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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.

The endangered Olive Ridley turtle will be mascot for the 22nd Asian Athletics Championship, which will be played at Kalinga Stadium in July.

With an eye to the 2019 assembly polls in Odisha, the Odisha unit of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Saturday began its two-day state executive meeting at Baripada here.

Bar Council of India (BCI) Chairman Manan Kumar Mishra on Saturday faced the ire of lawyers, who have been opposing the Law Commission report on Advocates (Amendment) Act, 1961.

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.

The Odisha government in association with Energy Efficiency Services Limited (EESL) has distributed over one crore LED bulbs in the state under UJALA scheme.

The Odisha government on Friday effected a major reshuffle at IAS level. The government transferred 16 IAS and 2 OAS officers including Collectors of nine districts.

The Odisha government on Friday ordered a probe into the media reports that ‘plastic eggs’ are sold in markets in the state capital.

Tata Steel in association with The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI), on Friday launched a Green School Project to create awareness about environment issues on school campuses in the operational areas of the company.