Tag: Odisha Government

Bhubaneswar: People often use the phrase ‘log chand pe pahunch gaye…’ (people have landed on moon…). The irony in the phrase cannot be starker when used in parlance of 10,000 villages of Odisha which still don’t have roads. Excuses are often made – like no clearance from Forest department – but reality excuses itself as […]

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government on Tuesday extended for six months the tenure of Justice M.M. Das Commission inquiring into the chit fund scam. The extended tenure will be from August 5, a notification issued by the state Home Department said. Since its inception in 2013, the Commission has submitted five interim reports to the government. […]

Bhubaneswar: Union Minister Dharmendra Pradhan on Friday termed the claims of Odisha government on success of rural housing schemes as mere ‘eyewash.’ In a letter to Narendra Singh Tomar, Union Minister of Rural Development and Panchayati Raj, Pradhan sought a high-level enquiry team from the centre to probe into the actual number of units constructed […]

Bhubaneswar: JSPL chairman Naveen Jindal on Friday sought urgent intervention of the Odisha government over operational problems faced by its two plants due to shortage of coal and higher iron-ore prices. Jindal after meeting Odisha Chief Secretary, Aditya Prasad Padhi, informed that prices of iron ore are rising while the prices of steel are going […]

Malkangiri: Putting an end to years of wait and changing deadlines, Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik today dedicated the Gurupriya bridge to thousands of tribals in cut off areas of the district who until now were dependent on the waterways for transportation and communication. Inaugurating the project, CM Naveen called upon the Maoists to join mainstream […]

Bhubaneswar: Union Minister Dharmendra Pradhan on Monday launched a scathing attack on the Odisha government alleging that it is not being able to use crores of rupees being sanctioned by the Central government to impart skill development training to lakhs of youths in the State. Speaking on the sidelines of the foundation stone laying-ceremony of […]

Bhubaneswar: Union Tribal Affairs Minister Jual Oram accused the Biju Janata Dal (BJD)-led Odisha government of ignoring the tribals in the State. Speaking to the media, Jual Oram said that the state government is harassing the members of the tribal communities in Odisha in the name of caste certificates. Targeting the BJD government, the Union […]

Bhubaneswar: After almost four and a half years of passing the Lokayukta Act, Odisha government on Monday issued a gazetted notification regarding formation of a ‘search committee’ for the appointment of the Lokayukta. As the notification was issued by the General Administration barely a day before submission of an affidavit by Odisha in Supreme Court […]

Bhubaneswar: At a time when mystery still shrouds sinking of MV Black Rose vessel off Paradip coast, questions are now being raised over ‘directionless’ investigation by the Crime Branch of Odisha Police. The investigating agency’s role has now come under scanner as it arbitrarily ended its probe by just blaming the owner of the vessel […]

Bhubaneswar/Malkangiri: Barely a week ago when Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik tweeted a picture of Gurupriya Bridge, it brought cheers to people of the cut-off areas of Malkangiri district as they thought that the much awaited bridge would be inaugurated soon. However, uncertainty still looms large over the inauguration of the bridge that will act […]

Bhubaneswar: SpiceJet Limited, a leading Indian aviation player in the country on Monday evinced interest in introducing ‘Sea Plane’ air connectivity on at least three routes in Odisha. In a letter to the State Chief Secretary Aditya padhi, the aviation firm maintained that it is considering the feasibility of rolling out ‘Sea Plane’ operations in […]

Bhubaneswar: A day after voices demanding state song status to ‘Bande Utkala Janani’ grew louder in Odisha, Culture Minister Ashok Chandra Panda on Saturday assured that the government will take an appropriate decision in this regard soon. Speaking to media persons, Panda said that all have high respect for the song irrespective of where it […]

Bhubaneswar: Days after Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik played the ‘hockey card’, protestors under the banner of ‘Ame Odia’ organisation took to streets today demanding state song status to ‘Bande Utkala Janani.’ It is unfortunate that the song which had stirred the souls of Odias during the fight for a separate province is yet to […]

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha Government today announced an amnesty scheme ‘Sarbakhyama Yojana’ to regularise unauthorised buildings and establishments in urban areas across the State. According to sources, a notification in this regard has already been issued by the concerned department. The scheme is applicable for all kinds of buildings-residential, commercial, institutional and clinical establishments falling under […]

Bhubaneswar: The State government on Monday notified the schedule for the special Odisha Joint Entrance Examination (OJEE) to fill up vacant seats in various private engineering colleges. While the counseling of students who had qualified in the OJEE-2018 held in May started today, the special OJEE will be conducted for the seats that would be […]