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Balasore: The Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) has successfully test fired AKASH-MK-1S missile from the Integrated Test Range (ITR) at Chandipur in Odisha’s Balasore district. The missile is an upgrade of existing AKASH missile with indigenous Seeker. It is a surface to air missile which can neutralize advanced aerial targets. The Akash weapon system [...]

Bhubaneswar: Clearing the air on the issue of successor to him in Odisha, the Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik himself has said that the people of Odisha will choose his successor and the successor will be from the Biju Janata Dal. Speaking to India Today’s Rahul Kanwal after his massive victory in the elections for the [...]

Bhubaneswar: Disney India today donated Rs 2 crore for the relief and restoration works in the areas affected by cyclone Fani in Odisha. The donation will support disaster response and provide assistance to those in need through Save the Children in India, the company said in a statement. “Our hearts go out to those affected [...]

Bhubaneswar: In a bid to encourage and provide assistance to poor but talented students in taking civil services as career, the Odisha Government has come up with a state-sponsored UPSC civil services coaching scheme for the students. The Higher Education Department, Odisha has invited applications for the coaching scheme for the session 2019-20. The Department [...]

Bubaneswar: BJD supremo Naveen Patnaik has invited Prime Minister Narendra Modi and senior BJP leader Dharmendra Pradhan to attend the swearing-in function of the Biju Janata Dal Government in State for the fifth consecutive time. Besides, the regional party has invited all the newly-elected MPs and MLAs and senior leaders cutting across party lines to [...]

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha Fire Services Department is conducting simultaneous raids at various coaching centres in Bhubaneswar and Cuttack to inspect their fire safety measures to avoid any eventuality, media reports stated. The department has formed 22 teams to carry out the raids in the Twin City in the wake of disastrous fire mishap at a [...]

Bhubaneswar: A three-member team formed to bring back the mortal remains of Odisha mountaineer Kalpana Das has reportedly left for Kathmandu today.

Puri: Senior Biju Janata Dal (BJD) leader Pinaki Misra has decided to donate his MP salary for the next five years for the cyclone Fani victims in Puri district. Misra, who has won the Puri Lok Sabha seat in the just concluded Lok Sabha polls, will contribute his entire salary of five years and daily [...]

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik, who led his party Biju Janata Dal to a stellar victory in the 2019 elections, has received congratulatory messages from several key leaders. Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh congratulated Naveen on forming government in Odisha once again and wished him successful term in service of the people. Congratulations [...]

Bhubaneswar: In an aim to bridge the digital gap, Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik has flagged off a special digital literacy bus ‘World on Wheels’ at secretariat on Saturday. The bus is designed to travel the rural area of the state to impart elementary training to the school students and rural folk and enable them to [...]