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Sambalpur:22/9/17:Chief Minister Shri Naveen Patnaik dedicated to public the APJ Abdul Kalam Planetarium, the second in Odisha and a Science Park in Burla. Key projects inaugurated and laid foundation for in Sambalpur district: Inauguration: • Various educational facilities in VIMSAR including Pediatric Care Centre • Improved communication in Sambalpur through 10 new City Buses • Durgapalli bridge, city beautification and road modernisation ...

Mathura:22/9/17:Union Agriculture and Farmers Welfare Minister, Shri Radha Mohan Singh said that the various development and welfare schemes launched by the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare in the last three years helped farmers reap a record production of food grains during 2016-17. The production of pulses increased to 22.40 million tonnes in 2016-17 from 16.35 million tonnes in the ...

Varanasi:22/9/17:The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi, visited the historic Tulsi Manas Temple in Varanasi this evening. He released a postal stamp on “Ramayana,” on this occasion. Emphasizing the significance of the occasion, when a stamp on the theme of “Ramayana” is being released in the precincts of the Tulsi Manas Temple, the Prime Minister said that stamps have a special ...

Newdelhi:22/9/17;The Two days National Seminar organized by the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) on Good Governance, Development and Human Rights concluded here today with several important suggestions. Addressing the concluding session as the Chief Guest, Shri Ravi Shankar Prasad, Union Minister, Ministry of Law & Justice and Electronics and Information Technology said that good governance is very important to sustain ...

Newdelhi21/9/17:In recognition of PHFI’s outstanding contribution to skill building initiatives and advancement of knowledge in the Indian healthcare sector, The Quality Council of India (QCI) awarded the Public Health Foundation of India (PHFI) the prestigious QCI – DL Shah Platinum award for skill building of primary care physicians in chronic conditions in India. The Platinum award was presented to PHFI by Shri. Baijayant Jay Panda, Honourable ...

Cuttack:21/9/17; A student at Madhusudan Law College today attempted self-immolation which in turn has led to pre-poll violence and forced the college authorities to declare sine die. Trouble began in the premier law college of the State when a girl student of the college attempted to commit suicide by trying to set herself on fire. Apart from this, students at ...

  Bhubaneswar:21/9/17: Odisha Government is all set to auction six mines including four iron-ore in October, Chief Secretary Aditya Prasad Padhi informed on Thursday. The proposed mineral blocks to be auctioned next month also includes a graphite and a limestone mine, informed Padhi after a high level meeting of State Level Facilitation Committee today. Padhi further stated that already six ...

  Koraput:21/9/174; Koraput MLA Krushna Chandra Sagaria and his supporters today locked up the office of the district education officer (DEO) after finding the official absent for discussions on transfer of a school teacher. Sources said MLA Sagaria along with his supporters had gone to meet DEO Markat Keshari Ray this morning to discuss the transfer matter of a school ...

Bhubaneswar:21/9/17: The Nandankanan zoological park on the outskirts of Odisha capital will get 18 species from Arignar Anna Zoological Park in Chennai in an animal exchange programme. The Odisha zoo will send 19 animals in return. According to the zoo authority, Nandankanan will get 18 species, which include a pair of Nilgiri Langur, a pair of reticulated python (Malaysian python), ...

Bhubaneswar:21/9/17: In a significant move, the State Cabinet today approved the restructuring of the Odisha Administrative Service by increasing the cadre strength to 1,711 from 1,558 and revision of cadre strength of Odisha Finance Service by increasing it to 800 from present 727. The cabinet meeting chaired by Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik also nodded to the Odisha Fire Prevention and Fire Safety Rules 2017. The Fire ...