Tag: Odisha Government

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Tuesday sanctioned Rs 8.5 crore for the development of Baladevjew Temple and the grand road in front of the temple in Kendrapara district. The decision was taken after a high-level meeting with Kendrapara district collector, local public representatives, temple trust members, and the servitors through video conferencing on […]

Bolangir: Secretary of Transformation and Initiatives (5T) VK Pandian was caught unaware at Bhima Bhoi Medical College and Hospital here on Thursday when he reportedly avoided listening to a patient’s attendant who was trying to speak to him about irregularities in the hospital. Pandian was at the hospital as a part of his tours across […]

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government on Saturday appointed senior IPS officer Ravi Kant as the Special Resident Commissioner of Odisha Bhawan in New Delhi. A notification, issued by the state Home Department, said Ravi Kant has been given new assignment in New Delhi. The 1998 batch officer is currently serving as an officer in special duty. […]

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Secretary A K Tripathy on Saturday instructed the District Collectors and Superintendents of Police to ensure the maintenance of peace and harmony across the state in view of the Supreme Court verdict on the Ram Janmbhoomi-Babri Masjid land dispute case. Tripathy also told the authorities dealing with law and order situation to […]

By Sandeep Sahu At a time when the whole nation is celebrating the sesquicentennial year of the birth of Mahatma Gandhi, the School and Mass Education department of the Odisha government is justifiably drawing flak for rewriting history in respect of what perhaps is the best known event in the life of the Father of […]

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government has geared up the efforts for the protection and conservation of the endangered Olive Ridley turtles during the mass nesting. The government directed the departments of Fishery, Forest and Marine police to operate in close coordination and ensure strict enforcement of the conservation rules. Chief Secretary Asit Tripathy on Thursday chaired […]

Bhubaneswar: Strongly criticising the Odisha government for mentioning Mahatma Gandhi’s death as ‘accidental sequence of events’ in a booklet released by the School & Mass Education Department recently, the Mahatma followers have questioned why the government is hell-bent on providing misinformation to people, particularly the school students. Reportedly, the department had published a two-page booklet […]

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government on Saturday approved six investment proposals envisaging an investment of Rs 1,753.82 crore. These proposals will create employment opportunities for 5,566 people. The proposals were approved in the 87th State Level Single Window Clearance Authority (SLSWCA) meeting under the chairmanship of chief secretary Asit Kumar Tripathy here. The SLSWCA approved the […]

Bhubaneswar: What a paradox? Odisha figured among the top-5 states in country where crime against dalits and tribals is very high. But what looks appalling is when it comes to conviction of culprits, the State languished at the bottom in the country. Despite this, the glaring fact is Odisha Government seemingly doesn’t deem it fit […]

Malkangiri/Nuapada: Odisha government introduced the centralised token system to ease the process of paddy procurement in the state. However, farmers in several parts of the State including Malkangiri and Nuapada are left in lurch as they are confused regarding the token system. As a result, the farmers in Malkangiri are forced to sell their produce […]

Bhubaneswar: Onion price crisis seemed to have turned worse across Odisha with reports showing sale of the vegetable at a record high of Rs 100 per kilogram, have come to the fore from several parts of the State today. After hovering around Rs 50 to 60 per kg for quite some time, onion prices skyrocketed […]

Bhubaneswar: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Monday levelled land grabbing allegations against senior BJD leader and former agriculture Minister, Pradeep Maharathy. Addressing a presser, BJP spokesperson Golak Mohapatra alleged that Maharathy has encroached upon acres of government land. The estimated value of the encroached government land is worth Rs 100 crore, alleged Mohapatra. Mohapatra […]

Bhubaneswar: During the winter session of the Assembly, Odisha government claimed that 68 per cent of agricultural land in the State is irrigated. However, the facts given by the Directorate of Economics and Statistics on the proportion of the total land irrigated in the State has stirred up a controversy. As per the 2015-16 Agriculture […]

By Ashutosh Mishra Bhubaneswar: Odisha government’s move to relieve teachers of the responsibility of mid-day meal (MDM) management in schools seems to be aimed both at improving the quality of teaching and the fare being served to the students. Both are equally important. While teachers had for quite some time been complaining about the extra […]

Bhubaneswar: Even as Odisha government has extended the relaxation window for traffic enforcement by three more months to facilitate people obtain necessary motor-vehicle related documents, the State Transport Authority (STA) has made it clear that imposition of heavy fines on violators of traffic rules will continue across all districts in Odisha. While asserting that checking […]