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New Delhi :3/2/25: Union Minister for Railways Ashwini Vaishnaw, today addressed a press conference, unveiling key highlights of the 2025 Rail Budget for Odisha, through Video Conferencing from New Delhi. Key Highlights from the Rail Budget 2025 for Odisha: 1. Record Budgetary Allocation: Rs. 10,599 crore has been allocated for railway development in Odisha, marking a 12.5-fold increase from the ...

Newdelhi:3/2/25:The Secretary, of the Ministry of Steel, Sri Sandeep Poundrik, chaired a high-level stakeholders’ meeting today to discuss the upcoming ‘India Steel 2025’ event, scheduled to take place on April 24-26, 2025. The meeting was attended by senior Government officials, Ambassadors of Nations important in the steel value chain representatives of key States, Chairman and Managing Directors (CMDs) of Central Public Sector ...

Newdelhi:3/2/25:The support available to the languages notified as classical languages includes awards in Classical Languages, centers of excellence for studies in classical languages, and creation of professional chairs in central universities. The Government of India had earlier notified the following languages as Classical Languages: Tamil, 2004 Sanskrit, 2005 Telugu, 2008 Kannada, 2008 Malayalam, 2013 Odia, 2014 The Ministry of Education, ...

Newdelhi:3/2/25:The Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) hosted a high-level roundtable discussion to foster collaboration in the field of standardization with African and Latin American nations. The event saw participation from Ambassadors, High Commissioners, and representatives of over 25 countries from these regions, along with officials from the Ministry of External Affairs and the Department of Consumer Affairs. Smt. Nidhi Khare, ...

Bhubaneswar: 3/2/25:The members of the Library Sub-Committee, Odisha State Legislative Assembly, led by Mr. Akash Dasnayak, Hon’ble MLA, Korei Constituency visited the Central Library of Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Bhubaneswar. The main objective of this visit was to see the operations and the facilities available in the Central Library of the Institute. In his remark during the visit, Mr. ...

Puri;2/2/25:The ‘Ratha Katha Anukula’ ritual was performed at the Puri Srimandir on Sunday, marking the beginning of preparations for Rath Yatra 2025. This ritual took place on the occasion of Basant Panchami, also Saraswati Puja, involving the ceremonial worship of a 12-foot ‘Dhaura’ wood for the three gigantic chariots of the Holy Trinity. The ritual signifies the start of traditional ...

Bhubaneswar:3/2/25:At a time when Odisha and the Odia language were struggling for their stability and nationalism, Bhaktakabi Madhusudan Rao brought back the heart and glory of our state by publishing the book Chhabila Madhu Barnabodha, said Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi on the occasion of unveiling the reprinted edition of ‘Barnabodh’ and its digital copy. The state government has set ...

Bhubaneswar:1/2/25: Leader of Opposition (LoP) in the State Assembly Naveen Patnaik held a discussion with the senior leaders of the Biju Janata Dal regarding the submission of a memorandum to the 16th Finance Commission. LoP Naveen discussed a range of issues about the interests of the people of the State. Earlier today, the BJD supremo came down heavily on the ...

Bhubaneswar:1/2/25:A secretary-level meeting was held yesterday, Friday, under the chairmanship of Chief Secretary, Shri Manoj Ahuja, in the conference room of Lok Seva Bhawan. Development Commissioner and Additional Chief Secretary Smt. Anu  Garg and additional chief secretaries, principal secretaries, commissioners, and secretaries from various departments participated in the discussion. The meeting reviewed the action taken as per the decisions of ...

Balassore:1/2/25:Defence Research & Development Organisation (DRDO) has successfully conducted three successive flight trials of Very Short-Range Air Defence System (VSHORADS) from Chandipur off the coast of Odisha. These tests were carried out against high-speed targets flying at very low altitudes. During all three flight tests, the missiles intercepted and destroyed the targets having reduced thermal signature mimicking low-flying drones at ...