Known for her outrageous posts on Twitter, Kangana Ranaut lost the popular social media platform after her Twitter account got permanently suspended on Tuesday. With this action of Twitter, she lost around three million followers of her on Twitter. This came after Kangana posted a controversial tweet about post election violence in West Bengal. In…
New Delhi: The opposition INDIA bloc staged a protest inside Parliament today, denouncing the Union Budget 2024 as ‘discriminatory’ and demanding fair treatment for all states. They accused the government of favouring Bihar and Andhra Pradesh—states governed by BJP’s key allies—while neglecting others. Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman announced projects worth ₹59,000 crore for Bihar…
Bishkek: The 12th edition of the India-Kyrgyzstan Joint Special Forces Exercise KHANJAR-XII is set to take place in Kyrgyzstan from March 10 to March 23, 2025. Since its launch in 2011, the annual military drill has served as a key platform for strengthening the strategic partnership between the two nations. The last edition was conducted…
Bokaro: Union Minister of State for Coal and Mines, Satish Chandra Dubey, laid the foundation stone for two major coal handling plants in Bokaro and Kargali yesterday, marking a significant step in boosting India’s coal transportation efficiency. The Karo and Konar Coal Handling Plants, with annual capacities of 7 million tonnes and 5 million tonnes…
Bhubaneswar:Odisha’s horticulture sector reached a new milestone today with its first-ever export of dragon fruit. From the Biju Patnaik International Airport cargo terminal in Bhubaneswar, four quintals of dragon fruit, organically grown in Patnagarh, Balangir district, were dispatched to Dubai via Indigo Cargo. This export signifies a new chapter for Odisha’s horticulture industry, which has…
Bhubaneswar: Strengthening environmental governance and digital monitoring, the State Pollution Control Board (SPCB), Odisha, in collaboration with IIT Bhubaneswar, has launched a pioneering mobile application to enable real-time tracking and monitoring of fly ash transportation across the state. The digital application was officially unveiled on December 31, 2025, by Chief Secretary and Chairman, SPCB, Shri…
Bhubaneswar: Marking Akshaya Trutiya and State-level Farmers’ Day, the Odisha government on Monday rolled out a series of major agriculture-focused initiatives, including financial assistance of ₹838.48 crore to over 41.68 lakh farmers under the CM-Kisan Yojana. Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi announced the measures at a state-level programme held at the Central Rice Research Institute,…
Bhubaneswar/New Delhi: Showcasing robust agricultural growth and an ambitious roadmap for climate-resilient farming, Odisha on Friday positioned itself among the country’s leading agrarian states during the National Conference on Kharif held in New Delhi. Representing the state at the high-level conference, Deputy Chief Minister and Agriculture Minister Kanak Vardhan Singh Deo said Odisha’s agriculture sector…
Bhubaneswar: Odisha’s innovative urban governance and water management initiatives have drawn national attention, with a high-level delegation from Rajasthan visiting Bhubaneswar and Puri to study the state’s successful models in urban infrastructure, sanitation and public service delivery. The nine-member delegation from the Rajasthan Urban Drinking Water Sewerage and Infrastructure Corporation Ltd. (RUIDP), Jaipur, undertook the…
Bhubaneswar: Leaders from various political parties gathered on Sunday for an all-party meeting convened by the state government ahead of the budget session of the Odisha Assembly, which is set to begin on Monday. The budget session will start with an address by Governor Raghubar Das. “Detailed discussions were held on the suggestions made by…
