Tag: New Delhi

Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Saturday left for Delhi on a five-day tour

New Delhi: Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik today sought Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s intervention on several issues related to the interests of the State. During a meeting with Modi at his residence at 7, Race course Road here, Patnaik requested him to intervene in ensuring coal block to OMC, coal linkage to OPGC, bidding for […]

Bhubaneswar/ New Delhi: Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik, who is on a five-day visit to the national capital, will attend the second apex committee meeting of the National Sagarmala project on Saturday. According to sources, the Chief Minister is also scheduled to meet Union minister for Road Transport and Highways and Shipping Nitin Gadkari today. Patnaik […]

New Delhi: As many as five Odia scientists among 33 from across the country were conferred the National Geoscience Awards – 2014. The recipients are Rajiv Patnaik, Seemanchal Padhi,Biswajit Lenka, Swati Mohanty and ML Dora. Lenka and Dora got the prestigious award in Mineral Discovery and Exploration category while Padhi received the award in Geophysics/Applied […]

New Delhi: Two flights bound for Nepal and Bhubaneswar were today grounded just before taking off after security agencies were alerted of a bomb threat call on the two airliners at the Indira Gandhi International Airport (IGIA) here. Officials said passengers on board the two aircraft– Royal Nepal Airlines (Delhi-Kathmandu) and Air India (Delhi-Bhubaneswar– were […]

New Delhi: Many political leaders and members of the Odia diaspora celebrated the birth centenary of former Odisha CM and freedom fighter Biju Patnaik paying rich tributes to him in the national capital today. People from all walks of life attended the event at the Constitutional Club here and commemorated Biju Babu’s contribution for Odisha. […]

New Delhi/Bhubaneswar: Rourkela MLA and Former Union Minister of State for Coal Dilip Ray, the first minister of the erstwhile NDA government who was summoned as an accused in a coal scam case, was today granted bail by a special court here. Special CBI Judge Bharat Parashar granted bail to Ray, who was a minister […]

Bhubaneswar: Eminent singer Bhubaneswari Mishra today passed away at her residence in New Delhi following a cardiac arrest. She was 67.

Rama Naga, an Odia student at the Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) has been elected as general secretary in the JNU students’ union polls (JNUSU). According to reports, Rama Naga, a native of Jeypore in Koraput district was a candidate of the left-backed All India Students Association (AISA).

) New Delhi: The Supreme Court today refused to direct Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to conduct inquiry into the high profile Tikiri lady teacher murder case and asked the State government to initiate stringent actions against the delinquent officilas. A three-member bench of the apex court headed by the Chief Justice P.Sathasivam, acting on […]

New Delhi: Continuing his style of greeting the crowd after the Republic Day parade, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday walked on the Rajpath greeting people amid chants of “Modi, Modi”. Modi has undertaken similar walks earlier too. He broke his security cover after last year’s Independence Day speech at the Red Fort when he […]

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday paid homage to the martyrs by laying a wreath at the Amar Jawan Jyoti at India Gate here. The Prime Minister was flanked by the chiefs of the three services. An eternal flame burns at the Amar Jawan Jyoti to commemorate the indomitable courage of soldiers who […]

New Delhi: President Ram Nath Kovind and Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday paid homage to the tenth Sikh master Guru Gobind Singh on his 352nd birth anniversary. “Homage to Guru Gobind Singh on his birth anniversary. He devoted his life to serving the people and upholding truth, justice and compassion. The example and teachings […]

New Delhi: Alok Verma, who was transferred within 48 hours after rejoining as CBI Director, said the corruption charges against him were false, unsubstantiated and frivolous. In a statement issued late Thursday night, Verma said: “It is sad that (on the) basis false, unsubstantiated and frivolous allegations made by only one person, who was inimical […]

New Delhi: Calling the upper caste quota an election stunt by the BJP, the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Monday demanded a special session of the Parliament to bring constitutional amendment for the implementation of the decision. “For the economically backward upper castes, the Narendra Modi government has given a welcoming ‘jumla’. Such similar decisions […]