Bhubaneswar:9/8/23: On the occasion of International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples, Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik today launched the state-specific scheme, Mo Jungle Jami Yojana, through video conferencing. Mo Jungle Jami Yojana is a special initiative towards the recognition and promotion of Regenerative Economies in Scheduled Areas, Land and the Resource Rights of Indigenous People.  The Chief Minister expressed ...

Bhubaneswar:8/8/23: To combat the threat of intestinal worms among women of reproductive age and children, the Department of Health and Family Welfare, along with UNICEF, is gearing up to conduct a state-wide deworming campaign on August 10, 2023. A deworming mop-up round (MUD) will be held on August 17 for beneficiaries who missed the dose on August 10. Addressing a ...

Cuttack:8/8/23: Justice Subhasis Talapatra on Monday took oath as the 33rd Chief Justice of Orissa High Court. Odisha Governor Professor Ganeshi Lal administered the oath of office to the new chief justice in a ceremony on the Orissa High Court premises.Justice Talapatra succeeded Justice Muralidhar as the new chief justice of the Orissa High Court. Recently, the Supreme Court Collegium ...

Bhubaneswar:8/8/23:A specially curated Management Development Programme on Hospitality and Marketing Skills for Managers and Assistant Managers of OTDC, (organized by Department of Tourism, Govt. of Odisha in association with Indian Institute of Tourism & Travel Management, Ministry of Tourism, Govt. of India) was inaugurated today at IITTM Bhubaneswar. Thirty Managers and Assistant Managers of OTDC across Odisha have been nominated ...

Bhubaneswar:5/8/23:Union Home Minister and Minister of Cooperation Shri Amit Shah reviewed the disaster management and Left Wing Extremism (LWE) in Odisha in Bhubaneshwar today. Chief Minister of Odisha, Shri Naveen Patnaik, Union Home Secretary and senior officers of the Ministry of Home Affairs and State Government attended the meeting. Home Minister welcomed the initiative of the State from disaster response ...

Bhubaneswar:5/8/23:Union Minister for Home Affairs and Cooperation Sri Amit Shah and Chief Minister Sri Naveen Patnaik today dedicated the 4-laning of Kamakhya Nagar-Duburi Section of NH-53. This 51 KM stretch has been constructed at a cost of Rs 761 Crore which will connect the coal belt of Talcher to the steel hub in kalinga Nagar in Jajpur. Besides, laid foundation ...

Bhubaneswar:5/8/23 :Ram Kamal Mukherjee has announced his next, a magnum opus titled ‘Draupadi’ with Rukmini Maitra. This will be the director’s second celluloid journey with Rukmini after ‘BinodiiniEkti Natir Upakhyan’, a biopic on theatre legend Binodini Dasi. The film will explore the epic Mahabharata from Draupadi’s perspective. The motion poster for ‘Draupadi’ is already out it has already created quite ...

Bhubaneswar:3/8/23:A secretarial review meeting has been held today under the chairmanship of Chief Secretary Shri Pradeep Kumar Jena. The secretaries of all departments of the state government attended the meeting. According to this month’s review of the ‘National Multidimensional Poverty Index’, the rate of poverty alleviation in Odisha is the fastest as compared to other major states of the country. ...

Bhubaneswar3/8/23:: The Odisha Government has appointed Siba Prasad Samantaray as Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Bhubaneswar Metro Rail Corporation (BMRC). The Housing & Urban Development Department, in a notification, informed that the appointment is for a period of one year from 01.08.2023 to 31.07.2024, “Siba Prasad Samantaray, ex-Chief Project Director (Bridge Works), East Coast Railway, Bhubaneswar is appointed as Chief ...

Newdelhi:3/8/23:The Ministry of Coal has transferred Rs. 704 crores upfront amount received from auction of coal mines to six coal bearing States – Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Odisha and West Bengal. This financial transfer marks a substantial initiative to empower and support developmental growth of these states. The allotted amount of Rs 704 crores represents the first instalment of ...