Bhubaneswar: To promote grassroots entrepreneurship, Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi on Tuesday launched the week-long ‘Akanksha Haat’ initiative to showcase and market locally produced goods from the state’s aspirational districts and blocks. The launch took place during the ‘Sampurnata Abhiyan Samman Samaroha’, organised by the Planning and Convergence Department at the State Convention Centre…
Bhubaneswar: To reinforce gender-sensitive workplaces and empower institutional mechanisms against harassment, the Department of Women & Child Development (W&CD), in collaboration with UNFPA, organised a comprehensive virtual training session on the Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act, 2013. The training, conducted from the W&CD Conference Hall, brought together Internal Committee…
Bhubaneswar: To strengthen Odisha’s power sector and enhance disaster resilience, Deputy Chief Minister Kanak Vardhan Singh Deo met with Hon’ble Union Minister for Power, Housing and Urban Affairs Manohar Lal today in New Delhi. The meeting focused on several key demands, including urgent financial support and additional power allocation to meet the state’s growing energy…
Bhubaneswar: In a significant step to enhance academic infrastructure, the Institute of Mathematics and Applications (IMA) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Odisha Construction Corporation Limited (OCCL) today at Kharvel Bhawan. The collaboration aims to upgrade and expand facilities at the institute, with a total sanctioned amount of ₹26.05 crore from the state…
New Delhi: The Indian government has issued tax demands amounting to ₹21,719 crore under the Black Money (Undisclosed Foreign Income and Assets) and Imposition of Tax Act, 2015, over the period from July 1, 2015, to March 31, 2025. This was disclosed in the Rajya Sabha on Tuesday in a written response by Minister of…
Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday accused national commissions of turning a blind eye to the plight of Bengali-speaking people and victims of violence in BJP-ruled states, while being quick to intervene in West Bengal. She made the comments during an administrative meeting held in Illambazar, Birbhum district. Taking aim at what…
New Delhi: Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Tuesday issued a stern warning to Pakistan, declaring that India would respond with even greater force to any future acts of terror. Addressing the Rajya Sabha during a heated debate on Operation Sindoor, Singh confirmed that the three terrorists behind the April 22 Pahalgam massacre had been eliminated…
Bhubaneswar: The Union Ministry of Labour and Employment has announced the launch of the PM Viksit Bharat Rozgar Yojana (PM-VBRY), a major employment initiative aimed at creating over 3.5 crore formal sector jobs across India. The scheme, which will run from August 1, 2025, to July 31, 2027, comes with an allocation of ₹1 lakh…
New Delhi: An Indian national, Gautam Santhosh, lost his life in a tragic air crash near Deer Lake airport in Newfoundland, Canada, on July 26. The incident involved a small commercial survey aircraft and claimed the lives of both individuals onboard. Confirming the news, the Consulate General of India in Toronto expressed deep sorrow and…
Bhubaneswar: The Tusura airstrip in Odisha’s Balangir district remains unused for commercial flight operations as no airline has come forward to propose services under the Centre’s UDAN (Ude Desh ka Aam Nagrik) regional connectivity scheme, the Union government informed the Rajya Sabha. Responding to a question by Rajya Sabha MP Niranjan Bishi, who hails from…
