Bhubaneswar:22/4/26:The Government of India has today approved the procurement of pulses and oilseeds under the Price Support Scheme (PSS) for the Rabi season of 2025–26 during a video conference meeting led by Union Agriculture Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan and Deputy Chief Minister of Agriculture and Farmers’ Empowerment, Kanak Vardhan Singh Deo. Earlier, the Odisha government had requested this support from ...

Bhubaneswar:22/84/26:The 39th meeting of the Odisha State Cabinet was held today under the chairmanship of Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi at the Conference Hall of Lok Seva Bhavan. After the meeting, Chief Secretary Smt. Anu Garg briefed the media on the decisions taken during the cabinet session. The Cabinet discussed and approved eight proposals, one each from eight different departments. ...

Newdelhi:22/4/26:Union Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare, and Rural Development, Minister Shri Shivraj Singh Chouhan, in a virtual meeting today at Krishi Bhawan, New Delhi, with Odisha’s Deputy Chief Minister, and Minister of Agriculture and Farmers’ Empowerment, Shri Kanak Vardhan Singh, took swift and positive decisions on the state’s demands, granting key approvals for procurement of moong, urad, groundnut, sunflower, and mustard. ...

Rourkela:21/4/26; The President of India, Smt Droupadi Murmu inaugurated Planetarium and Science Centre, and Nirmal Munda Parivesh Path at a public function held at Rourkela, Odisha today (April 21, 2026). Later, the President also inaugurated Tribal Museum and Integrated Command and Control Centre at Rourkela. Speaking at the public function, the President said that natural beauty, folk culture and heritage ...

Bhubaneswar, Date: 21/04/2026:The Second Meeting of the Committee of Presiding Officers constituted to review the powers of Presiding Officers under the Tenth Schedule to the Constitution of India was successfully held at Puri today. The meeting was chaired by the Hon’ble Speaker, Maharashtra Legislative Assembly Shri Rahul Suresh Narwekar, who is the Chairman of the Committee. The Hon’ble Speaker, Odisha ...

Bhubaneswar, April, 21, 2026: Reinforcing its mission to transform Odisha into an industrially developed state, the Government of Odisha today approved a new set of strategic industrial investments aimed at accelerating economic growth and large-scale employment generation. Under the dynamic leadership of Hon’ble Chief Minister Shri Mohan Charan Majhi, Odisha has adopted a results-oriented industrialisation model focused on investment facilitation, ...

Seoul: 20/4/26:South Korea’s POSCO Group said on Monday it has signed a final agreement with India’s JSW Steel to jointly invest 10.7 trillion won ($7.3 billion) to build a steel plant in India, as part of its strategy to establish a production hub in the South Asian country and strengthen its global supply chain. The two companies signed a joint ...

Bhubaneswar:20/4/26: The Odisha Government’s Home (Elections) Department has raised concerns over large-scale deletion of voters’ names and issued fresh instructions to all Electoral Registration Officers (EROs) to tighten verification before any further action In a recent letter, the department said that around 9.8 lakh deletions have been carried out by EROs since the start of the elector mapping exercise. However, it ...

New Delhi: 20/4/26:Bhavesh Patra has topped the JEE Main 2026 Session 2 in Odisha, according to the results declared today. Patra has secured the All India Rank of 13 in the JEE Main Session 2 conducted by the National Testing Agency (NTA). A total of 26 students has got 100 percentile in the exam. Of them five students, each from ...

Cuttack:20/4/26:In a vibrant celebration blending tradition and transformative governance, Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi turned the sacred Akshaya Tritiya and State-level Farmers’ Day into a milestone moment for Odisha’s agriculture sector. At the Central Rice Research Institute (CRRI) in Cuttack, the Chief Minister performed the traditional *Akhi Muthi Anukula* ritual on the field, symbolically marking the beginning of a new ...