Balasore(Odisha):27/6/24:Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) has completed six consecutive developmental trials of High-Speed Expendable Aerial Target (HEAT) ‘ABHYAS’ with improved booster configuration from the Integrated Test Range (ITR), Chandipur, Odisha. With this, ABHYAS has completed 10 developmental trials demonstrating the reliability of the system. ​The trials were carried out with improved Radar cross-section, Visual and Infrared augmentation systems. During ...

Bhubaneswar26/6/24: Odisha  Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi accompanied by his deputies KV Singh Deo and Pravati Parida today visited New Delhi on a three-day tour. This is his first visit to the national Capital after becoming the chief minister of Odisha. Majhi is scheduled to meet President Droupadi Murmu, Vice President Jagdeep Dhankad, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and discuss various ...

New Delhi:25/6/24: The BJP MPs from Odisha, including Baijayant Panda, Aparajita Sarangi, and Sambit Patra – took oath as members of the 18th Lok Sabha in Odia language on Tuesday. This year, linguistic diversity was on display with the newly-elected MPs taking their oaths in English and other languages listed in the Eighth Schedule of the Constitution. Most of the ...

Bhubaneswar:25/6/24: The Odisha government will soon initiate steps for the establishment of special development councils for northern and southern regions of the state to ensure faster and balanced growth. This was decided at a high-level meeting in which Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi reviewed the work of the Planning and Coordination Department and suggested preparing a people-oriented budget. The CM ...

Bhubaneswar:25/6/24: Senior IAS officer Manoj Ahuja is likely to become the next Chief Secretary of Odisha. He will succeed d Pradeep Kumar Jena, whose term following a six-month extension ends on June 30. Ahuja, a 1990-batch Odisha cadre officer, is currently serving as Secretary, Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare. On Tuesday, the Appointments Committee of the Union Cabinet approved ...

Bhubaneswar:25/6/24: State Housing and Urban Development Minister Dr Krushna Chandra Mohapatra has asked officials to do ‘Teamwork’ to provide quality services to the people of urban areas. Dr. Mohapatra was speaking as the chief guest at a day-long training program of municipal officials on the priorities of Urban Governance at the Convention Hall of Lok Seba Bhawan here today. The ...

Bhubaneswar:25/6/24:As usual, today also Hon’ble Chief Minister Shri Mohan Charan Majhi listened to the problems of the common people and accepted the complaint letter from the people Urmila Sahu, who came from Nayagarh the people, got emotional and felt ill when she was told about her problems to the Chief Minister, immediately the Chief Minister made her drink water with ...

Newdelhi:25/6/24:In response to the growing train traffic and congestion at Khurda Road Station, the Ministry of Railways has sanctioned a significant infrastructure project. ECoR has earlier proposed the construction of a Flyover Bridge to facilitate smoother train operations in the Howrah-Chennai Main Line and Khurda Road-Puri Branch Line. This project, set to be executed under the Energy Corridor Scheme of ...

Bhubaneswar:24/6/24: Parliamentary party meeting under the chairmanship of BJD party president Naveen Patnaik. Rajya Sabha MP held a meeting with Naveen at Naveen’s residence. Chairing the meeting of the BJD parliamentary party, Naveen directed the MPs to be the strong voice of the state in the Parliament and raise various important issues of the development of 4.5 crore people of ...

Bhubaneswar:23/6/24: Tribal Affairs Minister Jual Oram has directed Odisha Chief Secretary and Khurda Collector to keep the process of diversion of forest land in favour of Kalinga Institute of Social Science (KISS) in Bhubaneswar in abeyance. “It is understood that you have initiated the process to hand over the revenue forest land to KISS. You are advised to keep the ...