Tag: Odisha Govt

Bhubaneswar: Odisha has slipped from 9th rank in 2015-16 to 13th position in 2016-17 in the composite water management index (CWMI) released by the Niti Aayog. While the Water Resources department of the State has acknowledged the failure, the continuous drop in water management rankings has raised serious concerns. Niti Aayog’s CWMI ranks states based […]

Act first, think later. That has long been the way the state government has gone about its business of running Odisha. Let us take only two recent examples. Having first tom-tommed the KALIA scheme for faremers as a ‘game changer’ and ‘a model for the rest of the country’ and having reaped its benefits in […]

Bhubaneswar: The State government is likely to increase the rate of milk sold by Odisha State Co-operative Milk Producers’ Federation Limited (OMFED) in the coming days, informs State Agriculture Minister Arun Sahoo. Speaking on the sidelines of a workshop on dairy farmers here on Tuesday, Sahoo said that basing on the demand of the dairy […]

Bhubaneswar: Following reports that the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has directed the Odisha government to take action and cancel registration of Apollo Hospitals in Bhubaneswar, the State Health Minister Naba Das today said that he is yet to receive any letter from the commission. “Neither I nor my department has received any such letter. […]

Bhubaneswar: Even though the Centre is justifying the steep fines collected under the new amended Motor Vehicles (MV) Act 2019, Odisha government is planning to slash the penalties. Transport Department secretary G Srinivas on Wednesday hinted at such a possible reduction in the days to come. During his surprise visit to the RTO-I office in […]

Bhubaneswar: Infighting within the Odisha Congress came out in the open today when Itish Kumar Pradhan, convenor of the student wing of the party (National Students Union of India, NSUI), openly accused Odisha Pradesh Congress Committee (OPCC) chief Niranjan Patnaik of ‘selling’ the grand old party to the ruling-BJD in the State. Addressing a presser […]

Samblapur: After a video of ruling-BJD’s Rairakhol MLA, Rohit Pujari brandishing a sword went viral on social media, BJP’s Sambalpur MLA Jaynarayan Mishra today alleged that all are not equal before the law in Odisha as the State govt adopts double standards. “There is no law which prohibits brandishing of swords during religious processions, still […]

Bhubaneswar: Odisha government on Sunday ordered more than 387 Lakh doses of vaccines to two major COVID vaccine manufacturing companies in the country after Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik announced to…

Bhubaneswar: Voices of dissent have grown louder within the private medical community and political corridors in Odisha against the disparity in the prices of vaccine in Private and Government run…

Bhubaneswar: A day after Odisha government admitted that 3.41 lakh ineligible beneficiaries, including government employees, pensioners and minors, have received money under the KALIA (Krushak Assistance for Livelihood and Income Augmentation) scheme, the ruling-BJD spokesperson Pratap Deb today come up with his own calculations in a bid to clarify that not all the 3.41 lakh […]

Bhubaneswar: A day after the ruling-Biju Janata Dal (BJD) in Odisha constituted a four-member election coordination team for Bijepur bypoll, Congress MLA Tara Bahinipati today tagged Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik as ‘beiman’ and ‘traitor’ for vacating Bijepur Assembly seat. However, former MLA Rita Sahu was fast enough to hit back stating that several developmental works […]

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government recently conferred Minister of State (MoS), principal secretary and chief secretary ranks on 12 newly-appointed advisors to various departments. However, a directive approved by the CM on the key roles these advisors have been allocated, has drawn flak from the Opposition BJP and Congress. Training guns on the Odisha government, the […]

Bhubaneswar: Protesting the dumping yard at Daruthenga near Nandankanan Zoological Park, senior Congress leader and Jatni MLA Sura Routray on Monday threatened to lock up the zoo if the government doesn’t consider shifting of the dumping yard to another place soon. While addressing a gathering, the MLA alleged that the dumping yard is the main […]

Bhubaneswar: With barely a month left for the high voltage Bijepur bypoll, Odisha Pradesh Congress Committee (OPCC) president Niranjan Patnaik today sought financial assistance from party leaders and other affluent supporters to meet the expenditure of the by-election. All the party funds have been spent during the recently-concluded general elections and now Congress needs the […]

Bhubaneswar/Koraput: Nothing can present the vivid dichotomy of governance better than the Chandili village under Kotpad block of Koraput district which is divided by a pucca road from Dhanpunji village that falls under the jurisdiction of Chhattisgarh government. Being a single village, the road has not only given two names to the village but also […]