Bhubaneswar:26/12/24: Amid hectic preparations for the upcoming Pravasi Bharatiya Divas (PBD) to be held in Bhubaneswar in January 2025, the Odisha government on Thursday assigned a special task for 50 OAS officers for the mega event. As per an office order issued by the Revenue and Disaster Management department, 50 OAS officers will be deployed in Industries department as Liaison ...

Bhubaneswar:26/12/24: On the occasion of the Biju Janata Dal’s (BJD) foundation day, party president and Odisha’s LoP Minister Naveen Patnaik addressed party workers, reflecting on the recent Assembly election results. Patnaik stated that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) came to power by making “false promises” and running a “negative campaign,” which the BJD was unable to counter effectively. However, Patnaik ...

Bhubaneswar:25/12/24: Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi on Wednesday launched 1,542 Multipurpose Primary Agriculture Cooperatives (MPACS) in the state. With the launch of the new MPACS by the CM at a programme held at the Convention Centre of Lok Seva Bhavan in Bhubaneswar, the total number of PACS in the state has gone up to 4,253. There were already 2,711 ...

Begusarai :25/12/24: Union Minister Giriraj Singh stated on Wednesday that the Bharat Ratna, India’s highest civilian award, should be awarded to Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar and former Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik. Singh made this remark in Begusarai, his Lok Sabha constituency, praising Nitish Kumar, who is currently an ally of the BJP, and Naveen Patnaik, a former alliance ...

Newdelhi:25/12/24; The Union Government has released Fifteenth Finance Commission (XV FC) Grants during Financial Year 2024–25, for Rural Local Bodies in Rajasthan and Odisha. For Rajasthan, 2nd installment of Untied Grants of the Financial Year 2024–25 amounting to Rs.560.63 crore along with the withheld amount of 1st installment of Untied Grants for Financial Year 2024–25 amounting to Rs.53.4123 crore has been released. These funds are for 10105 ...

Newdelhi:24/12/24:The President of India has accepted the resignation of Shri Raghubar Das as Governor of Odisha. 2.     The President of India is also pleased to make the following appointments of Governors:- (i)          Dr Hari Babu Kambhampati, Governor of Mizoram appointed as Governor of Odisha. (ii)        General (Dr) Vijay Kumar Singh, PVSM, AVSM, YSM (Retd.) appointed as Governor of Mizoram. (iii)      Shri Rajendra Vishwanath Arlekar, Governor ...

Bhubaneswar, December 23, 2024: The Department of Agriculture and Farmer’s Empowerment (DAFE), Government of Odisha in collaboration with The International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) and the CGIAR Initiative on National Policies and Strategies (NPS) completed three batches of a two-days state-level training program for farmer producer organizations (FPOs) at State Institute of Training and Extension (SITE), Bhubaneswar, Odisha. FPOs ...

Newdelhi:23/12/24:Chief Minister of Odisha, Shri Mohan Charan Majhi met Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi today in New Delhi. The Prime Minister’s Office posted on X: “Chief Minister of Odisha, Shri Mohan Charan Majhi, met Prime Minister @narendramodi On December 20, Majhi sought the support of the Central government on various crucial projects to achieve Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s vision to ...

Bhubaneswar:23/12/24: The Ministry of Earth Sciences will install three new Doppler Weather Radars (DWRs) in Odisha to improve weather forecasting operations, as informed by the Director General of the Indian Meteorological Department (IMD), Dr. Mrutyunjay Mohapatra, on Monday. The IMD organized a talk series to celebrate its 150th anniversary in the capital city on Monday. During the event, Dr. Mohapatra shared ...

Bhubaneswar 23/12/2024:  Odisha’s renewable energy ambitions took center stage at the Odisha Solar Investor Conclave, organized in Bhubaneswar by GRIDCO Limited and iFOREST (International Forum for Environment Sustainability and Technology). The event underscored the state’s commitment to achieving 7.5 GW of solar capacity by 2030, as part of the state’s larger vision to add 10.95 GW of renewable energy capacity ...