Niranjan Pujari all Set to be Speaker

Pragativadi, June 14, 2014 Bhubaneswar: Assembly Speaker Niranjan Pujari on Friday announced a seven-member panel of chairpersons to run the proceedings of the House in his and the Deputy Speaker's absence. The members of the panel are ...

Bhubaneswar: Dependable all-rounder Biplab Samantaray would lead the 16-member Odisha men's cricket team in the KSCA Capt K Thimmappiah Memorial Cricket Tournament in Bangalore to be played from July 20 to August 15. Young Rourkela batsman Govind ...

BHUBANESWAR: The Samajwadi Party on Saturday asked chief minister Naveen Patnaik to take an all-party delegation to the President to oppose the Polavaram project in neighbouring Andhra Pradesh. "The project is against the federal spirit of the ...

Bhubaneswar: Slamming the union budget, Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik today said it lacked focus in areas like agriculture, irrigation and the social sector, while the country was hit by inflation coupled with a prevailing drought like ...

STATESMAN NEWS SERVICE Bhubaneswar, 29 June Worried over the adverse impact of the CAG report relating to IDCO issuing no objection certificates enabling industries to mortgage land, a group of industrial associations said the audit report has ...

In its bid to tackle various diseases, Ganjam district administration in Odisha has decided to involve corporate houses in the awareness drive about vector-borne diseases like dengue and chikungunya. "We will ask corporate houses, including the ...

BERHAMPUR: An unidentified disease has claimed four lives and affected more than 300 persons in Ganjam and Digapahandi blocks of Ganjam district during the last four days. As the victims did not have any symptom other than high fever, the two blocks ...

BHUBANESWAR: Pointing towards an overhauling in the State Congress, All-India Congress Committee (AICC) secretary in-charge, Odisha, Subhonkar Sarkar on Sunday admitted that organisational lapse was one of the major reasons behind the massive defeat ...

Chilika's Mangalajodi Ecotourism wins India Biodiversity Award Statesman News Service Bhubaneswar, 4 June Adding yet another cap to its feather, Mangalajodi Ecotourism near Chilika in Khurda district has won the prestigious India ...