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Bhubaneswar: Price rise haunts Odisha acutely. The State tops the country by virtue of recording steepest ever rise in prices of food commodities. The most disconcerting trend observed is rural Odisha seems a stressed lot in country. The big reason is people in the villages of Odisha are bearing the brunt of country-highest spike in […]

Bhubaneswar: Odisha growth story stands decelerated in the Fiscal 2019. The growth rate of GSDP (Gross State Domestic Product) is projected to post a steep fall of over 1.8 per cent to touch 6.16 per cent in 2019-20. This is the slowest growth rate in last 5-years.  Odisha has been growing at an average rate […]

Cuttack: Diarrhoea scare has once again returned to haunt the Millennium City with cases of the water-borne disease reported to have broken out in Gopala Sahi, Odia Bazaar & other nearby areas under Ward No. 18 of Cuttack Municipal Corporation (CMC). More than 30 people from the region have been affected by the water-borne disease […]

Bhubaneswar: Finance Minister Niranjan Pujari on Tuesday presented the State budget 2020-21 in Odisha Assembly. This is for the first time that Odisha switched to digital method to reduce printing of documents for the budget. Over 700 big trees were saved in the State’s bid to present a paperless budget. Pujari claimed that the overall […]

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Finance Minister Niranjan Pujari walked into the history books on Tuesday, when he tabled an electronic budget in the State Assembly. Hailing the historic moment, FM Pujari claimed that this e-budget exercise has saved a massive 1000 trees. The FM did deserve applause for initiating many transparent reforms in budget making and presentation. […]

Bhubaneswar: The annual high school certificate (HSC) examinations conducted by the Board of Secondary Education (BSE) commenced in Odisha today. This year, altogether 5, 60, 905 students are appearing the exam at 2,888 centres across the State. The gates of the examination centres were opened at 9.20 AM and examinees were allowed to enter the […]

Bhubaneswar: Finance Minister Niranjan Pujari has presented a record Rs 1.5lakh crore budget for 2020-21 fiscal year. The State is projected to grow by 7 per cent. How much will be the gain to people? A detailed glance at the budget fineprint reveals the inside story of this highest ever budget size. GSDP Story: As […]

Bhubaneswar: The senior BJD women wing’s leader in Ganjam, Meenakshi Mishra who attempted self-immolation on February 12, died while undergoing treatment at a private hospital in Bhubaneswar today. Protesting alleged police inaction and demanding the release of her son, Krutibasa Mishra alias Raja in an assault case, Meenakshi set her on fire after pouring kerosene […]

Bhubaneswar: After witnessing a dry spell for over a couple of weeks, rain and thunderstorm activity is likely to return to Odisha from day after. As per the latest forecast of India Meteorological Department (IMD), several districts of Odisha will experience a wet spell with thunderstorm activity for a period of three days from February […]

Bhubaneswar: The tenth edition of Odisha Television Limited’s annual convention, ‘Foresight 2020 – Changing Times Changing Minds’ got off to a spectacular start on Saturday. The event began with ‘Vaishnava Jana’ song to pay tributes to Father of the Nation, Mahatma Gandhi on his 150th birth anniversary celebrations. Remembering Bapu.. 10th edition of #OTV’s annual […]

Bhubaneswar: Highly critical over ‘mishandling’ of the economy by Modi government, feisty politician and BJP Rajya Sabha member Subramaniam Swami on Saturday  virtually warned the BJP-led NDA government that the worst of economic slide down is yet to manifest. Almost predicting a very scary scenario for future, Dr Swamy warned that there are very real […]

Bhubaneswar: Here is a shocker.When CM Naveen Patnaik has been emphasising on 5T in police, the Odisha police seems to be most fund-starved force in the country, despite having mounting challenges and third largest workforce in the State. Even, the budget 2020-21, where 5T has been the preamble, has failed in correcting the lean cash-flow […]

Ahmedabad: US President Donald Trump on Monday asserted that relations with India hold a special place for his country, saying that America “loves” and is “loyal” to India. Addressing the ‘Namaste Trump’ event at the Motera Stadium here, Trump also announced that the US will seal defence deals worth USD 3 billion on Tuesday. Trump […]

Bhubaneswar: There goes a saying ‘God only knows himself’. With regard to Naveen-led BJD Government’s game-changer scheme KALIA, an acronym attributed to Lord Jagannath, this seems to be the case. A maze of numbers are thrown out. Budget 2020-21 gives one number, Agriculture department rolls out another. Amidst the lingering haze, the news tumbled out […]

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government has finalised to transfer Rs 545 crore funds of Puri Lord Jagannath currently parked in a private bank to a nationalised bank on March 19 and 30, State Law Minister Pratap Jena said in the Assembly on Tuesday. Jena said Lord Jagannath has a property of Rs 626.44 crore including Rs […]