Tag: Gandhi Jayanti

Bhubaneswar: With an aim to make his government more accountable and responsive, Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik today announced a new programme ‘Mo Sarkar’. Addressing the 73rd State-level Independence Day celebration at Exhibition Ground here, the chief minister stated that the new initiative will be implemented at all police stations and District Headquarters Hospitals in first […]

New Delhi: Taking a cue from PM Narendra Modi’s clarion call in his Independence Day speech to eliminate single use plastic in the country from 2nd October, 2019, Indian Railways has once again risen to the occasion to shield the environment from the menace of plastic. Ministry of Railways has directed all Railway units to […]

Chennai: The Central government is studying the draft report of the expert committee set up to study the various utilities of single use plastics (SUP), Union Minister for Chemicals & Fertilisers D.V. Sadananda Gowda said on Thursday. After the ban on SUP, the Department of Chemicals & Petrochemicals had received representations from plastics industry association, […]

Bhubaneswar:  With a resolve to eliminate the single use plastic (disposable plastic) from the country’s landscape by 2022 (150th birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi), from Gandhi Jayanti (October 2) this year, the Centre will launch an extensive campaign focussing collection of single use plastics for massive recycling. Will Odisha stand up to this mega challenge […]

Bhubaneswar: Odisha has witnessed numerous instances where Police had to face wrath of public. From allegations of bribe to dispose off cases or lack of timely action, a dent has been made on the image of men-in-khakhi. In a bid to bring a change in the scenario, Odisha government is now gearing up to make […]

Bhubaneswar: Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Wednesday asked the police to take strong action against middlemen active in some state-run hospitals and urged doctors to do selfless service to the sick people. Patnaik said this while addressing the chief district medical officers (CDMO) and the Superintendents of police (SP) of different districts through video conferencing […]

Firozabad: Sixty students in Firozabad have created a unique 1,000-feet-long greeting card, with socially relevant messages, to greet the ‘Father of the Nation’ on his birthday, October 2. They spent ten days drawing and sketching to create this card, which they claim is the longest in India. The digital version of the card will be […]

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday called for a unique practice called “plogging” — where one jogs and collects trash, through his popular radio programme ‘Mann Ki Baat’. The Prime Minister was visibly impressed with the idea and invited the people across the country to walk 2 km on October 2 and take […]

Bhubaneswar: Ban on the use of single-use plastics will come into force across Odisha on occasion of Gandhi Jayanti tomorrow. According to reports, the State government will enforce the ban on manufacturing, selling, trading, importing, storing, carrying, transporting and distributing with help of single-use plastics in all cities of the State from tomorrow. Earlier, the […]

By Ashutosh Mishra London: On the eve of Mahatma Gandhi’s 150th birth anniversary, which is all set to be celebrated here on a grand scale, I spoke to a cross-section of people to know about their understanding of the man who had arrived on the English shores in 1888 as a nervous teenager in pursuit […]

Sambalpur: Visitors thronged the Gandhi temple at Bhatra in Odisha’s Sambalpur district on the occasion of the 150th birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi on Wednesday. They offered flowers to the bronze idol of the Father of the Nation and sang devotional songs before it. Several social organisations garlanded the idol. Since the temple’s establishment in […]

Bhubaneswar: People from all walks of society in Odisha paid rich tributes to Mahatma Gandhi on his 150th birth anniversary on Wednesday. Odisha Governor Ganeshi Lal along with Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik paid homage to Gandhi at the state Assembly. “Bapuji was not a political personality, rather he was a great saint and social reformer. […]

Mumbai: On the occasion of the 150th Gandhi Jayanti on Wednesday, a string of Bollywood celebrities such as Shekhar Kapur, Arjun Kapoor and Sonali Bendre spoke of the impact of the Father of the Nation, and reiterated some of his words of wisdom. The celebrities took to Twitter to share their views on Gandhi, whose […]

New Delhi: Nearly 600 prisoners, convicted of offences other than murder, rape and corruption, will be released from 150 jails across the country on Wednesday, the 150th birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi. All these prisoners will be released under a special remission scheme. However, around 80 convicts selected from jails in Maharashtra and Haryana, will […]

Bhubaneswar: As many as seven convicts lodged in Odisha jails were released under the amnesty scheme as part of commemoration of the 150th birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi, said an official here on Wednesday. The prisoners were released under the special remission scheme. Five convicts were released from Keonjhar, one from the Choudwar circle jail […]