Bhubaneswar: The Central government Friday night announced the constitution of various parliamentary panels and standing committees for the newly constituted 17th Lok Sabha. After the Lok Sabha Secretariat updated the details of the same, it was found that two crucial parliamentary panels, the standing committees on finance and external affairs, which were headed by Congress […]
Amaravati: Several people were feared drowned when a tourist boat capsized in the swollen Godavari river in East Godavari district of Andhra Pradesh on Sunday afternoon while over 10 passengers were said to have been rescued, police sources said. The exact details of the mishap and the number of persons in the ill-fated boat were […]
Bhubaneswar: Following the three-month relaxation by Odisha government to get MVA documents ready as per the new traffic norms, long serpentine queues are now being seen at Regional Transport Offices across the State which has led to middlemen taking advantage, promising faster issuance of documents for a higher price. Outside most RTOs, these middlemen run […]
Bhubaneswar: It seems Odisha has turned a new destination for drugs mafia with rampant trade of illegal narcotics like Brown Sugar spreading its tentacles across several districts of the State. And the chain of network seems to have been starting from Nepal and entering the neighbouring West Bengal through Bangladesh from where it is transported […]
Bhubaneswar: Biju Patnaik International Airport (BPIA)’s Director Suresh Chandra Hota today informed that the scheduled partial shutdown in the airport in view of the first phase runway maintenance works between November, 2019 and June, 2020 may not affect flight services much in the airport. “As per the existing timing of the flights, as many as […]
Bhubaneswar: Boasting that 99 per cent of the 51.05 lakh KALIA (Krushak Assistance for Livelihood and Income Augmentation) scheme beneficiaries are eligible, Odisha government today rubbished the reports that it has distributed an assistance of about Rs 170.50 crore to 3.41 lakh ineligible beneficiaries under the scheme. Earlier, State Agriculture Minister Arun Sahoo had informed […]
Bhubaneswar: Former honorary secretary of Orissa Cricket Association (OCA) Ashirbad Behera was sent to Jharpara jail today after his bail plea was rejected following his arrest by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) in connection with his alleged links with Artha Tatwa (AT) chit fund scam case. “A NBW was pending against him and he […]
Cuttack: A fire broke out today on the fourth floor of Telephone Bhawan building located at Bajrakabati Road in Cuttack. It is being suspected that a short circuit could be the reason behind the fire mishap. As per reports, a team of Fire Services personnel reached the spot to bring the flame under control. While […]
Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government recently conferred Minister of State (MoS), principal secretary and chief secretary ranks on 12 newly-appointed advisors to various departments. However, a directive approved by the CM on the key roles these advisors have been allocated, has drawn flak from the Opposition BJP and Congress. Training guns on the Odisha government, the […]
Bhubaneswar: Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) chief K Sivan on Friday expressed that the moon mission Chandrayaan-2 achieved 98 per cent of its objectives. Speaking to mediapersons at the Bhubaneswar airport, Sivan was happy to share that the Chandrayaan-2 orbiter is doing very well. He also said that the National level committee consisting of academicians […]
Bhubaneswar: With the consumers in Odisha becoming onion-eyed, and when the Odisha Food & Consumer Welfare department is seemingly seen taking out an onion blaming the rise to humble monsoon rains elsewhere, a little peeling of the onion revealed how traders in the State are raking in the bucks by hoarding onions. Sample the arrival […]
Bhubaneswar: Fake currency circulation is still posing a real challenge in Odisha. Post dipping to a historic low in the demonetisation year, the total seizure value of Fake Indian Currency Notes (FICN) has again picked up pace to a record seizure of over Rs 7.3 crore in mere 9-months of 2019. However, the paradigm shift […]
Bhubaneswar: The State in 2018-19 had a whopping 35.88 lakh youth in the age-group of 18-23 years, who were out of the higher education loop in Odisha. For which, Odisha’s total youths enrolled in higher education stands at around 2.7 per cent of total youths enrolled nationally. But the State’s youth population accounted for around […]
Bhubaneswar: Even as the State Food and Civil Supplies Minister Ranendra Pratap Swain and onion traders in unison blame the rain and floods in Maharashtra for the steep rise in prices of the bulb crop, a reality check shows how the prices of locally produced onions in Odisha have been jacked up in the months […]
Bhubaneswar: In order to make the government mechanism more dynamic and ensure efficiency in administration, the Odisha government has decided to hand out premature retirement to government officials in case of doubtful integrity and inefficiency. The State government’s significant decision on the lines of its 5Ts policy comes close on the heels of Centre’s premature […]
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