Odisha

Bhubaneswar: Southwest monsoon, that hit Kerala after a week-long delay on Saturday and touched Tamilnadyu today, is likely to make a late arrival on June 16th in Odisha, the IMD’s regional centre here said. The monsoon is unlikely to hit Odisha in the next four-five days and no specific date has been announced about its [...]

Bhubaneswar: The budget session of the 16th State Legislative Assembly will begin from June 25. It would be the first session of the Assembly after the formation of new government in Odisha. The session will begin with speech by the Governor Ganeshi Lal in the House. The Odisha budget for the year 2019-20 will be [...]

Bhubaneswar: The State’s annual budget for 2019-20 fiscal will be presented in the Assembly on June 28, official sources said today. According to a notification, Finance minister Niranjan Pujari will present the budget. The Budget session of the State Assembly will begin on June 25.

Puri: The Shree Jagannath Temple Administration (SJTA) has announced the schedule for the world famous annual Rath Yatra of Lord Jagannath to be held in this pilgrim town of Odisha next month. SJTA chief Pradipta Mohapatra has informed the media about the finalization of timings of Rath Yatra rituals. As per the schedule, chariot pulling [...]

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik condoled the demise of veteran actor and playwright Girish Raghunath Karnad who passed away at a Bengaluru hospital at 6.30 am today. Saddened to learn about passing away of iconic actor, litterateur, playwright, Padma Shri #GirishKarnad. He will be missed in the world of literature and cinema. May his [...]

Bhubaneswar: Chief minister Naveen Patnaik has expresses deep grief at the the death of four persons due to collapse of an old building in a haat in Dhenkanal On Sunday The chief minister conveys his deep sympathy to the bereaved families and announces an exgratia of RS four lakh each to the next of the [...]

Bhubaneswar: Chief minister Sri Naveen Patnaik expresses deep grief at the the death of four persons due to collapse of an old building in a haat in Dhenkanal. The chief minister conveys his deep sympathy to the bereaved families and announces an exgratia of RS four lakh each to the next of the kin of [...]

New Delhi: Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik today arrived in New Delhi on a week-long visit where he is scheduled to meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi. It would be Naveen’s first meeting with the Prime Minister after being sworn-in as Chief Minister of Odisha for the record fifth time. “I will meet PM Modi on [...]

Puri: The Shree Jagannath Temple Administration (SJTA) will auction live telecast rights of world famous Rath Yatra this year. The SJTA has invited expression of interest from reputed TV channels for the telecast rights which includes Snana Jatra, Ratha Jatra, Bahuda Jatra, Suna Besha, Adharapana and Niladri Bije. The application of the interested channels with [...]

Berhampur: Even as the six days have passed since the IAF aircraft went missing onboard an Odia flight lieutenant pilot and IAF filed to trace it out, thousands of people residing in Baliapalli village under Kabisuryanagar block of Ganjam district started offering prayers wishing safe return of Sunit Mohanty. Sunit, a native of Baliapalli village, [...]