Tag: State Government

Bhubaneswar: A day after the NITI Aayog released Baseline Report of Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) India Index, the Opposition political parties on Saturday criticised the State government over Odisha’s poor performance in comparison to most other states of the country. Odisha secured the 25th rank in SDG Indian Index among all the states with a […]

Basic amenities such as electricity, drinking water facility and road connection continues to be a distant dream for at least 100 tribal families

Bhubaneswar: In accordance to CM’s 3Ts – Teamwork, Technology, Transparency- framework, the Revenue department today launched the online facility for mutation of land in 38 tehsils. Revenue minister Maheswar Mohanty inaugurated the service today in presence of senior officials of the department. “Online mutation facility was started in 38 tehsils today. Moreover, a system which […]

Bhubaneswar: As per the recent decision of the State government to supervise high priority schemes, three secretaries have submitted a review report on the progress of various ongoing developmental works in Malkangiri, Nuapada and Bhadrak districts. At a meeting held at the Secretariat here on Friday, assigned secretaries Vishal Gagan, Deoranjan Kumar Singh and Chitra […]

Bhubaneswar: Even as the State government has left no stone unturned to make the State level Children’s Day celebration a success, parents in several areas of the State rued government’s move to set two political topics for debate among students which they termed ‘politicisation’ of Children’s Day. The School and Mass Education department’s topics for […]

Bhubaneswar: A day after Congress MLA Prafulla Majhi alleged horse trading in which Rs one crore deal was struck to lure one of the party’s candidates to vote for BJD in the Sundergarh Zilla Parishad (ZP) chairman post, BJP levelled similar charges against the Congress and BJD, and demanded a CBI probe into the matter. […]

Bhubaneswar: In a serious allegation, Congress’ Talsara MLA, Prafulla Majhi alleged horse trading deal worth Rs 1 crore to lure one of party’s candidates to support BJD in the Sunderagrh Zilla Parishad (ZP) chairman poll. Interestingly, such allegation has been brought after a Congress ZP member voted for a BJD candidate who subsequently went on […]

Bhubaneswar: With election for Zilla Parishad chairmen in State scheduled to be held on March 12, the BJP on Friday moved the Orissa High Court after the State government stirred the hornet’s nest by making a change in the Odisha Zilla Parishad Act – 1994. According to sources, Section 51 of the Act has been […]

Bhubaneswar: Eminent artist, stage artiste, theatre director, painter and writer Asim Basu passed away in the Capital Hospital this afternoon. He was 82. He was shifted to the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) after his health condition became critical. The veteran stage artiste was suffering from acute lungs infection. Notably, the state Culture department had sanctioned […]

Bhubaneswar: The state government today promoted two senior Odisha cadre IPS officers Lalit Das and Binayanand Jha to the rank of Additional Director General (ADG) rank. According to a Home department notification, Special Secretary, Home, Lalit Das has been promoted to the ADG rank. However, he will continue in his present posting. Besides, Binayanand Jha, […]

Bhubaneswar/Cuttack: In the wake of the death of 18 children due to malnourishment in Nagada village of Jajpur district in the last three months, the Odisha government has decided to set up two mini Anganwadi centres in the village. A decision to this effect was taken at a review meeting presided over by Woman and […]

Baliguda: Chairman of National Commission for Scheduled Tribes (NCST) Dr Rameswar Oraon today said the security personnel did not follow the Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) during the anti-Maoist operation in Kandhamal district, which led to the tragic death of six innocent tribals. “The security personnel must adhere to the SOP during an operation against the […]

Bhubaneswar: Even as the Central government headed by the BJP today complimented the State government for the successful implementation of Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY) and Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (PMAY), the party’s state unit has pilloried the state government dubbing it ‘inactive and inefficient’. Additional secretary, Union Ministry of Rural Development, Amarjit Sinha, […]

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government has paid little heed to the Central government’s advice to exempt pulses from VAT and other local taxes, inviting sharp criticism from Opposition parties and traders’ association. “Even though three days have already passed since the Centre appealed to the States to exempt pulses from VAT and other taxes in a […]

Bengaluru: The tech-savvy Karnataka government would soon draw a new plan to consolidate the state’s leadership in the IT, biotech and science sectors, Deputy Chief Minister G. Parameshwara said on Wednesday. “A future path for the state’s IT, biotech and related sectors would be drawn soon for which an interaction with the industry and government […]