Bhubaneswar:12/2/24: The ruling Biju Janata Dal (BJD) in Odisha has nominated two persons as its candidates for election to Rajya Sabha. The BJD, in a press lease signed by its president Naveen Patnaik on Monday, said it has nominated Debasish Samantray and Subhasish Khuntia as its candidates for Rajya Sabha elections. The elections will be held for 3 Rajya Sabha ...

BHUBANESWAR11/2/24: Eminent litterateur and the former president of Odisha Sahitya Akademi Satakadi Hota passed away due to age-related ailments here on Sunday. He was 95. A retired IRTS officer and former divisional railway manager of Khurda Road, Hota was the editor of Odia Daily Samay since its inception on October 2, 1996. Born at Jagannath Khunta in Mayurbhanj district, he ...

Bhubaneswar:11/2/24: Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik today inaugurated the new facility of Cognizant, one of the largest professional services company in the world. Cognizant is a $ 19.4 billion, US-based multinational company recognised as one of the world’s leading IT services providers to engineer modern businesses that improve everyday life. The company is part of NASDAQ-100 and employs more 350,000 ...

Chennai:10/2/24: Veteran BJD leader and 10-time MLA V Sugnana Kumari Deo breathed her last while undergoing treatment at a private hospital in Chennai at 12.44 am on Saturday. She was 87. Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik had rushed to Chennai last evening to personally inquire about her health condition. He met the veteran leader in the hospital and spoke to her family ...

Bhubaneswar:10/2/24: Odisha police was conferred with Award of Excellence for its Cyber Safety Campaign 2023 at Future Crime Summit, New Delhi. Shefeen Ahmed, IGP, CID, Crime Branch, received the award, recognising its outstanding contribution to the field of cybercrime on behalf of Odisha DGP. The campaign in Odisha was launched with the primary objective of enhancing awareness and educating the ...

Bhubaneswar:10/2/24: Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Saturday inaugurated the Mega Conclave of the Special Development Council (SDC) at Adivasi Exhibition Ground here on Saturday. The Conclave was organized by the ST & SC Development, Minorities & Backward Class Welfare Department. About 2,000 members of 23 SDCs including 1,750 stakeholders participated in the event to celebrate the achievements of SDCs ...

Bhubaneswar:10/2/24:In a landmark move set to strengthen Odisha’s position in the electric vehicle (EV) sector, JSW Group has signed an MoU with the Odisha Government for the establishment of an Integrated Electric Vehicles (EV) and EV Battery Manufacturing Project at Cuttack and Paradip. On the occasion, CM Naveen Patnaik said that the day marks a great leap forward in the State’s ...

Bhubaneswar:9/2/24:Senior BJD leader and Khallikote queen V Sugnana Kumari Deo was admitted to a private hospital in Chennai following health complications. She is currently undergoing treatment at the hospital. As per reports, Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik visited Chennai to meet the ailing party leader and enquired about her health condition. Patnaik is scheduled to return to Bhubaneswar on Friday night. ...

Bhubaneswar:9/2/24: In a remarkable and pioneering effort, the Department of Paediatrics at AIIMS-Bhubaneswar successfully saved the life of a 9-year-old boy by performing a ground-breaking bronchoscopic intervention to remove a stitching needle lodged in the lungs. This achievement marks the first instance of removing such sharp foreign bodies without resorting to open surgery in any pediatrics center in Odisha. The ...

Newdelhi9/2/24: Two more tribal communities of Odisha will get the ST tag soon as two amendment bills have been cleared by both the Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha this week. The Lok Sabha on Thursday passed the Constitution (Scheduled Tribes) Order Amendment Bill, 2024 and Constitution (Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes) Order Amendment Bill, 2024, for the addition of several new ...