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Bhubaneswar: Union Skill Development and Entrepreneurship Minister Dharmendra Pradhan Friday laid the foundation stone for National Skill Training Institutes (NSTI) Plus at Jatni, about 25 km from Bhubaneswar. NSTI Plus, the apex organisation of the Ministry of Skill Development & Entrepreneurship, will train 500 instructors...

Bhubaneswar: Members of the opposition BJP and Congress Friday staged a walkout from the Odisha Assembly by expressing their dissatisfaction over the reply of Revenue Minister Sudam Marndi to the debate on the admissibility of an adjournment motion on the selling of land by the...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha cabinet held under the chairmanship of Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik Friday decided to recommend to the Tribal Advisory Council (TAC) to reconsider its earlier decision allowing scheduled tribe (ST) people to sell their land to non-tribals. Parliamentary Affairs Minister Niranjan Pujari informed the...

Bhubaneswar: City-based refractory maker IFGL Refractories has announced setting up its modern research centre at Kalunga in Odisha. James McIntosh, managing director, IFGL Refractories, said that the state-of-the-art facility will provide a world-class capability to complete fundamental research along with metal melting facilities to enable...

Bhubaneswar: To make Odisha an industrial hub in eastern India, the state government has approved 848 industrial projects in different sectors with an estimated potential investment of Rs 2l.73 lakh crore, Industries Minister Pratap Keshari Deb told the Assembly Friday. Replying to a question of...

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government has shipped two metric tonne of cashew nuts to Bangladesh, an official said. Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export Development Authority (APEDA) under the Ministry of Commerce and Industry has facilitated the first-ever shipment of cashew nuts from Odisha to Bangladesh,...

Bhubaneswar: As many as 40,088 labourers from Odisha, with the highest from Bolangir district, have migrated to other states for jobs, Labour and ESI Minister Sarada Prasad Nayak said, Thursday. Responding to a query of Congress MLA Tara Prasad Bahinipati in the state Assembly, Nayak...

Bhubaneswar: The adverse impact of climate change is now being felt globally while global warming has become a major cause of concern. Given the backdrop, Dharitri, the most credible and impartial regional daily of Odisha which is turning 50 this year, is initiating steps to...

Bhubaneswar: As many as 25,934 persons lost their lives in road mishaps across Odisha between 2018 and 2022, Transport Minister Tukuni Sahoo informed the state Assembly Thursday. As per the information shared by Sahoo, the maximum number of persons who died in road accidents in...

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha assembly witnessed a ruckus by the opposition parties for the second consecutive day Thursday over the state government's decision to allow Scheduled Tribe (ST) people to sell their land to non-tribals. The BJP and the Congress intensified their protest in the House,...