Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Saturday directed concerned departments to expedite construction work of left bank canal of Rengali Irrigation Project. In a review meeting here, the chief minister advised the officials to complete recruitment of required staff for the project and land acquisition process. In the first phase, 79 km of the […]
Khurda: The blood-stained body of an unidentified woman, aged around 17-18, was found under Malaguni river bridge near Nirakarpur on National Highway-16 on Sunday morning. According to reports, it is suspected that the woman was murdered by crushing her head before throwing body near the bridge. Meanwhile, the police personnel from Nirakarpur and Jankia police […]
Bhubaneswar: A meeting between Odisha Private Bus Owners’ Association and Finance minister will be held on Monday in the wake of all Odisha bus strike call from December 1. Sources said this meeting is significant as the first round of talk held on Monday between the Association and government had failed to yield any solutions. […]
Bhubaneswar: The Common Admission Test (CAT) will be held on Sunday across the country for selecting students for admission into 19 IIMs including IIM-Sambalpur. Six centers have been set up in Odisha in major towns such as Balasore, Berhampur, Bhubaneswar, Cuttack, Rourkela, Sambalpur to hold the premier management entrance test. This year new format has […]
Bhubaneswar: Aditya Prasad Padhi, who was appointed as Chief Secretary of Odisha on Saturday, will formally assume the office on Monday. The 1983 batch IAS officer is currently working as Additional Chief Secretary to Chief Minister. A formal announcement regarding Padhi’s appointment was made by the General Administration department on Saturday after Chief Minister Naveen […]
The Odisha government on Saturday effected a minor reshuffle in the top IAS cadre following the appointment of Aditya Prasad Padhi as the next chief secretary of the state
With Union Parliamentary Affairs minister Venkaiah Naidu raking up special category status issue in the Parliament on Friday, the ruling BJD in Odisha has decided to intensify its demand for the state
Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government on Saturday requested the Centre for immediate release of Rs 399.83 crore as assistance from the National Disaster Response Fund (NDRF) for the victims of the devastating cyclone Phailin in October, 2013. In a letter to Union Finance minister Arun Jaitley, chief minister Naveen Patnaik said the state government had done […]
Keonjhar: The no-confidence motion against the chairperson of Joda municipality was set aside on Saturday as the councilors did not turn up to vote in stipulated time. Sources said out of total 14, 12 councilors, six each from BJD and Congress moved a no confidence motion on October 16 against their Chairperson Manjula Patra from […]
Bolangir: Police have launched a manhunt to nab the miscreant who threatened the Kantabanji legislator of murder through a text SMS. MLA Ayub Khan received the SMS from an unknown number on November 23. The message reads that the MLA would be murdered within 10 days. ‘Maoist party’ was also written in the last line […]
A bandh was observed in Rajgangpur town on Saturday protesting against abduction and murder of a minor student, who was missing since November 15
Bhubaneswar: A day after BJD decided to field Narendra Kumar Swain as the party candidate for the Rajya Sabha bypoll, the Odisha Congress has decided to refrain from the election. “As the party has only 16 members in State Assembly, we are thinking wise not to field any candidate for the upper House”, senior Congress […]
Bhubaneswar: The post mortem report of three members of a family, who were found hanging from the ceiling of a garage adjacent to their quarter on Utkal University campus at Vani Vihar three days ago, has confirmed suicide as the reason of death. The commissionerate police on Saturday received the autopsy report of 57-year-old Brajabandhu […]
A team of National Investigation Agency (NIA) led by SP Prashant Kumar on Saturday will interrogate Ramchandran Subash, lone accused in the in Puri Railway Station fire mishap
The Commissionerate Police have issued notices to 12 students of the Forestry department of Odisha University of Agriculture and Technology (OUAT) accused of ragging juniors, to appear
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