Bhubaneswar: Senior BJP leader Shivraj Singh Chouhan Tuesday accused Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik of outsourcing the state government to a handful of officers. Chouhan said this at the airport here before visiting Jagatsinghpur and Cuttack Lok Sabha segments in Odisha. He is scheduled to...
Bhubaneswar: Debashish Samantray and Subhasish Kuntia Tuesday filed their nomination papers as the ruling BJD candidate for the February 27 Rajya Sabha elections in Odisha. Accompanied by BJD president and Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik, ministers and MLAs, the two BJD candidates filed their papers for...
Bhubaneswar: Ahead of the Lok Sabha and assembly elections, the Odisha government Monday decided to distribute Rs 1,000 one-time assistance to all ration card holders and provide interest-free loans up to Rs 1 lakh to 2 lakh youths of the state. The cabinet of Chief...
Bhubaneswar: The Odisha Cabinet Monday approved a slew of proposals, including the launch of the new scheme ‘SWAYAM’ for interest-free loans up to Rs 1 lakh to rural unemployed youth and entrepreneurs intending to expand their existing business. The state Cabinet has approved 26 proposals...
Bhubaneswar: A 35-member team of Haridwar Zilla Panchayat in Uttarakhand visited Raghurajpur panchayat and Danda Mukundpur Gram Sabha in Puri district as part of an exposure visit to gain firsthand knowledge about the development and planning of gram sabhas, sources said Monday. The visit was...
Bhubaneswar: A significant number of people in rural Odisha depend on fisheries and animal husbandry for livelihood and income generation. Fisheries and Animal Resources Development sector acts as a key player in multiplying farmers’ income in the state, said Ranendra Pratap Swain, Minister of Agriculture...
Puri: The Anasar ritual of Lord Jagannath and sibling deities Lord Balabhadra and Devi Subhadra will be observed for 13 days, instead of 15 days, this year, as per the almanac. Usually, Anasar ritual is observed for a fortnight before the commencement of the annual...
Bhubaneswar: To prevent human-elephant conflict, Voices for Asian Elephants (VFAE), a California-based elephant conservation organisation, has planted over 20,000 fruit trees and dug seven large water holes in partnership with the local conservation group Paribartan in Balasore and Angul districts that can support around 210...
Bhubaneswar: Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Bhubaneswar observed its 16th Foundation Day, Monday. The commemoration was to celebrate the foundation stone laying of the campus of the Institute at Argul in February 12, 2009. To mark the occasion, a special interactive session with the first...
Bhubaneswar: Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik Monday inaugurated 87 transformed schools in Jajpur districts on last day of 4th phase of the state government’s ambitious school transformation programme under the 5T Initiative. 5T and Nabin Odisha chairman Kartik Pandian was also present during the event. During...
India’s air-power shortcomings are becoming harder to ignore. Air Chief Marshal AP Singh, very publicly, flagging Pakistan’s collaboration with China...
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By Aakar Patel While Gandhi Jayanti is still fresh on our minds and the right to peaceful assembly is in...
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By Dilip Cherian A 10-officer reshuffle at the Additional Secretary level may look like routine housekeeping, but if you look...
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Lately, the Supreme Court’s intervention in high-profile cases does not necessarily arouse confidence and reassurance that wrongs may be righted....
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