Government

Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Saturday kicked off the ‘Akhi Muthi’ ceremony and ploughed land in Pipili of Puri district as farmers across the state observed Akshaya Tritiya marking the beginning of the farming season in the state.

Excise Minister Damodar Rout on Saturday refuted the charges that the death of two persons were caused by spurious liquor.

The Fitment Committee formed to fix the modalities for implementation of 7th Pay Commission’s recommendations has sought another 45 days to submit its final report, said an official on Friday.

Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Thursday launched ‘Banayana’ for sustainable management of forest and bio-diversity.

There has been satisfactory progress in the revival process of the now defunct Talcher Fertilizer Plant of the Fertilizer Corporation of India (FCI), said Petroleum minister Dharmendra Pradhan on Thursday.

A day after 300-400 heavily armed Maoists ambushed a CRPF contingent killing 25 troopers in Chhattisgarh, the Odisha police on Tuesday sounded a high-alert in Odisha-Chhattisgarh border.

The Odisha government on Monday ordered closure of schools from tomorrow till June 18 in view of the intense heat wave in the state.

Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Sunday said reiterated his demand for Special Category Status to the state at the meeting of the Governing Council of NITI Aayog chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in New Delhi.

Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Saturday said he would raise the Special Category Status issue before the Centre at NITI Ayog Governing Council meeting scheduled to begin on Sunday.

The Odisha Government on Saturday effected a major bureaucratic reshuffle. While Rural Development Principal Secretary Madhusudan Padhi was appointed as the new Transport Commissioner, OMFED Managing Director Chandra Sekhar Kumar has been assigned as the Principal Secretary of Revenue.