Bhubaneswar, June 2 (IANS) President Droupadi Murmu and Prime Minister Narendra Modi are scheduled to attend a special programme at Rairangpur in Mayurbhanj district on June 20 to commemorate the BJP-led Odisha government’s completion of two years in office. The Chief Minister’s Office (CMO) confirmed the participation of President Murmu and PM Modi in an official statement on Tuesday.According to the CMO, a high-level meeting was held on Monday at Lok Seva Bhawan under the chairmanship of Chi…
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Bhubaneswar, May 26 (IANS) In a shocking incident, as many as six people lost their lives while another sustained serious injuries due to suffocation in an under-construction septic tank in Madanpur Rampur police station area of Kalahandi district on Tuesday.The deceased were identified as Nimain Charan Pal and his son Akash Pal, Adal Majhi, Manoranjan Hati, Baikuntha Jal, Chhand Jal.As per reports, construction work on a septic tank was underway at the residence of deceased Nimain Charan in Gau…
Bhubaneswar, May 22 (IANS) In an unfortunate development, as many as six persons, including two minor girls, lost their lives in a tragic road accident in the Purusottampur area of Odisha’s Ganjam district on Friday. As per reports, an auto-rickshaw carrying 10 members of a family from Erandra village under Golanthara police station limits in Ganjam district was on its way to attend a Mundan ceremony at Maa Singhasini Temple in the Polasara area of the same district on Friday morning.Meanwhile…
Bhubaneswar, May 20 (IANS) The Odisha Cabinet on Wednesday approved 10 key proposals related to seven departments including the Law, Energy and Fisheries and Animal Resources Development departments.The proposals were approved during the important meeting of the cabinet chaired by Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi here on Wednesday. Among the major proposals approved by the Odisha Cabinet on Wednesday was the enactment of the Odisha Marine Fishing (Prohibition and Regulation) legislation, 2026 (…
Bhubaneswar, May 10 (IANS) The Odisha Crime Branch on Sunday began probing the shocking mob lynching of a Government Railway Police (GRP) constable on the outskirts of Bhubaneswar on May 7, after registering two separate cases in connection with the incident.The Crime Branch took over the investigation into the two cases registered at Balianta Police in Bhubaneswar following instructions from Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi on Saturday.“Considering the sensitiveness of the cases registered o…
Bhubaneswar, April 30 (IANS) The Special Session of Odisha Assembly began on Thursday amid massive uproar over the shocking incident in Keonjhar district, where a tribal man exhumed and carried his sister’s skeletal remains to a bank after being asked by bank officials to produce a death certificate and legal heir certificate to initiate the death claim process a few days ago.As soon as the session commenced, Congress members, holding placards, assembled near the podium of Speaker Surama Padhy a…
Bhubaneswar, April 16 (IANS) The Odisha Science and Technology department on Thursday signed a memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the National Centre for Coastal Research under the Ministry of Earth Sciences to launch a Marine Spatial Plan (MSP) in the state. The MoU was signed in the presence of Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi at the Lok Seva Bhawan here.The state government in an official statement said that the primary objective behind the implementation of the MSP is to promote coastal…
Bhubaneswar, March 20 (IANS) On the occasion of word ‘Pakhala Divas’, the Odisha Tourism Department, on Friday, achieved a historic global milestone by securing a Guinness World Record for the largest serving of fermented rice (Pakhala), with an impressive total of 1,174 kg prepared and presented in a single vessel. “This remarkable feat not only celebrates Odisha’s rich culinary heritage but also brings international recognition to Pakhala, an iconic traditional dish deeply embedded in the stat…
New Delhi, March 16 (IANS) Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge on Monday expressed deep sorrow over the tragic fire at SCB Medical College and Hospital in Odisha’s Cuttack, which reportedly claimed the lives of at least 10 patients and left several others injured. “Deeply saddened by the tragic fire at the Trauma Care ICU of SCB Medical College and Hospital in Cuttack, Odisha, which has claimed the lives of at least 10 patients and left several others injured”, Kharge said in a post on X.”My h…
Bhubaneswar, March 9 (IANS) As many as 54 communal riots were registered across different districts of Odisha between June 2024 and February 2026, informed Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi on Monday. While answering a query by BJD MLA Goutam Buddha Das, in the state Assembly on Monday, CM Majhi revealed that 24 of the 54 communal violence cases were registered at various police stations in Balasore district alone, making it the district with the highest number of such incidents in the state dur…