Government

Bhubaneswar: Finance Minister Niranjan Pujari read out his budget speech from an iPad at the Odisha Assembly here on Tuesday. All MLAs were handed over iPads with pen drive containing...

Bhubaneswar: In an apparent move to consolidate its vote banks and appease the backward community, the BJD government in Odisha has decided to conduct a survey of the Socially and...

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha Cabinet on Monday approved five proposals, including one pertaining to the socio-economic development of Other Backward Classes (OBC) in the state. The approvals came at a meeting...

Bhubaneswar: The state government has developed a new mobile app, ‘Odisha Budget’, to help people access the 2020-21 budget documents in real time. According to sources, any individual can download...

Bhubaneswar: Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Thursday announced to clear 10 per cent arrears pending on account of retrospective implementation of 7th Pay Commission’s recommendations with effect from January 1,...

Bhubaneswar: The state government will complete land acquisition for the Khurda-Balangir railway line project by August, Commerce and Transport Minister Padmanabha Behera said on Thursday. “We had a meeting today...

Bhubaneswar: Following his arrest in a double murder case, Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Thursday removed BJD leader and former MLA Anup Sai from the chairmanship of the State Warehousing...

Bhubaneswar: Panchayati Raj and Drinking Water Department was brought under the purview of ‘Mo Sarkar’ initiative on Wednesday. "The block office is the pivot of administration in rural areas and...

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government on Wednesday constituted Odisha State Commission for Backward Classes under the Chairmanship of Justice Raghunath Biswal, a former Orissa High Court judge. He had earlier served...

Bhubaneswar: Following allegations of rampant irregularities in Odisha Rural Development and Marketing Society (ORMAS) and Odisha Livelihood Mission (OLM), the state government has begun a crackdown on the officials concerned....