Bhubaneswar26/2/23:Senior journalist Ajit Kumar Mohanty passed away on Sunday afternoon after a prolonged illness. He was 73. Mohanty died at 12.30 noon in AIIMS Hospital, Bhubaneswar. He was battling cancer for a long time. He was brought to AIIMS from West Bengal about a fortnight ago, informed Shanti Mohanty, wife of Ajit Mohanty.He worked with vernacular dailies Dharitri and Samaya. ...

Bhubaneswar: 26/2 /2 3:The Biju Janata Dal (BJD) has constituted party’s 51-member legal front with Milan Kanungo as its president. The Party has formed the front afresh ahead of 2024 general and State Assembly elections. The newly formed front has four advisors, seven vice presidents and one secretary with four zonal secretaries. The party has also announced the head of ...

Bhubaneswar:26/2/23: Odisha Government today appointed senior IAS officer Pradeep Kumar Jena as the new chief secretary. He will replace Suresh Chandra Mohapatra who is going to retire on February 28. A notification issued by the General Administration and Public Grievance Department stated that the 1989 batch officer will assume office on March 1. Jena is currently holding the position the secretary ...

Bhubaneswar:26/2/23: Odisha Chief Secretary Suresh Chandra Mohapatra, who will retire on February 28, has been appointed as the chairperson of Odisha Electricity Regulatory Commission (OERC). The State Energy Department has issued a notification in this regard. “The State government is pleased to appoint Sri Suresh Mohapatra, IAS, Chief Secretary and Chief Development Commissioner, Government of Odisha, as chairperson of Odisha Electricity ...

Bhubaneswar, 25th February 2023:18th edition of “HOME & DECOR” 2023 and IIMT 2023 (India International Mega Trade Fair) kickstarts from today at Janta Maidan, Bhubaneswar. This Fairs will continue till 6th March 2023 The Exhibition was inaugurated by Hon’ble Minister, Housing & Urban Development, Smt. Usha Devi in the august presence of the “Guest of Honour”Shree Ananta Narayan Jena, MLA ...

Cuttack:25/2/23 Odisha : Governor Ganeshi Lal today inaugurated the Museum of Justice at Barabati Quila here.The Orissa High Court Museum, set up in the heritage residential building of the Chief Justice inside Barabati Quila in 2017, has been refurbished as the Museum of Justice, sources said. Orissa High Court Chief Justice S. Muralidhar, other judges, former Chief Justice of India ...

Rourkela:25/2/23:  The NIT Rourkela team today welcomed 25 participants from Sikkim and 5 faculty/staff of NIT Sikkim for a week-long exposure tour to Odisha under the Yuva Sangam Programme. Yuva Sangam youth exchange programme under the Ek Bharat Shreshtha Bharat (EBSB) –Yuva Sangam programme is an initiative by the Ministry of Education, Government of India, to strengthen people-to-people connections, especially ...

Bhubaneswar: 24/2/23:The Odisha Government has allocated Rs.25603.79 crore for the Panchayati Raj & Drinking Water Department in the Budget 2023-24, 12.5% more than the previous year’s budget provision. The Budgetary allocation includes Rs.20102.00 crore under Programme Expenditure (different schemes), Rs. 2119.15 Crore under the 15th CFC Award, Rs.2712.64 Crore under the 5th SFC Award and Rs 670.00 Cr. towards Administrative ...

Bhubaneswar:24/2/23: Odisha Finance Minister Niranjan Pujari on Friday presented the annual State Budget for the financial year 2023-24 in the State Legislative Assembly. The size of the annual Budget is Rs 2,30,000 crore, which is about Rs 30,000 core more or an increase of about 15 per cent from last year’s budget . The Budget 2023-24 focuses on achieving rapid ...

Bhubaneswar:24/2/23: The Odisha Government has allocated Rs. 1217 crore for the Sports and Youth Services Department in the annual budget for 2023-24. The budget for the Sports and Youth Services Department has been increased by almost 8 times from Rs.149 crore in 2017-18 to Rs. 1217 crore in 2023-24. Sports has been one of the priority sectors of the Government ...