Bhubaneswar:1/3/23: State Level Adivasi Exhibition and Cultural Festival which was commenced from February 20 at Adivasi Exhibition Ground, Unit-1, Bhubaneswar was concluded today. Minister ST & SC Development Jagannath Saraka joined the valedictory function as Chief Guest and expressed his gratitude to Chief Minister Odisha for his humble steps taken for the development of tribals. In his remarks he told ...

Bhubaneswar:1/3/23: Governor Prof Ganeshi Lal today administered the oath of Office to Suresh Chandra Mahapatra as Chairperson, Odisha Electricity Regulatory Commission.Mahapatra, a 1986-batch IAS officer, retired as the Chief Secretary of the State on February 28. Chief Secretary Pradeep Kumar Jena, Finance Secretary Vishal Dev, Additional Chief Secretary, Energy-cum-Special Relief Commissioner, Nikunja Bihari Dhal, and Principal Secretary to Governor, Saswat Mishra ...

Bhubaneswar1/3/23:: Minister, Water Resources, Commerce & Transport Tukuni Sahu, Development Commissioner & ACS, DoWR, Anu Garg and EIC, Water Resources Bhakta Ranjan Mohanty briefed the press about the budget 2023-24 in respect of Water Resources Department. Director, Information & Public Relations Department, Indramani Tripathy was also present and coordinated the Press Meet today. To ensure water security, the State Government places ...

Bhubaneswar: 1/3/23:Senior IAS Officer Pradeep Kumar Jena will take charge as the new Chief Secretary of Odisha today. Pradeep, a 1989 batch Odisha Cadre IAS Officer, started his career as Dharmagarh Sub-collector and was the Collector of Kendrapada and Cuttack. Pradeep Jena is currently serving as the Development Commissioner-cum-Additional Chief Secretary (DC-cum-ACS) and Secretary to the Government, Planning and Convergence ...

Bhubaneswar:28/2/23:Acharya Harihar’s was a symbol of service, sympathy and solitary determination. On behalf of IPR_Odisha, distinguished guests attended the state-wide Jubilee program of Acharya Harihar, highlighting the life style of Acharya Harihar was held yesterday. Departmental Minister Shri Pradeep Kumar Amat attended as the Chief Guest. The social drama “Bow” based on Acharya Harihar’s life mantra “Be a good man” ...

Bhubaneswar:28/2/23: The Odisha Assembly on Tuesday witnessed heavy pandemonium soon after the question hour as Opposition –Congress and BJP and ruling members created uproar over their respective issues. Unable to run the House, Speaker BK Arukh adjourned it till 4 pm. The Question Hour continued peacefully. Later, BJP members stood up on the their respective seats and created ruckus over ...

Bhubaneswar:28/2/23: The Odisha Government on Tuesday appointed senior IAS officer, Nikunja Bihari Dhal as the new Special Relief Commissioner (SRC) of Odisha. According  to a notification by the General Administration and Public Grievance Department, “Nikunja Bihari Dhal, Additional Chief Secretary to Government, Energy Department with an additional charge of Additional Chief Secretary to Government, Excise Department, Chairman, GRIDCO and Chairman, ...

Bhubaneswar28/2/23: Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik today launched the second version of the Odisha SDG Indicator Framework (OSIF 2.0) and urged every Department to make intelligent use of this framework as together we march towards 2030.  Pronouncing the commitment to the SDGs, he said, “Together we can; Together we will.” Joining the programme on virtual platform, the Chief Minister said that ...

Bhubaneswar: 23/2/27:16 officers from Indian Administrative Services from different States on Monday visited Odisha to learn about the State Government’s Jaga Mission, which is the world’s largest slum titling programme focusing on empowerment of urban poor by providing land rights and upgrading slums into liveable habitat by providing basic infrastructures. The IAS trainees from Rajasthan, Haryana, Punjab, Gujarat and Maharashtra ...

Bhubaneswar:27/2/23: Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik met Mukesh Ambani, Chairman & Managing Director, Reliance Industries Ltd in Mumbai on Monday. The Chief Minister and Ambani discussed about the strengths of Odisha as an investment destination and the future investment plans of Reliance Industries Limited in the State, as per an official statement. The Chief Minister arrived in Mumbai on a ...