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Newdelhi:11/6/26:The Vice-President of India, Shri C. P. Radhakrishnan, today addressed the closing ceremony of the month-long internship programme conducted by Sansad TV for final-year postgraduate students of the Indian Institute of Mass Communication (IIMC) at the Uprashtrapati Bhavan. Highlighting the role of media in a democracy, Shri C. P. Radhakrishnan said that India needs journalists and communicators who are intellectually ...

Newdelhi:9/6/26:Union Minister of Jal Shakti Shri C. R. Patil, Minister of State for Jal Shakti Dr. Raj Bhushan Choudhary, and senior officials of the Department of Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation (DoWR, RD & GR), Ministry of Jal Shakti, called on the Vice-President of India, Shri C. P. Radhakrishnan, at Uprashtrapati Bhavan today. During the meeting, the Vice-President ...

Newdelhi:6/6/26:In a significant step towards enhancing consumer transparency and promoting fair trade practices, the Department of Consumer Affairs has amended the Standard Operating Procedure (SoP) dated 29.12.2023 for the determination of net quantity and standard pack sizes of edible oils and fats under the Legal Metrology framework. The decision follows extensive consultations with major edible oil industry associations representing nearly 90 per cent of ...

Bhubaneswar:4/6/26: A committee formed by the Odisha government has recommended changes in the English spelling of the names of 64 places across 26 districts in the state.Official sources said the panel, headed by eminent litterateur Pratibha Ray, has recommended changes in the English spelling of these places in order to restore their original Odia names. The move also aims to ...

Bhubaneswar:4/6/26: As expected in political circles, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Thursday announced former Biju Janata Dal (BJD) leader Debashish Samantaray as its candidate for the June 18 Rajya Sabha by-election in Odisha. The Central Election Committee of the BJP has granted its approval to the names for the biennial Rajya Sabha elections to be held in various states ...

Bhubaneswar:4/6/26: The Odisha Legislative Assembly stands out as an exception to the broader trend of shrinking legislative sittings across Indian states. According to an analysis by Yashika Kedia of PRS Legislative Research, the Odisha House has consistently outpaced the national average for sitting days over at least the last four consecutive years. In 2025, the Odisha Legislative Assembly met for ...

Bhubaneswar:4/6/26: Shri Sachin Ramachandra Jadhav, Commissioner-cum-Secretary of the Department of Agriculture and Farmers’ Empowerment, led the final deliberations as a high-level Technical Review Mission of the World Bank concluded its assessment of the REWARD programme in Odisha. The mission focused on reviewing overall project progress and mapping out a detailed roadmap for timely and impactful completion across the state. The ...

Bhubaneswar:4/6/26:Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan has written to Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi, urging the state government to upgrade the prestigious Indira Gandhi Institute of Technology (IGIT), Sarang, into a full-fledged Unitary University. The proposal aligns with the state’s recent decisions to elevate Veer Surendra Sai University of Technology (VSSUT), Burla, and Odisha University of Technology and Research (OUTR), Bhubaneswar, ...

Newdelhi:4/6/26:PM Surya Ghar: Muft Bijli Yojana has already crossed 40 lakh beneficiary households within 2 years and I am hopeful that by the end of 2026, we will cross 75 lakh households by December 2026, said Union Minister for New and Renewable Energy and Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution, Shri Pralhad Joshi while participating in a fireside chat programme organised during ...

Newdelhi:4/6/26:The India–UK Critical Minerals Global Supply Chain Observatory (GSCO) was formally launched today in New Delhi by G. Kishan Reddy, Hon’ble Union Minister of Coal and Mines, Government of India, and Yvette Cooper, Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, United Kingdom The launch marks a significant milestone in the growing India–UK partnership on critical minerals and supply ...