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Modi also interacted with women SHG members, community resource persons promoted under the Deendayal Antyodaya Yojana-National Rural Livelihoods Mission through video conferencing.

Bhubaneswar: Ahead of PM Narendra Modi’s visit to Odisha, both BJD and Congress today trained their guns at BJP by raising various issues and demands. While Odisha Pradesh Congress Committee (OPCC) chief Niranjan Patnaik sought answers from PM Modi on five issues, BJD’s Bolangir MP Kalikesh Singh Deo shot off a letter to the Prime […]

Khurda: Delay in land acquisition and environmental clearances have come in the way of early completion of much awaited Khurda-Bolangir railway project.The State government has failed to complete the land acquisition process for the project as most of the land patches come under private or forest land category. Out of 298 km Khurda-Bolangir railway project, […]

Bhubaneswar: The political activities in Odisha is expected to gain momentum in the month of December ahead of the 2019 elections as BJP, Congress and BJD have chalked out roadmap to impress voters. While Prime Minister Narendra Modi is expected to blow the poll bugle during his visit to the State on December 24, BJD […]

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha BJP unit has suggested Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s candidature from Puri constituency during the ensuing general polls in 2019, state party president Basant Panda said today. “We want Modi to contest from Puri. However, the party’s Parliamentary Board will take a final call,” added Panda. “Our Mission-120 in Odisha is on right […]

Bhubaneswar: A day after Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched a scathing attack on Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik-led BJD government, the ruling party of the state in a counterattack said that the PM’s remarks have brought him to a ‘low level’. Coming down heavily on the State government while addressing public gatherings at Talcher and Jharsuguda […]

By Surya Narayan Pradhan Bhubaneswar: Prime Minister Narendra Modi calling Indian blind cricket team member Md. Jafar Iqbal as ‘My friend from Odisha’ in a Twitter post while sharing a photo with Jafar on the social media site in recent past put the spotlight back on the Bhubaneswar-based blind cricket allrounder, who played a crucial […]

PM Narendra Modi said the Artificial Intelligence (AI) programme which has just been launched will make the youth future-oriented and open the way for an AI-driven economy.

Bhubaneswar: The ruling-BJD in Odisha is leaving no stone unturned to counter Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s campaigning by conducting government programmes and public meetings in places chosen by the BJP. As Modi had visited Bolangir on January 15 and Sundergarh on September 22, 2018, the BJD supremo is all set to visit both the places […]

Bhubaneswar: Politics over irrigation projects in Odisha intensified after Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik wrote a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi yesterday countering media reports during PM Modi’s visit which claimed that only 22, 000 hectare of land have been irrigated in Odisha. In a letter to PM Modi, CM Naveen had mentioned that an […]

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik has written a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi seeking an interim assistance of Rs 1,000 crore for relief and restoration works in cyclone Titli-affected districts. “I would request you to kindly consider the grave situation in the State on account of the Very Severe Cyclone Storm “Titli” and […]

Jharsuguda: The much-awaited Jharsuguda airport will be inaugurated on September 22 by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, informed Union Minister of Tribal Affairs Jual Oram today. The formal announcement came during the inspection of the airport by the Minister. “Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate Jharsuguda airport and some other important projects like Talcher fertiliser plant […]

Bhubaneswar: The tug of war between the ruling-BJD in Odisha and BJP-led NDA government at centre over their own universal healthcare coverage programs is intensifying each passing day. Declining Centre’s Ayushman Bharat, Odisha government has already launched its own Biju Swasthya Kalyan Yojana (BSKY) and Odisha Health Minister Pratap Jena today claimed that the Central […]

New Delhi: Former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee’s mortal remains were consigned to flames with full state honours today at Smriti Sthal in New Delhi. The 93-year-old BJP stalwart breathed his last at All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) yesterday in the national capital after struggling with health ailments for nine weeks. Several foreign […]

Bhubaneswar: A day after Harivansh Narayan Singh won the Rajya Sabha Deputy Chairman election; Prime Minister Narendra Modi called Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik over telephone and thanked him for supporting the NDA-backed JD (U) candidate. Singh was elected deputy chairman of the Rajya Sabha yesterday after he won the election with 125 votes against […]