Tag: Odisha Government

Bhubaneswar: There seems to be no let-up to the resentment across the State over the kidnapping and brutal murder of 5-year-old Nayagarh girl Pari with the Opposition leaving no stones unturned to target the State government for the glaring loopholes in the probe into the case. Protesting the lackadaisical investigation and continuation of Arun Sahoo […]

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government on Saturday selected senior IPS officer Arun Bothra to head a special investigation team (SIT) which has been formed to investigate the alleged kidnapping and murder of Pari, a five-year-old girl whose body had been found days after she went missing while playing near her house in a village in Nayagarh […]

Cuttack: The Odisha Government on Wednesday informed the Orissa High Court that it has no control over the policies of private schools related to the fee structure. In its affidavit submitted before the court, the Government stated that the government has no specific provisions for fixation of fee structure of different unaided private schools. The […]

Sundargarh: The death of 19 children due to malnutrition at Nagada village in Odisha’s Jajpur district in July, 2016 had evoked outrage not only in the State but across the…

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government on Wednesday granted financial assistance of Rs 15 lakh to the kin of deceased working journalist Prabir Pradhan who succumbed to coronavirus infection on November 5. Pradhan was a senior crime reporter with an Odia news channel and lost his life following Covid complications while under treatment. As per the released […]

Bhubaneswar: There is lack of political will to implement the 27% reservation for OBCs and 10 % for the economical weaker sections in Odisha, said Union Minister Dharmendra Pradhan on Saturday. Pradhan’s statement came two days after he shot off a letter to Odisha chief minister Naveen Patnaik, urging him to provide reservation for OBCs […]

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government on Friday conducted the second phase dry run of Covid-19 vaccination at a total of 110 centres across all the 30 districts and municipal corporations of the State, informed Director of State Health and Family Welfare Department, Bijay Panigrahi. The mock drill is meant to test the mechanisms and reveal the […]

Bhubaneswar: Continuing with its strategy to improve citizen-centric services, the Odisha government on Tuesday issued revised guidelines for issuing miscellaneous and caste certificates. As per a notification, Revenue and Disaster…

Bhubaneswar: The Biju Janata Dal on Monday decided to raise a host of issues, including reservation for women in Lok Sabha and all state legislative assemblies, during the budget session of Parliament starting from January 29. The BJD Parliamentary Party meeting held under the chairmanship of Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik here, listed a series of […]

Bhubaneswar: At a time when the country and the entire globe is tenaciously striving towards gender parity, an order issued by the office of Engineer-in-chief (Civil), Odisha asking all women employees under the establishment to leave office before sunset has evoked a mixed response. While a few employees welcomed the decision, social activists have questioned […]

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government on Friday ordered compulsory retirement of nine more officers on charges of corruption and inefficiency. While seven officials have been terminated for corruption cases, remaining two have been dismissed from service for their inefficiency in discharging duties. The officials are from the mines, forest, health and labour departments. While two officials […]

Berhampur: Today on the death anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi, which is also observed as the Martyrs’ Day, the Congress has made arrangements for a huge public rally in the silk city to pay homage to the father of the nation, but the restrictions imposed by the government is allegedly posing a hindrance to the grand […]

Bhubaneswar: The budget session of the Odisha Legislative Assembly will commence on February 18 and continue till April 9, 2021. The annual budget for 2021-22 will be tabled by State Finance Minister Niranjan Pujari on February 22. As per a notification issued on Monday, the budget session this year, which will begin with the Governor […]

Bhubaneswar: Is Odisha government getting too anxious to earn the Heritage City tag for Bhubaneswar? The demolition drive for the Ekamra Kshetra beautification project around the temple of Lord Lingaraj in the capital city is seen being executed at a faster pace, but allegedly without approval of the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) even though […]

Balasore: With around three months left for the matriculation examinations in the State, the first batch of 12,000 ‘Pariksha Darpan’ books were delivered at the district education office on January 30 for distribution among standard 10 students who will be appearing for the tests in May. Officials in the district education office said that a […]