Bhubaneswar, Nov 21 (UNI) G Udaygiri BJD MLA Saluga Pradhan was elected unopposed as Deputy Speaker of Odisha Legislative Assembly on Tuesday, the inaugural day of the Winter session of the Assembly. Leader of the house Naveen Patnaik moved a motion that Saluga Pradhan, a member of this house be chosen as the Deputy Speaker…
Bhubaneswar, Nov 21 (UNI) Development of any area depends on the connectivity of that area, President Droupadi Murmu said at Mayurbhanja on Tuesday, the second day of her three-day visit to Odisha. Flagging off three new trains —Badampahar – Tatanagar MEMU; Badampahar – Rourkela Weekly Express; and Badampahar – Shalimar Weekly Express from Badampahar Railway…
Bhubaneswar, Nov 21 (UNI) As many as two people died and five were injured four of them critically, when a speeding truck hit the autorickshaw they were travelling from behind near Panikoili chhak in Jajpur district on the wee hours of Tuesday. Sources said the deceased included a 12-year-old girl and a seven-year-old boy. All…
Bhubaneswar, Nov 20 (UNI) Biju Janata Dal (BJD) Udayagiri legislator Saluga Pradhan on Monday filed his nomination papers for the post of Deputy Speaker in the Odisha Assembly. Election to the post of Deputy Speaker will be held today. The post has been lying vacant since November 8 last after Rajani Kanta Singh had resigned….
Bhubaneswar, Nov 20 (UNI) Stating that Education is the key to economic and social well-being, President Droupadi Murmu on Monday advised parents to educate their children. Speaking after inaugurating Eklavya Model Residential School (EMRS) at Kuliana of Mayurbhanj district in Odisha, the President said, ‘during her childhood there was no school near her home, therefore,…
Bhubaneswar, Nov 20 (UNI) President Droupadi Murmu arrived here at Baripada on Monday by special Airforce Aircraft from Koleikunda Airbase on a three-day visit to Odisha. Odisha Governor Raghubar Das and Union Minister Biseswar Tudu received the President at Baripada Police Padia after she landed. An elaborate security arrangement has been made for the smooth…
Bhubaneswar, Nov 7 (UNI) Former Odisha Assembly Speaker Maheswar Mohanty passed away at a private hospital in the wee hours of Tuesday while undergoing treatment. He was 67. Sources here said he breathed his last at 0325 a.m. Mohanty was admitted to the hospital on October 31 after he fell ill and was diagnosed with…
Bhubaneswar, Oct 28 (UNI) The Amrit Kalash special train carrying the sacred soil from 13,128 villages covering 2720 panchayats spread over 314 blocks in Odisha was flagged off by Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan here on Saturday. Pradhan accompanied by former Union Minister Pratap Sharanghi, BJP MP Aparajita Sharangi, BJP Odisha President Manmohan Samal led…
Bhubaneswar, Oct 3 (UNI) Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Tuesday laid the foundation for Homi Bhabha Cancer Hospital and Research Centre at NISER Campus in Jatani near Bhubaneswar. This State-of-the-Art facility and research centre will be a global standard Cancer Care, Research and Innovation centre. It will be a 200-Bedded cancer hospital and will…
Bhubaneswar,Oct 3 (UNI) Union Minister of Sports Youth Affairs and Information and Broadcasting Anurag Thakur on Tuesday denounced the remark of Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik dubbing the BJP as anti-people and anti- development. Addressing newsmen here, Thakur said if we were “anti people and anti development “the people would not have voted us to…
