In a shocking incident, an associate of senior Biju Janata Dal (BJD) leader and State Planning Board Vice President, Sanjay Das Burma, who was missing since Saturday night was found dead from river Nuanai under Sadar Police limits in Puri on Monday.The deceased has been identified as Chittaranjan Palai. He was a resident of Sanabandhakera…Continue Reading
Odisha seems bleeding on the job front. The cocktail of marauding job losses and a big spike in the unemployment rate in the urban areas – the job engines – have been wreaking havoc in the State during the last one year.For which, Odisha languished as the State with the second-highest urban unemployment rate in…Continue Reading
With the IMD forecast of a cyclonic storm reaching Odisha coast on December 4, the state government on Wednesday asked collectors of 13 districts to prepare for the evacuation of the people and has chalked out a disaster management strategy by requisitioning NDRF, ODRAF and fire department personnel for rescue and relief operation. The forecast…Continue Reading
Odisha girl Nibedita Biswal has been selected for the annual Antarctica Expedition-2022 to study and spread awareness about the effects of global warming and climate change.As many as 90 persons across the globe have been selected by the 2041 Foundation for the prestigious expedition. Nibedita who is a denizen of Rourkela will be part of…Continue Reading
Palpable tension gripped Kabarapali GP under Jujumara block in Sambalpur block after an audio-video clip of a telephonic conversation purportedly between a contractor and the sarpanch over percentage commission went viral on social media platforms. Even though the exact time and date of the recording of the audio clip is not known, it is alleged that…Continue Reading
Meet Matilda Kullu from Odisha who has featured in Forbes India W-Power 2021 list. Forty five year-old Kullu is an ASHA (Accredited Social Health Activist) worker in Gargadbahal village under Baragaon Tehsil in Sundargarh district. Kullu may be earning only Rs 4500 a month, but she has selflessly devoted her life to looking after 964…Continue Reading
The Odisha government on Thursday directed all the district Collectors to set up Anganwadi centres (AWC) in government primary schools premises.Expressing concerns over the operation of a large number of Anganwadi centres in rented houses/community halls, the Principal Secretary of Women and Child Development department Anu Garg directed all district Collectors to construct the Anganwadi…Continue Reading
While opposition BJP wondered whether Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik’s visits to districts are linked to the coming panchayat polls in the state, on Monday, the minister launched the smart card distribution of the state government health scheme, Biju Swasthya Kalyan Yojana (BSKY) in the Kandhmal district. Starting his district visits in Malkangiri in September, Patnaik has…Continue Reading
Taking a direct aim at none other than CM Naveen Patnaik, the saffron party today lambasted the BJD supremo for breeding sycophancy. The main opposition party has latched on to the exhortation made by Odisha Deputy Speaker Rajanikant Singh that Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik is the God of 4.5 crore Odias at a government function in…Continue Reading
The slogan of Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik to provide a pucca roof on every head seems to be a house of cards as the State’s ambitious Vasundhara scheme looks stuttering even after 13-years of implementation. Besides, both the housing and land schemes are bugged by corruption. The State is going to fall by yards in accomplishing…Continue Reading