Bhubaneswar:24/9/23:Ek Bharat Shreshtha Bharat programme (EBSB) aims to celebrate cultural diversity through mutual interaction & reciprocity between people of different States to resonate throughout the country. In this context, Maharashtra has been paired with Odisha and has participated in activities pertaining to culture, cuisine, handicrafts, historical/ tourist places, indigenous sports, etc. As part of this initiative, IITTM Bhubaneswar & H.R. ...

N ewdelhi:22/9/23:On the eve of the festive season, the second Vande Bharat Express for Odisha will be introduced to run between Puri–Rourkela–Puri. Hon’ble Prime Minister will virtually inaugurate the Puri – Rourkela Vande Bharat Express on 24th September 2023 along with eight more Vande Bharat Express trains across the country. Vande Bharat Express, the symbol of progressive and self-reliant India ...

Bhubaneswar:22/9/23: Odisha Finance Minister Bikram Keshari Arukha on Friday tabled the Supplementary Budget of Rs 28,200 crore for the year 2023-24 on the first day of the Odisha Assembly monsoon session. The Rs.28,200 crore supplementary budget comprises Rs.2,864 crore for Administrative Expenditure, Rs.4,664 crore for Disaster Management Funds, Rs.572 crore for Transfer to Local Bodies and Rs.20,100 crore for Programme ...

Bhubaneswar:22/9/23; Biju Janata Dal’s Pramila Mallik became the first woman Speaker of Odisha Assembly, today. The BJD legislator was elected unopposed as Opposition BJP and Congress hadn’t fielded any candidate for the Speaker election. She had yesterday resigned from the post of Revenue and Disaster Management Minister and filed a nomination for the election. Pramila Mallik, the six-time MLA from ...

Bhubaneswar:21/9/23: Senior BJD leader Pramila Mallik on Thursday filed a nomination for the election to the post of Speaker of Odisha Legislative Assembly. Mallik has resigned from the post of Revenue and Disaster Management prior to filing her nomination for the Assembly Speaker. Mallik has handed over her resignation letter to Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik, which was forwarded to the ...

Bhubaneswar:21/9/23: Elaborate security arrangements have been made for the upcoming Monsoon Session of the Odisha Legislative Assembly. Odisha DGP Sunil Kumar Bansal has reviewed the security arrangements. The DGP was accompanied by Intelligence Director Sanjeeb Panda, Police Commissioner Saumyendra Priyadarsi and other senior officials. More than 1,000 security personnel including 125 police officers have been deployed under a three-tier security ...

Bhubaneswar:21/9/23: Minister of School and Mass Education of Odisha Sudam Marndi given additional responsibility of Minister of Revenue and Disaster Management after the resignation of Minister Pramila Mallik from the post. According to reports, the post of minister of Revenue and Disaster Management has been allotted to Sudam Marndi after the minister in the post, Pramila Mallik resigned. It is ...

Bhubaneswar:20/9/23:  Dr Swati Nayak, the recipient of prestigious Norman Borlaug Field Award, 2023. The announcement was made yesterday, 19 September, by the World Food Prize Foundation ( Iowa, USA). The award is given to exceptional scientists under 40 years of age who work in the field of food and nutrition security, and hunger eradication and exhibit the character and attributes ...

Bhubaneswar:20/9/23: As many as 44.56 lakh farmers in Odisha have received the KALIA assistance worth Rs 900 crore on the auspicious occasion of the Nuakhai festival. Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik has provided this assistance during a programme organized through video conferencing. The KALIA assistance has been given to the farmers for rabi crops. Rs 2000 has been disbursed to the ...

Bhubaneswar:20/9/23: Odisha’s ruling Biju Janata Dal (BJD) on Wednesday named senior party leader Pramila Mallik as its candidate for the election of the Assembly Speaker. If wins, Pramila Mallik, who is currently serving as revenue & disaster management minister, will be the first woman Speaker of the Odisha Assembly. The six-time MLA had contested the State assembly election for the ...