Odisha

Suryanagri : A 25 crore Pipe Dream 5619

• Special
• May 24, 2020

Anil  Dhir

The announcement of the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) for the complete solarisation of Sun Temple and Konark town has made news. The concerned Minister has said the Centre has launched the project to take forward the Prime Minister’s vision to develop the Sun temple town as a ‘Suryanagri’. The 25 Crore project envisages setting up of a 10 MW grid connected solar project with battery storage and solar off-grid applications like solar trees, solar drinking water kiosks. It will be implemented by  OREDA, the Odisha Renewable Energy Dev

The Good Samaritans of Bhubaneswar 6787

• Special
• Apr 05, 2020

Anil Dhir 

Bhubaneswar 2^nd April:    In the darkness of the Corona crisis, there is a bright light to be found in the acts of kindness shown but ordinary people. Many individuals and groups are distributing food and grocery kits to the needy, feeding the street dogs and the stray cattle. The Covid-19 crisis is bringing out the best and the worst in human beings.

The authorities has chosen to be cruel in order to be kind, several harsh measures to halt the rapid spread of the virus are being adopted. There are many who t

Odisha Govt Washes Hands Over Issue Of Srimandir Funds In Yes Bank 3299

• Special
• Mar 12, 2020

The State government today seemed to have washed its hands of over the issue of parking Puri Srimandir funds in crisis-hit Yes Bank by saying that it was the temple administration which had deposited the amount as it the sole authority for management of affairs of the shrine.

Replying to a query over the issue during a discussion in the State Assembly, Finance Minister Niranjan Pujari said the funds of Jagannath Temple in Puri is regulated by the manag

Mission Shakti is a New Dept. Now 7856

• Special
• Mar 08, 2020

Bhubaneswar: Odisha SHG movement will get a boost as the State government will soon carve a new department ‘Mission Shakti’ exclusively to deal with the SHG matters in the State. 

Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik has announced this significant policy move on the occasion of International Women’s Day. Patnaik was addressing a programme organised at Convention Centre in the Lokseva Bhavan to mark the occasion of International Women’s Day.

“I would like to announce that Odisha will be the first State to have an exclusive department for self-help grou

BJP Smells Conspiracy to Swindle Lord Jagannath Fund 5457

• Special
• Mar 08, 2020

Bhubaneswar: The Opposition parties in Odisha on Sunday came down heavily on the State government over depositing Rs 545 crore funds belonging to Lord Jagannath in the crisis-hit Yes Bank.

Addressing a presser here, State BJP general secretary Prithviraj Harichandan alleged that the parking of the funds in the cash-starved Yes Bank which has been placed under a 30-day moratorium period indicates that there was a conspiracy to swindle the Srimandir funds.

“As per the development commission 2017 report, a decision was taken to keep the funds of the Lord Jagannath in 25 banks