Tag: Arun Sahoo

Bhubaneswar: While Odisha government has expedited the process of verification and scrutiny of beneficiaries under the Krushak Assistance for Livelihood and Income Augmentation (KALIA) scheme, State agriculture minister Arun Sahoo today said that as many as 2.66 lakh ineligible beneficiaries have been identified so far. While around 51 lakh farmers received financial assistance under the […]

Bhubaneswar: A day after the Higher Education Department of Odisha decided to cancel student union elections in the colleges and universities across the State, various student unions vehemently opposed the decision and staged protests today. The ABVP (Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad) today gheraoed the residence of Higher Education Minister Arun Sahoo protesting cancellation of student […]

Bhubaneswar:  When colleges are described as refuge from hasty judgement by well-known American poet Robert Frost, the irony is Odisha Higher Education Department’s decision to ban campus elections has apparently twisted the popular thought to made the colleges across the State, a victim of ‘hasty judgement’. Now the campuses across the State are on the […]

Bhubaneswar: With an aim to bring reforms in education, the Odisha Higher Education department has decided to publish results of within 45 days of the examinations. During a meeting with the Registrars and Examination Controllers of universities and officials of Comptroller of Finance, Higher Education Minister Arun Sahoo emphasised on early publication of Plus III […]

Bhubaneswar: In September, Odisha government had claimed that only 32000 of the total 51.05 lakh beneficiaries who received monetary assistance under the KALIA (Krushak Assistance for Livelihood and Income Augmentation) scheme are ineligible. However, State Agriculture Minister Arun Sahoo today informed that Rs 2552.64 crore was disbursed to 51,05,290 farmers under KALIA scheme out of […]

Malkangiri: The first millet procurement centre (mandi) was launched in the cut-off Swabhiman Anchal of Malkangiri district which was inaugurated by Agriculture Minister Arun Sahoo. As per reports, the procurement centre has been established with an aim to ensure farmers get right price for their produce. Established under the Odisha Millets Mission, the procurement centre […]

Bhubaneswar: What Odisha CM Naveen Patnaik disclosed on BJD’s 23rd birth anniversary is not anything brand new, the only subtle difference is earlier he had spoken about successor when prodded. Then he had said ‘people of Odisha will choose the successor’. On Thursday, Naveen addressing the party cadres said, ‘BJD is now a people’s movement […]

Bhubaneswar: From now on, no politicians or the local MLA would be inducted into the governing body of the degree colleges, Higher Education Minister Arun Kumar Sahoo informed on Thursday. Addressing a programme convened by Odisha Parents Association, Arun Sahoo announced that the degree colleges in Odisha will not have local MLAs and politicians as […]

Bhubaneswar: A day after Higher Education Minister Arun Sahoo’s announcement to abolish the practice of inducting local MLAs and politicians as the president of college governing bodies, voices of dissent over the proposal within the ruling party came to fore today. State Labour minister Sushant Singh questioned Arun Sahoo’s statements saying, “I am unclear about […]

Bhubaneswar: Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik continues to lead the rich ministers list in Odisha while State Panchayati Raj Minister Pratap Jena’s net worth grew be a whopping 4.5 crore in a single year, a statement of assets of all Cabinet ministers of the State which was issued by the Chief Minister’s Office on Tuesday stated. […]

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: Odisha Higher Education department will hold a high-level meeting today to chalk out plans to conduct the final semester examinations of Under Graduate (UG) and Post Graduate (PG) courses. According to sources, the meeting scheduled for 3 pm today will be chaired by Higher Education minister Arun Sahoo. Vice-chancellors, controllers of examinations of state […]

Bhubaneswar: The reopening of colleges, universities and other higher education institutes across the State is likely to get delayed in view of the current Covid-19 pandemic situation, informed Higher Education minister Arun Sahoo on Thursday. Speaking to media Sahoo said, “As per the Central and State governments’ guidelines, decision on reopening of colleges and universities […]

Bhubaneswar: In July this year, 5-year-old Pari of Nayagarh district was allegedly kidnapped, murdered and chopped into pieces. Her parents are still shattered as they could see nothing more than her skeletal remains which were dumped by the killers in the backyard of their house in Jadupur village. The couple attempted suicide outside the Odisha Assembly […]

Bhubaneswar: The Opposition parties on Thursday turned the heat on the Odisha government by cornering it on the alleged abduction and murder of five-year-old girl ‘Pari’ from Nayagarh district whose parents attempted suicide in front of the State Assembly on Tuesday. The Opposition legislators from both BJP and Congress targeted the Odisha government for the […]