Bhubaneswar:16/5/23: The Howrah-Puri Vande Bharat Express, which is scheduled to be flagged off on May 18, will run 6 days a week, except Thursdays, and have seven stoppages, the Ministry of Railways informed on Tuesday. Train with 16 coaches will leave Howrah in West Bengal at 6:10 am and arrive in Puri, Odisha at 12:35 pm. The Vande Bharat will ...

Bhubaneswar:16/5/23: Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik has congratulated the Ganjam Collector Dibya Jyoti Parida on winning the National Water Awards, 2022 as the best district in water resources conservation and management. The Chief Minister said that the award by the Ministry of Jal Shakti, Department of Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation recognises exemplary work and efforts in the field ...

Bhubaneswar:15/5/23: Mo Sarkar is a one-of-its-kind initiative started by the Odisha government to inject professionalism and a sustained behavioural change in public offices and functionaries through a random feedback mechanism that directly connects the government with the citizens. It is an important transformative initiative aligning with the 5T Model. The Housing and Urban Development Department (H&UD) through its dedicated Mo Sarkar ...

Bhubaneswar:15/5/23: Odisha Millets Mission is taking major strides in collaborating with Restaurants and Chefs to promote Odisha’s millets. Odisha’s mission of bringing its Millets from Farm-to-Plate is on the rise, as the State Government is taking various unique initiatives to promote the consumption of millets across the State. One such drive was seen at the ongoing Millet Food Festival. Odisha Millet ...

Bhubaneswar:15/5/23: With global connectivity being the development focus, Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik flagged off the maiden flight from Bhubaneswar to Dubai today at the Biju Patnaik International Airport. Highlighting the benefits of aligning Odisha with a global travel junction such as Dubai, Shri Patnaik said that global connectivity is a key driver of overall developments – be it industrial ...

Bhubaneswar:15/5/23:The delegate-level deliberations of the G-20 second Culture Working Group meeting kicked off in Bhubaneswar, Odisha today. The Minister for Culture, Tourism and DoNER, Shri G. Kishan Reddy and Minister of State for Home Affairs, Shri Nityanand Rai graced the inaugural session of the meeting. Addressing the delegates, Shri G. Kishan Reddy said,  “ Culture plays an important role in ...

Bhubaneswar:15/5/23:In a side event at the Second G20 Culture Working Meet, ‘Sustain: The Craft Idiom’ a specially curated cultural exhibition was inaugurated by  Union Minister for Culture, Tourism and DoNER  Shri G. Kishan Reddy and the Chief Minister of Odisha Shri Naveen Patnaik today at Bhubaneswar. Shri Nityanand Rai, Minister for State for Home Affairs, was also present on the occasion. ...

Bhubaneswar:14/5/23:Fulfilling the aspirations of people, Odisha will start direct flight services toDubai from 15th May. Odisha is the 1st state in India to support int’l air connectivity. The flights, to be operationalised by IndiGo will open a whole new world of opportunities for Odias. The Bhubaneswar-Dubai flight services will open the gateway to the Gulf, Europe, & Western countries making ...

Bhubaneswar:14/5/23: The Newly elected Jharsuguda MLA Deepali Das, daughter of slain former minister Naba Das, today met Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik at his residence here and took his blessings. Patnaik advised her to work dedicatedly to lead the development of Jharsuguda and make a difference in people’s lives. Deepali Das arrived at Bhubaneswar airport from Jharsuguda today after winning the ...

Bhubaneswar:14/5/23:In a significant development, Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Sunday announced the inclusion of 14 more districts under the Special Development Council (SDC). The new districts are Balasore, Sambalpur, Balangir, Kalahandi, Nuapada, Nayagarh, Dhenkanal, Angul, Jajpur, Jharsuguda. Bargarh, Deogarh, Boudh and Ganjam.With this, the total number of districts included in SDC reached 23. In September 2017, the Odisha government had ...