Odisha
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Minister agrees to allocate 8 lakh houses to Odisha under PMAY
Bhubaneswar: Union Minister for Rural Development and Panchayati Raj, Giriraj Singh has agreed to allocate additional 8 lakh houses to Odisha under PMAY scheme. This was decided at a meeting held between…
- Business
Odisha govt approves 11 investment proposals of Rs 2,253cr
Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government has approved 11 investment proposals worth Rs 2,253.15 crore which will create employment opportunities for 3,817 people, officials said on Thursday. The state level single window clearance authority…
- India
146 Odisha MLAs cast vote in 16th Presidential Poll
Bhubaneswar: As many as 146 members of the 147-seat Odisha Assembly have cast their vote in the 16th Presidential election held on Monday. While 145 MLAs including Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik, Congress…
- Telangana
Bhadrachalam cut-off as bridge on flooded Godavari closed
Hyderabad: With the Godavari river flowing above danger mark and water level rising further, authorities in Telangana’s Bhadrachalam town on Thursday closed the famous bridge for traffic and imposed prohibitory orders to…
- India
Odisha govt starts electrifying Murmu’s village on war footing
Baripada [Odisha]: The Odisha government on Saturday launched electrification work in a portion of Uparbeda, the ancestral village of NDA Presidential candidate Droupadi Murmu in Odisha’s Mayurbhanj district, on a war footing…
- India
Patnaik shares Odisha’s achievements on food security at WFP HQs
Bhubaneswar, June 24 (IANS) Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik took the stage at the World Food Programme (WFP) headquarters in Rome to share the transformational progress made by his state on strengthening…
- India
Patnaik backs Murmu, appeals to all Odisha MLAs to support her
Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister and BJD President Naveen Patnaik on Wednesday appealed to all MLAs in the state to support Draupadi Murmu, who has been named as the NDA candidate in the…
- India
Surprised, delighted on being nominated as NDA’s Presidential candidate: Murmu
Rairangpur (Odisha): The ruling NDA’s Presidential candidate Droupadi Murmu has said she is optimistic about getting the support of all MLAs and MPs from Odisha cutting across party lines as she is…
- India
Centre provides Z+ category security to NDA’s presidential candidate Droupadi Murmu
New Delhi: The Central government has provided round-the-clock ‘Z+’ category armed security cover by Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) personnel to NDA presidential candidate Droupadi Murmu, officials said on Wednesday. The CRPF…
- India
Aspirant runs 60 km, anti-Agnipath protest spreads in Odisha
Bhubaneswar: An aspirant for an Armed Forces job ran 60 km in Nabarangpur as a mark of his opposition to ‘Agnipath’ on Saturday and a large number of agitators sat in dharna…
- India
Minor kills mother for not giving money to buy new clothes
Bhubaneswar: In a shocking incident, a minor boy in Odisha’s Keonjhar district allegedly killed his mother for not giving him money to purchase new clothes, police said on Friday. This incident occurred at…
- India
Agnipath Row: Protests erupt at several places in Odisha
Bhubaneswar: Protests against the Centre’s Agnipath scheme spread to Odisha on Friday as hundreds of aspirants for recruitment in the Armed Forces blocked the arterial Ring Road in Cuttack and tore down…
- India
Odisha CM launches 13 industrial projects worth Rs 1,218 cr
Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Friday inaugurated three industrial projects and performed ground-breaking of 10 other projects involving total investment of Rs 1,218 crore. These projects across food processing, tourism,…
- India
Cyclone Asani rages in Bay of Bengal, unlikely to make landfall
Bhubaneswar: The deep depression over Southeast Bay of Bengal Sunday moved west-northwestwards with a speed of 16 kmph during the past 6 hours and intensified into a cyclonic storm Asani’ (pronounced as…
- Andhra Pradesh
Cyclone won’t make landfall in Odisha or AP but move parallel to coast: IMD
Bhubaneswar/Kolkata: In a big relief to the people and administration, the IMD on Saturday announced that the cyclonic storm brewing in the Bay of Bengal will not make landfall in either Odisha…