Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government on Thursday said it will implement the Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi (PM-KISAN) scheme and cooperate with the Central government to extend benefits to the farmers. After reviewing the state’s Krushak Assistance for Livelihood and Income Augmentation (KALIA) scheme here, Chief Secretary Aditya Prasad Padhi said[Read More…]
Bhubaneswar: Union Petroleum Minister Dharmendra Pradhan on Tuesday laid the foundation stone of HPCL’s LPG bottling plant in Odisha’s Rayagada. The LPG plant of Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited (HPCL) will be spread over 21 acres and will have the capacity of filling 42 lakh cylinders per year. The plant is[Read More…]
Carcass of Irrawaddy dolphin whose IUCN status is “endangered” has been found near Satapada Forest Range, Chilika on Thursday. Earlier, Humpback dolphins were found near Ratnagiri and Sindhudurg districts of Maharashtra was spotted near Bandra- Worli sea link. Spotting of these rare species has increased from last year as they[Read More…]
Kolkata: On Saturday, in a heartbreaking incident, a 23-year-old law student from National Law University, Odisha lost his life following a cardiac arrest while he was competing in the inter-university football tournament. The deceased, Rittick Das, was competing in the inter-university football tournament at the Sports Authority of India (SAI)[Read More…]
Bhubaneswar: The ruling Biju Janata Dal (BJD) on Friday protested against the Centre for failing to generate employment for the youth of Odisha. The move of the ruling party came a day after the state youth wing of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) held a protest rally by marching towards state[Read More…]
While addressing a public meeting on Wednesday, Congress chief Rahul Gandhi launched the “Guarantee Card” for every youth, farmer and woman listing promises which the Congress government will fulfill once they are risen to power. He distributed the symbolic guarantee cards. According to a series of tweets shared by President[Read More…]
Bhubaneswar, Member of Parliament from Odisha’s Aska Lok Sabha constituency Ladu Kishore Swain has passed away here, said family sources on Wednesday. He was 71. Swain died late on Tuesday while undergoing treatment at a private hospital. The senior Biju Janata Dal (BJD) leader was suffering from kidney-related ailments. He[Read More…]
Bhubaneswar, With the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) chief Amit Shah’s visit to Odisha due on February 15 — his third this year — the saffron party appears determined to hit the ground running in the state, where the Lok Sabha and the Assembly elections could be conducted simultaneously in April-May.[Read More…]
Thousands of landless farmers and their family members have been carrying a protest demanding permanent jobs.
Incident took place at Beleswarapatna when Bikram was taking pictures of an accident scene.
OTET exam 2019, held on January 16, has been cancelled following allegations of question paper leak. The Board of Secondary Education Odisha has decided to conduct OTET 2019 online. The board’s decision comes two weeks after OTET question paper was allegedly leaked on social media. “The examinations which were cancelled[Read More…]
Devarapalli Prakash Rao, who runs a tea stall in the city’s Buxi Bazaar area has been conferred with nation’s top honour Padma Shri for his contribution in the field of social work. Selling tea for the past 50 years, what more that he gives away is education to 80 children from the[Read More…]
Gajapati: After 29 girls of a government residential school left the hostel on Saturday night a 20-hour search operation has resulted in their rescue. The girls belonging to the Antaraba residential school, Mohini area, Gajapati district were rescued from a secluded house near Tanglipadar village on Sunday. “We found the[Read More…]
“Due to the involvement of your Chief Minister and other ministers in the chit fund scam, Odisha’s remote control is in the hands of a corrupt Chowkidaar. Naveen Patnaik sits and stands when Chaukidar presses the button. He has no option but to praise the disastrous policies of the Chowkidaar,”[Read More…]
“KALIA scheme will prove to be a milestone in Odisha’s economy. The scheme will help farmers improve their agricultural activities as well as their livelihood. No one can stop the Kalia Jatra in Odisha,” Patnaik said at a meeting attended by farmers in Puri. The Chief Minister rolled out the[Read More…]
On Friday, Congress Chief Rahul Gandhi reached Bhubaneswar to speak at The Odisha Dialogue. While Gandhi was at the Airport, a photographer capturing his arrival tripped and fell. Following this, the Congress President rushed to him and picked him up. The video of the turn of events is now viral on[Read More…]
Bhubaneswar, Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Monday requested the Centre to take an early decision on the realignment of a railway line from Balasore district to West Bengal’s Digha so that it touches various pilgrimage and tourist spots in the state. In a letter to Union Railway Minister Piyush[Read More…]
Bhubaneswar, Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Friday once again wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi demanding Special Category Status (SCS) for the coastal state. In a letter to Modi, Patnaik said with Odisha facing historical neglect by successive Central governments, as well as frequent natural calamities, the government has[Read More…]
Bhubaneswar: Odisha Congress legislator Jogesh Singh resigned from the primary membership of the party on Friday, a day after he was suspended for anti-party activities. The MLA from Sundergarh Assembly constituency tendered his resignation to All India Congress Committee (AICC) President Rahul Gandhi and Odisha Pradesh Congress Committee (OPCC) President[Read More…]
Cutting off more than 1,000 trees for PM Modi’s visit to the western Odisha town of Balangir has created a new controversy. As a vacant land was required for the helipad, authorities have cleared 1.25 hectares of areas. The urban plantation programme suggested that the saplings planted on 2.25 hectares[Read More…]
Ganjam: A farmer named N Prakash Reddy was found dead in his farmland. Family of the deceased alleged that the farmer committed suicide owing to failing of the crop. Reddy belonged to Pattapur village. In December 2018, the Odisha cabinet had approved the Krushak Assistance for Livelihood and Income Augmentation[Read More…]
New Delhi, BJD leader and Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Tuesday said he wanted more time to decide on joining ‘Mahagathbandhan’, the grand alliance of opposition parties, ahead of the Lok Sabha elections. “As far as Mahagathbandhan is concerned, we will take some time and think it over,” he[Read More…]
Former politician Narayan Sahu has become an inspiration to many as he walks down the academic lanes at the age of 81, with not the steps of teaching but learning with youth. Narayan Sahu, a former Member of Legislative Assembly for two terms and a Member of Parliament for one term,[Read More…]
A 12-hour bandh called by Central Action Committee and District Bar Association demanding permanent bench in Orissa High Court premises meant that the life in the district came to a halt. The strike was called demanding the implementation of Jaswant Singh Commission’s recommendation of creating a permanent High Court Bench[Read More…]
As per the latest reports, nearly 9 persons lost their lives when the fishing boat they had boarded capsized near Nipania village in Odisha’s Kendrapara district on Wednesday evening. While the body of a woman was found shortly after the incident took place on Wednesday evening, eight bodies were recovered[Read More…]