Odisha

Bhubaneswar: Budget presentation is very often seen as one of the most important and anticipated events in a State’s calendar of events. The announcements made by the Finance Minister on the Budget day determine the common man’s household budget, and of course will lead to the welfare of the people as well as the growth [...]

Bhubaneswar: Odisha BJP has appointed Dhamnagar MLA Bishnu Sethi as the deputy leader of the party in the State Assembly. Besides, Mohan Charan Majhi, who represents Keonjhar Sadar constituency, has been named as the chief whip of the party. Earlier, BJP national president Amit Shah appointed Bhawanipatna MLA Pradipta Naik as the leader of BJP [...]

Berhampur: The alleged mastermind in the murder of Aska Congress leader Manoj Jena was arrested on Saturday. After weeks of search, a team of Baidyanathpur police finally arrested Bhagwan Sahu, the prime accused in the killing of Congress Aska MLA candidate Manoj Jena, from a rented house in Bhubaneswar, media reports stated. Earlier on June [...]

Bhubaneswar: Separated conjoined twins from Odisha – Jaga and Kalia, who are currently undergoing treatment at All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), New Delhi will return to the State soon. The twins, who are currently under medication after undergoing a rare cranial separation surgery, are now ready to get discharged from the hospital, said [...]

Bhubaneswar: The Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) has issued a ‘Red Alert’ for Odisha as the low pressure area forming over the Bay of Bengal is intensifying and gradually moving towards the west. The weather department said that a monsoon trap line has become active on the upper part of the atmosphere following which some parts [...]

Bhubaneswar: Finance Minister Niranjan Pujari on Friday presented in the Assembly the state’s Budget for the financial year 2019-20. While the surplus budget has been hailed as a pragmatic one, the weightage given to the agriculture and allied sectors is what makes it more important. In the Agriculture Budget, the Finance Minister has given due [...]

Bhubaneswar: Odisha has been experiencing power cuts despite electricity surplus, admitted a Minister in the Assembly today. Power outage takes place in several parts of the State due to various reasons, such as infrastructure development work, technical problem, equipment repairing and maintenance, said Rural Development Minister Sushant Singh during the Question Hour in House in [...]

Bhubaneswar: The Central Government’s stand on the controversial Polavaram project has once again taken the center stage in Odisha politics as legislators cutting across party lines condemned in the assembly the Union Environment Ministry’s decision to extend the construction period for the Polavaram dam project in Andhra Pradesh by two years. The legislators on Friday [...]

Bhubaneswar: Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik today launched a new theme based agarbatti of ITC Corporation here at the Puri Circuit House. The Lord Jagannath Themed Agarbattis have been launched keeping in view the upcoming Ratha Yatra festivals. It is a joint initiative of the ITC Mangaldeep, Odisha Government and the Sri Jagannath Temple Administration. These [...]

Bhubaneswar: Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik today tweeted a congratulatory message for Biswanath Khatua, the Mo Bus Captain who had a found bag full of cash in his bus and returned the bag to the owner. The Chief Minister tweeted “Mo Bus Captain Biswanath Khatua’s righteousness and humanity is an example for the society. I congratulate [...]