Odisha

New Delhi: BJD MP Pramila Bisoyi on Saturday urged Defence Minister Rajnath Singh to expedite the search operation of missing IAF Transport Aircraft An-32 and bring back flight lieutenant Sunit Mohanty. Sunit, a native of Baliapalli village under Kabisuryanagar block in Aska parliamentary constituency in Odisha’s Ganjam district, was among the 13 IAF personnel onboard [...]

Bhubaneswar: On the occasion of World Oceans Day today, Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik has reaffirmed his pledge to keep blue planet healthy for sustainable use. “Oceans are lifelines for our planet as they provide most of the oxygen we breathe, source of water that sustains life on Earth, major source of food and play [...]

New Delhi: Bringing relief from scorching heat, monsoon hit the Kerala coast on Saturday after a delay of a week, said an official. Monsoon has made an onset over Kerala today (June 8), said India Meteorological Department’s Director General-designate Mrutyunjay Mohapatra. This marks the official commencement of the four-month rainfall season in the country with [...]

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik to meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday at New Delhi. Paramilitary likely to raise various issues including Special Category Status, assistance for restoration works that were damaged due to cyclone Fani, Ayushman Bharat, controversial polavaram project and many other issues during the meeting. This will be Naveen’s first [...]

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government has allocated an amount of Rupees 3,234 crore more for inclusion of more farmers under the KALIA scheme in the financial year 2019-20. The notification issued by the Agriculture department says that in conforming the Odisha Cabinet’s May 29 decision, 32.34 lakh additional beneficiaries will be added to the existing 45 [...]

Bhubaneswar: In its aim to make Bhubaneswar polythene free, the Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation has speeded up the enforcement of Ban on plastic carry bags. On Friday, two enforcement squads of BMC checked and seized polyethylene bags amounting to 75 kgs from Rajmahal area, Unit I Market, Master Canteen Square, Rupali Square, Gopabandhu Square, CRP Square, [...]

Bhubaneswar: In a dramatic development, Paradip MLA Sambit Routray, the son of Damodar Rout today said that his father and senior leader can script a comeback story to the ruling party if the party supremo and Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik wishes. Notably, Damodar had joined BJP after being expelled from BJD in September last year [...]

Bhubaneswar: Flight Lieutenant Sunit Mohanty from Ganjam district is among the 13 Indian Air Force (IAF) personnel onboard AN-32 transport aircraft that went missing since June 3. The ill-fated aircraft went off radar around 1 pm on Monday, a little over half an hour after taking off from Jorhat in Assam for Arunachal’s Mechuka Advanced [...]

Bhubaneswar: Odisha is likely to get the first showers of south-west monsoon by June 12-14, according to the Indian Meteorological Department (IMD). The weather department said that the onset was delayed it is expected to hit India’s Southern Coast on June 8. “The east-west shear zone now runs roughly along Lat. 8°N between 3.1 & [...]

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government has allocated land for seven tourism projects, which will bring in investment worth Rs 354.34 crore to the state. The projects, include Golf Resort at Satpada in Puri to be developed by Mayfair Hotels and Resorts with an investment of Rs 125 crore; Gopalpur Palm Resort at Udayapur in Ganjam to [...]