Tag: Governor

Bhubaneswar: The President’s Police Medals were bestowed by Odisha Governor SC Jamir on 16 police personnel including two IPS officers today during a State-level function held at Jayadev Bhawan here. While IG Police (Railways) Vinaytosh Mishra and Inspector CID Prasanna Kumar Dash were given the Police Medal for distinguished service, Malkangiri SP Mitrabhanu Mahapatra and […]

Bhubaneswar/Cuttack: The 68th Republic Day was celebrated across Odisha with gaiety and enthusiasm today amidst tight security with the state government asserting that the battle against corruption has gained steam as the focus is on socio-economic empowerment of all. In view of the boycott call by Maoists in some areas of the state, an alert […]

Bhubaneswar:  Teaching and Research constitute the centrality of learning and primacy of knowledge in a university. Almost all rankings use both these as benchmarks for assessing the quality of universities. The weightage given to research tends to be more in the rankings of universities recognising the importance of research. Our universities ought to become fertile […]

Bhubaneswar:  Science, technologies and innovations become more important as the population rises, with less land available to produce food and declining levels of water. The focus must therefore be on how to produce more food, with less land and water, while conserving the environment, said Governor Dr SC Jamir. Inaugurating “Agro-Vation” organised by the Indian […]

Bhubaneswar: The monsoon session of the Odisha Assembly will begin from September 7 and continue till September 21. The session would have 10 working days, including two non-Government working days on September 9 and 16. Besides, there would be Government holidays from September 10 to 13. Around three bills, including the one on the Odisha […]

A team of political leaders barring the ruling BJD and representatives of NGOs and civil society organisations (CSOs) today submitted a memorandum addressed to the President of India to Governor SC Jamir at Raj Bhawan seeking his intervention to solve the ongoing dispute between Odisha and Chhattisgarh over the sharing of Mahanadi water

Bhubaneswar: Politics over the scarcity of drinking water in the state is hotting up. A BJP delegation on Thursday met Governor SC Jamir at Raj Bhawan here to apprise him of the issue. According to sources, a team of leadesr from the saffron party, led by party president Basant Panda, met the Governor and informed […]

Bhubaneswar: Governor SC Jamir on Tuesday praised the Odisha government for its sustained efforts to bring down poverty in the state. “The state government is progressively increasing resource allocation to various state plans activities to ensure socio-economic development of the poor people,” he said while addressing the opening day of the budget session of the […]

Hyderabad: The Central government uses banks as a weapon to penetrate into jurisdiction of states, said former Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Governor Y.V. Reddy on Saturday. He said by controlling the banking system, the government of India is having access to extra budgetary resources or unaccountable resources to penetrate into the policies which it […]

Hyderabad: Telangana Governor E.S.L. Narasimhan on Thursday dissolved the state Assembly on a recommendation by the state cabinet. Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao called on the Governor and presented the resolution of the Council of Ministers, recommending the dissolution of the first Legislative Assembly of Telangana state, said a statement from Raj Bhavan. The Governor […]

Bengaluru: Karnataka Governor Vajubhai Vala on Wednesday invited BJP legislative party leader B.S. Yeddyurappa to form the new government. “We received a communique from the Raj Bhavan, inviting Yeddyurappa to form the government and take oath at 9.30 a.m.,” BJP state unit spokesman Vamanacharya told IANS here. Karnataka Governor's letter inviting BJP's BS Yeddyurappa to […]

President Ram Nath Kovind on Tuesday appointed eight new governors giving them charge of the administration of new states.

New York: The titans at the commanding heights of the tech world owe their success to talent from across the globe, according to Reserve Bank of India Governor Urjit Patel, who pointed to what could be the Achilles heel of the ‘America First’ policy that seeks to restrict H1-B visas and imports. “Where would Apple […]

  Bengaluru: Governor Vajubhai Vala on Friday appointed K.G. Bopaiah as the pro-tem speaker of the Karnataka Assembly for administering oath to the newly elected legislative assembly members and conducting the Supreme Court-ordered floor test on Saturday, a decision denounced by the Congress. Bopaiah, an old RSS hand, was administered the oath as pro-tem speaker […]

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Governor S C Jamir today called on industries to ensure a quality skill development system to meet their own needs as well as provide growth opportunities to the youth. “The skills vs jobs requirement mismatch often leads to economically inactive working age group people. Therefore, industry must recognise the role of skilling to […]