Bhubaneswar: The Editor of the premier Odia Daily (The Sambad) and the owner of the Eastern Media Ltd. Mr. Soumya Ranjan Patnaik joined Biju Janata Dal (BJD) this morning. Mr. Soumya Ranjan Patnaik is a political Leader, former parliamentarian and teh Chief of Ama Odisha Party. After reaching at Naveen Niwas (Residence of Odisha CM and…
BHUBANESWAR: Lightning caused mayhem in Odisha claiming 30 lives and leaving many injured. Twelve persons died in lightning on Monday afternoon while 18 persons reportedly died due to lightning incidents across the state on Sunday evening. The Meteorology Department on Sunday issued warning of thunderstorm with lightning in Jajpur, Dhenkanal and Kendrapada districts between 12…
Bhubaneswar: 31 July 2017: Odisha Chief Minister Shri Naveen Patnaik announced cash incentive of Rs 5 Lakh each of the two sprinters of the State, Dutee Chand and Jauna Murmu after they qualified for the World Athletics Championships beginning from 4th August 2017 in London. Chief Minister expressed the high hope that they would emerge successful…
Bhubaneswar: The BJD had threatened to initiate legal action against a Delhi-based news channel and some BJP leaders in Odisha accusing them of criticizing Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik. The state unit of BJP also moved the chairman of Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) to investigate into the alleged discrepancies in the data of BJD’s…
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: Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Saturday asked Raman Singh, Chief Minister of Chhattisgarh to certify free flow of water in the Mahanadi River by opening the gates of Kalma barrage which was closed by the neighboring state lately. By objecting the one-sided decision of the government of Chhattisgarh to stop flow in the inter-state…
Bhubaneswar: The Odisha Govenrment will explore the proposal to dispensing agricultural loans of farmers in the state, Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik said today. “We’ll certainly examine it (proposal for waiving farm loan),” Patnaik told to media after a review meeting of party functionaries here. Agriculture Minister Pradeep Maharathy said “the State Government has been contemplating…
Bhubaneswar: The owner of Aarohi Creations, Sujit Sahoo arrested by Crime Branch from Cuttack, Mahanga area. As per the tweet of CM Naveen Patnaik, the Prime accused Sujit Sahu in the cyber crime case arrested last night. Hope this serves as a strong deterrent & such acts are not repeated. It should be noted that…
After the massive success in the recent electoral success, BJP National President Amit Shah will visit Odisha for three days in April. Though Mr.Shah’s detailed tour program is yet to be finalized, sources said the BJP Big Boss will hold multiple rallies and chair key meetings with the regional leaaders to chalk out strategies to…
