Bhubaneswar:13/9/23:The State Government, represented by Finance Department, entered into a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Six Public Sector Banks, namely SBI, PNB, Union Bank of India, UCO Bank, Bank of India and Bank of Baroda for providing banking services in all unbanked Gram Panchayats of the State through CSP Plus banking outlets. Out of 6798 GPs, around 65% of GPs ...

Bhubaneswar:13/9/23:As per the forecast of IMD, BBSR, the Low Pressure Area over central parts of North Bay of Bengal now lies over Northwest & adjoining Westcentral Bay of Bengal and the associated cyclonic circulation extends upto 7.6 km above mean sea level tilting southwestwards with height. It is likely to become more marked during next 24 hours and move across ...

Bubaneswar:11/9/23:Odisha CM Shri Naveen Patnaik inaugurated #OdishaStartupYatra and StartupXpress2023, which aim at encouraging innovators at grassroots and promoting entrepreneurship, to achieve 5000 start-ups by 2025. This edition of the initiatives is bigger than the previous ones and will witness incremental growth connecting more than 25,000 students from over 260 institutions. It aims to generate more than 3500 ideas to foster ...

Bhubaneswar:11/9/23:Propelling the industrial development further, the High-Level Clearance Authority (HLCA) under the chairmanship of CM Naveen Patnaik has approved 9 InvestInOdisha proposals worth ₹1,01,804.43 Cr with an employment potential of 28,565 people. The projects are in sectors like Steel, Green Energy/ESDM, Oil and gas, Cement, Textile, Green Hydrogen, and Chemicals. The HLCA approved the expansion proposal of JSW Utkal Steel ...

Bhubaneswar:10/9/23: After four evenings of captivating dance and music performances from September 5—8, 2023, the 29th edition of the Guru Kelucharan Mohapatra (GKCM) Award Festival organised by Srjan—Guru Kelucharan Mohapatra Odissi Nrityabasa in collaboration with Sri Sri University Cuttack came to a close on September 9, 2023. The inaugural evening opened with an Odissi dance recital by Shashwati Garai Ghosh, followed ...

Bhubaneswar:9/9/23:(Ashok Palit) Odisha State Film Awards for the years 2020;2021 &2022 are going to be held with several amendments to the 2010 Odisha State Film Awards Rules. Several new awards have been inducted for the upcoming year. One major decision has been taken to rename the Jayadev Award as Mohan Sunder Dev Goswami Award. This award was given for the ...

Newdelhi:9/9/23:The replicas of the wheel and sculptures of dancing women at the Konark Sun Temple in Odisha greeted world leaders and foreign delegates to the G20 Leaders’ Summit at the Bharat Mandapam International Exhibition and Convention Centre in New Delhi on Saturday. Prime Minister Narendra Modi greeted arriving world leaders for G20 Summit. The Significance of the Konark Wheel Konark Wheel consists ...

Berhampur:8/9/23 Avaada Group, one of the leading renewable energy companies, will set up a cutting-edge Green Hydrogen and Ammonia manufacturing unit at Gopalpur Industrial Park in Tata Steel Special Economic Zone Limited (TSSEZL) in Odisha’s Ganjam district. Avaada GreenH2 Pvt Ltd, the green hydrogen arm of integrated energy enterprise Avaada Group, has inked an agreement with TSSEZL for the unit ...

Bhubaneswar:8//23: Odisha  Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Friday approved establishment of Odisha Paika Academy and Research Centre in Khordha district. The Chief Minister has expressed his hope that the centre will be very helpful in spreading Paika culture and tradition across the nation and abroad. The centre will be developed like the State Government’s Guru Kelucharan Mohapatra Odissi Research Centre ...

Bhubaneswar Sep 8, 2023: Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Friday flagged off 181 Mobile Unit Vehicles in a programme organised at Kalinga Stadium in Bhubaneswar. These new vehicles will be used to provide health services to livestock animals under Mukhyamntri Bhramyaman Pranichikitsa Seva in the state. In a video message, the Chief Minister said that the Mobile Veterinary Units are ...