CM Mohan Charan Majhi chairs the cabinet meeting Bhubaneswar: The state cabinet chaired by chief minister Mohan Charan Majhi on Saturday approved amendments to the Odisha Development Authorities (ODA) Act, 1982, to facilitate the establishment of Economic Region Development Authorities (ERDAs) in the state.Chief secretary Anu Garg said the Odisha Vision 2036 & 2047 –…
Mukesh Mahaling in Odisha assembly Bhubaneswar: State health and family welfare minister Mukesh Mahaling on Tuesday strongly backed former Union minister Dharmendra Pradhan, saying only the scope of his responsibilities has changed, while his commitment to national service, determination and work ethic remained intact.In a post on X, Mahaling said Pradhan had consistently placed national…
Law minister Prithiviraj Harichandan at the press meet in Bhubaneswar on Thursday Bhubaneswar: Alleging a larger conspiracy involving foreign and anti-national forces to destabilise the country, Odisha law minister Prithiviraj Harichandan on Thursday accused the Congress, Left parties and AAP of fomenting political unrest under the guise of student protests.Claiming that activist Abhijit Dipke who…
Bhubaneswar: Congress legislature party leader in the Odisha assembly, Rama Chandra Kadam, has written to Prime Minister Narendra Modi seeking grant of special category status to Odisha, citing the state’s persistent structural challenges and vulnerability to natural disasters.Kadam who represents Pottangi in the Vidhan Sabha, highlighted that Odisha frequently faces cyclones, floods and other climate-related…
Deputy speaker Bhabani Shankar Bhoi Bhubaneswar: Odisha assembly has lodged a police complaint against two govt assistant executive engineers for allegedly fabricating a transfer order using forged signature of the deputy speaker to secure postings of their choice.Even though Capital police registered a case on June 11 against Monalisa Behera and Laxman Hembram, both assistant…
Bhubaneswar: A large number of grammatical and factual errors have been detected in the newly introduced Odia textbooks for Classes I to VIII in govt schools, raising concerns over the quality of books prepared under the National Education Policy (NEP)-2020 for the 2026-27 academic session.The school and mass education department has identified 1,678 spelling, factual…
Bhubaneswar: The BJP on Thursday nominated Debashish Samantaray as its candidate for Rajya Sabha bypoll, necessitated by his resignation from the Upper House as a BJD member, and subsequent switch to the saffron party on May 25.Samantaray’s renomination was on expected lines, with the BJP having earlier adopted a similar approach for former BJD MPs…
