Bhubaneswar, March 10 (IANS) Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi, on Tuesday, expressed his gratitude to Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw for approving the new Amrit Bharat train services between Podanur (Coimbatore) and Dhanbad (Jharkhand), via Rayagada, Muniguda, Kesinga, Titlagarh, Balangir, Sambalpur, Jharsuguda, and Rourkela in Odisha. Chief Minister Majhi emphasised that the Amrit Bharat train services from Podanur and Dhanbad passing through se…
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Bhubaneswar, Feb 17 (IANS) A Special POCSO court in Odisha’s Sambalpur, on Tuesday, sentenced two persons to 20 years of rigorous imprisonment (RI) each in two separate cases involving the sexual abuse of minors in the district. “On November 29, 2025, a 10-year-old girl, who had gone to a shop near her residence to buy a packet of snacks, was returning home when the 55-year-old accused Madhusudan Bagarty, who was seated at his residence, forcibly dragged her inside and raped her,” Special Public…
Bhubaneswar, Feb 13 (IANS) Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi on Friday launched the ‘Shree Jagannath Darshan’ scheme, offering free travel, accommodation, and other amenities to elderly citizens to undertake a pilgrimage to the 12th-century Jagannath Temple and have darshan of the holy triad. CM Majhi launched the scheme during a special programme in Nabarangpur district of the state.The scheme was inaugurated simultaneously during special events in Bhadrak, Baripada, Sambalpur, an…
Bhubaneswar, Jan 27 (IANS) Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi on Tuesday said that a new industrial revolution has begun in Odisha, asserting that the state is steadily moving ahead with industrial proposals amounting to nearly Rs 20 lakh crore for the establishment of new industries across Odisha. While inaugurating India’s first Flat Rolled Products (FRP) aluminium unit at Hindalco Industries Limited’s Aditya Aluminium plant at Lapanga in Sambalpur district, CM Majhi stated that once these …
Pune, Jan 14 (IANS) The Indian cycling team touched down in Pune on Wednesday for the Pune Grand Tour 2026, India’s first-ever UCI 2.2 category multi-stage Continental Road Cycling Race for Men, marking a landmark moment for the sport in the country.Scheduled from January 19 to 23, the five-stage race will span 437 kilometres, featuring 171 elite riders from 29 teams representing 35 countries across five continents. Organised by the Pune District Administration and supported by the Government …
Bhubaneswar, Jan 14 (IANS) The Opposition Biju Janata Dal (BJD) on Wednesday slammed the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led state government alleging that ever since the BJP came to power, the administrative system has started to collapse in the state.The party, in a press statement, accused the ruling BJP of now trying to convert the government offices into party offices. The regional party has strongly condemned the alleged misuse of government offices by the ruling BJP.According to the press st…
Bhubaneswar, Jan 8 (IANS) Anonymous emails threatening bomb attacks on three courts in Odisha were received on Thursday, triggering panic.As per reports, the registrars of the District and Sessions Courts in Cuttack, Sambalpur, and Deogarh received emails threatening bomb attacks.Following the receipt of the threat mails, the court premises were immediately cleared by suspending all work.Upon being informed, local police forces, along with bomb disposal squads, dog squads, and cyber experts, rea…
Bhubaneswar, Jan 6 (IANS) Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi, on Tuesday, accused the opposition parties of spreading false propaganda about the newly enacted Viksit Bharat – Guarantee for Rozgar and Ajeevika Mission (Gramin) Act, 2025, describing the scheme as “anti-poor” and “anti-farmer”. Speaking at a press conference at the state BJP office, CM Majhi said that the primary objective of the VB–G RAM G scheme, which replaces the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Sche…
Kolkata, Dec 27 (IANS) West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, on Saturday, condemned the killing of a migrant worker from the state in Odisha and asserted that speaking in Bengali cannot be a crime. Taking to her official X account, Chief Minister Banerjee told that a zero FIR has been filed in West Bengal and six people have been arrested in connection with the incident.”We strongly condemn the brutal oppression and persecution unleashed upon Bengali-speaking people in every BJP-ruled stat…
Bhubaneswar, Dec 24 (IANS) The Odisha government on Wednesday appointed Development Commissioner-cum-Additional Chief Secretary, Water Resources Department, Anu Garg, as the new Chief Secretary of the state, as per an official notification issued by the General Administration & Public Grievance (GA&PG) department on Wednesday. The 1991 batch Odisha cadre IAS officer Garg will replace incumbent Chief Secretary Manoj Ahuja, who is set to retire from the services on December 31, 2025.“Smt…