State (independent charge) of the Ministry of Civil Aviation, Housing and Urban Affairs, the Chief Minister said, as Odisha has been witnessing rise in passenger traffic to [...]

Bhubaneswar: Odisha’s ruling Biju Janata Dal (BJD) has appointed former legislator Utkal Keshari Parida as election coordinator for the party for Patkura assembly polls. The appointment was made by Chief Minister and BJD president Naveen Patnaik on Friday. Parida was elected to the Odisha Legislative Assembly from Kendrapara constituency in 2004. The election for Patkura [...]

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik today paid humble tributes to Karmaveer Gourishankar Ray on his birth anniversary. Remembering the legend, the Chief Minister expressed that Ray made immense contribution towards formation of separate Orissa state and worked relentlessly for the protection and preservation of the Odia language. ସ୍ଵତନ୍ତ୍ର ଓଡ଼ିଶା ପ୍ରଦେଶ ଗଠନର ଅନ୍ୟତମ ପୁରୋଧା କର୍ମବୀର [...]

Bhubaneswar: In a significant development, Justice MM Das Commission, probing the multi-thousand-crore chit fund scam, submitted its seventh interim report to the State Government today. The Commission’s Secretary handed over its report to Home department. According to some reports, 4,97,844 depositors have been identified while at least 1,931 micro small depositors have been refunded and [...]

Bhubaneswar: Odisha has received the Best Fisheries State’ at the Ninth Agriculture Leadership Awards organised by Agriculture Today Group in New Delhi. Sanjeeb Kumar Mishra, Resident Commissioner, Odisha Bhawan received the prestigious award in favour of Odisha in the Agriculture Leadership Awardees-2019, said Fisheries & Animal Resources Development Department. Bestowed with inland, brackish water and [...]

New Delhi: Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) president and former Bihar Chief Minister Lalu Prasad Yadav was granted bail on Friday in a fodder scam case. Jharkhand High Court granted bail to RJD chief in a case related to fraudulent withdrawal of money from the Deoghar treasury on two sureties of Rs 50, 000. Earlier, he [...]

Bhubaneswar: In an attempt to further strengthen agriculture infrastructure and boost farmers’ income, the Odisha Government has given approval to 24 new projects worth Rs 250 crore under Rashtriya Krishi Vikas Yojana (RKVY). The State Level Sanctioning Committee Meeting (SLSC) of RKVY chaired by Chief Secretary Aditya Prasad Padhi approved the projects for development of [...]