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Bhubaneswar: The State government is always striving to take a people-centred approach to disaster risk management, stated Revenue and Disaster Management Minister Suresh Pujari while inaugurating a two-day national workshop on gender and social inclusion in disaster risk reduction governance here Wednesday. Pujari emphasised the...

Bhubaneswar: A state-level meeting on ‘Strategising Dairy Development in Odisha Through FPO Development’ was held Wednesday at Odisha University of Agriculture and Technology (OUAT), bringing together departments, financial institutions, private organisations and Farmer Producer Organisations (FPOs) to advance dairy-based rural entrepreneurship. Representatives from 21 dairy...

Bhubaneswar: The Special Task Force (STF) of Odisha Police and the Laxmisagar police Wednesday arrested four persons in connection with illegal brown sugar trade in different locations of the City. In the first incident, acting on a reliable input, the STF carried out a raid...

Bhubaneswar: Over 34.12 lakh farmers from Odisha have received the 21st instalment of the PM-Kisan scheme Wednesday, officials said. Prime Minister Narendra Modi released the assistance of Rs 2,000 to farmers from a programme in Tamil Nadu’s Coimbatore. Nine crore farmers across the country received...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi has said he would attend the oath-taking ceremony of Nitish Kumar in Patna Thursday. The JD(U) supremo is set to be sworn-in as Bihar Chief Minister for a record 10th time. Preparations for the swearing-in ceremony at Patna's...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha government Wednesday signed an agreement for setting up a state film archive. The agreement was signed with the Film Heritage Foundation at the concluding ceremony of the 10th Film Preservation and Restoration Workshop in Bhubaneswar. Deputy Chief Minister KV Singh Deo said, "Film...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Works Minister Prithiviraj Harichandan Wednesday said the Union Finance Ministry has approved Rs 8,300 crore for the Rameshwar-Paradip coastal highway in the state. Speaking to reporters, he said around 60 to 70 per cent of the land acquisition for the project is complete....

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Works Minister Prithiviraj Harichandan Wednesday stressed that the success of widespread urbanisation is crucial to achieving the vision of a developed Odisha by 2036. Addressing the gathering on the second day of the two-day District Collectors and SPs Conference in Bhubaneswar, Harichandan emphasised...

Bhubaneswar/Rourkela: Union Minister of Heavy Industries and Steel HD Kumaraswamy Wednesday met Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi at the Lok Seva Bhawan and held discussions on several matters, including issues related to the expansion of the integrated steel plant of Steel Authority of India...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha government is carrying out a major eviction drive in Salia Sahi, the largest slum in Bhubaneswar, to pave the way for the construction of a road to decongest traffic on the Jayadev Vihar-Nandankanan road, officials said Wednesday. Amid protests by a section of...