Odisha

Key Highlights Odisha registers higher rate of growth than many of its peers and the national average KALIA scheme game changer to improve agriculture prosperity in Odisha Debt to GSDP ratio maintained below the threshold limit of 25% Odisha’s capital outlay stands at 4.9% of GSDP, which is one of the highest amongst the major [...]

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha Government had demanded a total of Rs 38,094.51 crore from the Centre for relief and restoration works during different natural disasters in the past 19 years, but the State has received a meager Rs 4,572.97 crore. The figures have been revealed by Revenue and Disaster Management Minister Sudam Marandi in the Odisha [...]

Key Highlights Determined to deliver a clean, transparent and citizen-centric governance KALIA scheme will be continued as promised Govt to pursue aggressively women reservation in every forum Ensuring quality education among the top priorities Government to take expeditious steps to convert all left out Kutcha houses into Pucca houses Creation of employment opportunities for youth [...]

Khallikote: A local court here today convicted five persons and sentenced them to life imprisonment in the sensational murder of television journalist Tarun Acharya that rocked the entire district 5 years ago. Additional district judge Srinivas Pratihari convicted the five persons including mastermind P Shyam Sundar Prusty, the owner of a cashew factory. He has [...]

Bhubaneswar: Honesty is a rare virtue. What does one do when he/she finds a bag full of cash? It is highly unlikely it could reach the owner but not in this particular case. Biswanath Khatua, “Mo Bus’’ captain made sure the bag he found, which had Rs 49,500 cash in it, was returned to its [...]

Bhubaneswar: Joining office of the Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC), the largest urban local body of the state, Prem Chandra Chaudhary the new Municipal Commissioner, stressed better delivery of services and raising the “satisfaction levels’’ of all groups of citizens across the civic body. Calling for adopting simplified procedures for the citizens to avail the services [...]

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik today expressed grief over the demise of centenarian freedom fighter Mohammed Baji. Baji, an ardent follower of Mahatma Gandhi, passed away at the age of 103 at his residence in Nabarangpur district. ବିଶିଷ୍ଟ ସ୍ଵାଧୀନତା ସଂଗ୍ରାମୀ ମହମ୍ମଦ ବାଜିଙ୍କ ଦେହାନ୍ତ ବିଷୟରେ ଜାଣି ମୁଁ ଦୁଃଖିତ। ଦେଶର ସ୍ଵାଧୀନତା ପାଇଁ ତାଙ୍କ ଅବଦାନ ସବୁବେଳେ ସ୍ମରଣୀୟ [...]

Bhubaneswar: The Biju Janata Dal (BJD) MLA Rajanikant Singh was today elected as the Deputy Speaker of 16th Odisha Legislative Assembly unanimously. BJD Supremo and Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik moved the proposal of the Angul MLA’s nomination for the post in the House today, which was supported by Parliamentary Affairs Minister Bikram Keshari Arukh. Speaker [...]

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik has paid humble tributes to Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay on his Birth Anniversary. Chattopadhyay was a great litterateur and will be remembered for his inspiring composition of Vande Mataram, our National song, Naveen tweeted. Chattopadhyay was an Indian writer, poet and journalist. He was the composer of Vande Mataram, originally [...]

Bhubaneswar: Development of startup ecosystem remains the top priority of the Odisha Government and in the next phase it will be expanded to districts by setting up ‘Startup Development Cells’, said Capt. Divya Shankar Mishra, Minister, MSME, Energy, Industries & Home on Wednesday. While interacting with the startups, Mishra assured that all possible support will [...]