BHUBANESWAR, Jul 24: Odisha Chief Minister Sri Naveen Patnaik today asked the administration to evacuate people from low-lying areas of Keonjhar, Bhadrak and Jajpur districts due to incessant rain in the region. He issued the directive while reviewing the flood-like situation due to a rise in water level of rivers like Baitarani, Brahmani, Subarnarekha, Jalaka…
Bhubaneswar: Strong determination and hard work will never be in vain. Sukanti Dash, a visually challenged woman from Odisha who has joined the State Revenue Services of Odisha state, is the epitome of strength and perseverance that encourages us all to move forward, regardless of difficulties. Blind since birth, Sukanti was once a teacher—a ‘Sikshya…
Respected Shri Pranab Mukherjee ji, Shri Hamid Ansari ji, Shri Narendra Modi ji, Shrimati Sumitra Mahajan ji, Shri Justice J. S. Khehar ji, Excellencies, Honorable Members of Parliament, Ladies and Gentlemen, and Fellow Citizens I thank you for electing me to the responsibility of the President of India, and I enter this office with all…
Shri Ram Nath Kovind on Tuesday tweeted sections of his first address after taking over as President. He said he is “Honoured to be sworn in as the 14th President of India; would be carrying out my responsibilities with all humility”. Prime Minister Narendra Modi, an early Twitter adopter and one with a mind boggling…
New Delhi: The Government announced its decision making the Aadhaar card mandatory for opening bank accounts and conducting financial transactions of Rs 50,000 and above. Moreover, existing bank account holders have been asked to submit their Aadhaar cards issued by the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) to banks by December 31 this year, failing…
Bhubaneswar: Monsoon from the South-west direction is triggering almost into entire Odisha. Rainfalls in many areas even as heavy rains are likely to lash the state due to a low pressure. All the districts of the state have been covered by southwest monsoon except some parts of Bargrh, Jharsuguda and Sundergarh, the meteorological centre said….
Bhubaneswar: The Govt of Odisha will soon approach the Centre to identify Paika revolt of Odisha in 1817 as the first War of Independence of India instead of the Sepoy Mutiny of 1857. To support the claim, the Odisha State Archives has prepared a 700-page book ‘The Paika Rebellion A Documentary Study’ which promises to…
Bhubaneswar: On 2 June 2017 the state government bring in to transfer the controversial proposed POSCO land near Paradip, which had been acquired for South Korean steel giant Posco, to Sajjan Jindal-led JSW Steel which has proposed to set up a 10 mtpa steel project at the site. The high level clearance authority (HLCA) chaired…
BHUBANESWAR: On Saturday, the Government Railway Police (GRP) arrested a city hotel owner Ganesh Prasad Sahoo for instigating youths to unload 20 milch cows from a train and attack the railway staff and caretakers of cows on May 24. Sahoo is the owner of Ashirvad Hotel at Cuttack Road and also heads the Old Station…
BHUBANESWAR: A woman was hanged to death on suspicion of being a child-lifter in Mayurbhanj district on Saturday morning. The incident took place in Domuhanivillage under Bangiriposi Police perimeter. Police said the 40 year old woman was first seen by the villagers on Friday night. They questioned her about where she had arrived from and…