Bhubaneswar: Acknowledging the crucial roles played by women in a society, Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Monday said mothers are born leaders and they have the leadership qualities to run the nation as well as society. Addressing a special programme oragnised at BJD headquarters here on the occasion of International Women’s Day today, Patnaik […]
Bhubaneswar: With incidents of chain snatching growing in the Capital City with every passing day, the Commissionerate Police (CP) has got into a preventive mode. Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP) Uma Shankar Das said on Monday that special squads have been formed in police stations across the city to deal with the menace. He said […]
Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Monday ordered the deployment of Odisha Disaster Rapid Action Force (ODRAF) teams across the State to control forest fires. Earlier during the day, the Odisha government had formed a task force under the chairmanship of former Principal Chief Conservator of Forests (PCCF) Sandip Tripathy to channelise the on-going […]
Bhubaneswar: With the growth of women-led Self Help Groups (WSHGs) having stagnated in Odisha, it seems Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik in order to fix the plaguing ills in the SHG movement has recently come up with a new panacea – an exclusive department called Mission Shakti. The numbers tell a shocking tale of the SHG […]
In a good news, professors in state universities and government affiliated non-government aided colleges will get the Central Seventh Pay Commission arrears, informed Gujarat Education Minister Bhupendrasinh Chudasama in the State Assembly. Speaking in the State Legislative Assembly, Chudasama said professors of state universities and universities affiliated to government, grant-in-aid colleges will be given an […]
Sonepur: As the world celebrates the International Women’s Day acknowledging their contributions, Odisha Minister of Commerce and Transport, Padmanabha Behera was reportedly seen turning a blind eye on the grievances of his women constituents in Binika on Monday. As per reports, the minister was on a visit to Binika when some women assembled in front […]
Bhubaneswar: Odisha has seemingly netted good in the pandemic year. The State has received a higher order of FDI dose despite a string of lockdowns and shutdowns. As per the Union Ministry of Finance, Odisha had received FDI inflow worth $16.58 million during the period of April- November 2020, when the Covid-19 pandemic was ruling […]
Bhubaneswar: The Council of Higher Secondary Education (CHSE) on Monday extended the last dates for the filling up of forms and deposit of fees for regular and ex-regular students for the Plus II board exam, 2021. According to a notification issued by the CHSE, the last date for filling up of forms and deposit of […]
Bhubaneswar: Amid a spurt in incidents of crime, improper functioning of CCTV cameras installed at various places in Capital City Bhubaneswar seems to have put the police on their toes. Reportedly, CCTV cameras are not working properly at many places due to technical problems, adversely affecting maintenance of law and order situation. Police are groping […]
Bhubaneswar: In a sudden move, the Odisha government on Monday effected a major reshuffle in the senior IPS cadre in the State by appointing Saumendra Kumar Priyadarshi as the Police Commissioner of Twin Cities of Cuttack and Bhubaneswar. Priyadarshi, a 1995 batch State cadre IPS officer who was posted as the ADG, Crime Branch, has […]
Kolkata: Barely a few weeks ahead of the high-voltage Assembly polls in West Bengal, Trinamool Congress leader Sarala Murmu, who had received a ticket for the upcoming elections last week, joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Monday. Besides Murmu, four-time Trinamool MLA from Satgachhia Sonali Guha, sitting Singur MLA Rabindranath Bhattacharya, five-time outgoing MLA […]
Bhubaneswar: Union Petroleum Minister Dharmendra Pradhan on Monday wrote to Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan requesting him to set up one of the four proposed National Institutes of Virology in Bhubaneswar. Justifying his demand, Pradhan said that Bhubaneswar has emerged as a prime centre of medical research and education in Eastern India with the presence […]
Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Monday said that the country needs to highlight significant events, many of which happened outside the boundaries, while commemorating the 75 years of India’s independence. Patnaik said this while participating at the 75 Independence Celebration Preparatory Meeting chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, through the virtual mode. With […]
Cuttack: As March 8, 2021 dawned and women across the globe got ready with their mobile phones to send Women’s Day greetings to each other, Rina Bhuyan, comes out of her home with her bicycle and newspapers to distribute them among the readers. Infected by Polio from birth, Rina’s limbs are twisted and she cannot […]
New Delhi: After nearly three decades of the Indra Sawhney judgment, the Supreme Court said on Monday that the 50 per cent cap on reservation laid down by a nine-judge bench in 1992 could be re-examined in view of the subsequent constitutional amendments and the socio-economic changes that followed. The top court posed six queries […]
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