Odisha

BHUBANESWAR: As the entire country celebrates India’s gold medal victory in Hangzhou Asian Games hockey, official sponsor Odisha has extra reasons for elation!Chief minister Naveen Patnaik personally congratulated the team, over video call, and announced Rs 5 lakh reward each for the players and support staff.Asian Games 2023: India clinch gold medal in men's hockey event, beat Japan 5-1 in final“My...

BHUBANESWAR: The Odisha chief minister’s office (CMO) has asked officials and agencies concerned to complete the Sri Jagannath Parikrama project in Puri by the end of this year. Taking stock of the progress of the work in Puri around 4am on Friday, CM Naveen Patnaik’s private secretary (5T) VK Pandian asked the officials to expedite the project. Other senior officials accompanied Pandian in the...

BHUBANESWAR: Odisha erupted in joy as local boy Kishore Jena clinched silver medal with his personal best performance (87.54m) in men’s javelin at the ongoing Asian Games in China’s Hangzhou. Odisha chief minister Naveen Patnaik on Wednesday announced Rs 1.5 crore for the javelin star.Prime Minister Narendra Modi congratulated Kishore for this achievement. “Our accomplishments in Men's Javelin at...

BHUBANESWAR: Similipal Tiger Reserve authorities said with joint squad of forest and police personnel keeping a strict vigil on use of weapons by poachers, some instances of dogs being used by villagers to hunt animals has come to the fore.Use of hunting dogs for poaching is a traditional method and it has been found to be in practice in several sanctuaries in Odisha. In Similipal also, dogs were being...

BHUBANESWAR: Odisha director general of police, Sunil Kumar Bansal, on Thursday unveiled a mascot for a statewide awareness campaign on cyber safety that would be held from September 30 to October 15. Chief minister Naveen Patnaik is scheduled to inaugurate the campaign on Thursday.The mascot, christened as Cyrra (a combination of cyber and Irrawady), has been designed like a dolphin. Police said they...

BHUBANESWAR: A few hours after Khandapada MLA Soumya Ranjan Patnaik was ousted from the BJD for his alleged involvement in a loan scam, the EOW of the Odisha crime branch on Thursday searched the office of the media group run by him.The EOW had conducted a search operation at Patnaik’s media organization in Rasulgarh area on September 18 as well. A cheating and forgery case was registered against...

KOLKATA: A low pressure area over Odisha is likely to continue bringing in moisture to southern Bengal districts, including Kolkata, till Saturday, after which the skies are likely to clear up. This could lead to showers till Saturday, said the Met office."The area of low pressure formed over the southwest Bay of Bengal a few days ago has been moving towards Odisha since then. By Friday, it is likely to...

BHUBANESWAR: The Railway Board has sanctioned a fund of Rs 14.7 crore for construction of subway near Nidhipanda bridge in Balasore district. It is an important bridge in Haldipada-Balasore section of Kharagpur-Bhadrak section.During a meeting on June 21, local people had urged railway minister Ashwini Vaishnaw, who was on a visit to the district, to construct a subway near Nidhipanda bridge (Bridge No...

BHUBANESWAR: People have been facing difficulties during the last three days for cancellation of several long-distance trains due to 'rail roko' staged by members of the Adivasi Kurmi Samaj in West Bengal demanding scheduled tribe (ST) status.The protestors have staged rail roko at Khemasuli station in the Kharagpur-Tata railway section of Kharagpur division and at Kustaur station in Adra-Chandil...

BHUBANESWAR: Chief minister Naveen Patnaik and the state government delegation held a meeting with the senior leadership of Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) and discussed various upcoming social-sector and infrastructure projects in Odisha on Wednesday. The JICA leadership reiterated their commitment to supporting infrastructure development in the state.Amid speculation that Odisha may try...