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The Odisha Minority Forum held an emergent meeting this morning at its office in Bhubaneswar and appointed Dr. Sasmit Patra as the Odisha Minority Forum’s President. The post of the President had fallen vacant after the sad demise of its…

As expected, the Union Railway Budget 2014-15 ignored the demands of Odisha. The ruling Biju Janata Dal (BJD) in the state, failed to impress upon the Narendra Modi government to get the state's dues although it has 20 MPs in Lok Sabha and…

Union Railway Minister DV Sadananda Gowda presented Narendra Modi government's first Railway Budget, which talks about hopes, aspirations and development to make the Railways at par with that of other countries in the world. The budget also…

1) The Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) has deputed two of its functionaries Ram Madhav and Shiv Prakash to the BJP. Ram Madhav is Akhil Bharatiya Sah-Sampark Pramukh, while Shiv Prakash works as the Sangh Kshetra Pracharak of Western…

1) Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik has inaugurated the new campus of Xavier University at Nijigarh Kurki on the outskirts of Bhubaneswar. Apart from MBA, MHRM and MBA-RM courses, XUB is also offering undergraduate courses such as B.Com…

1) Britain's Finance Minister George Osborne and Foreign Secretary William Hague arrived in India on a two-day trip. Osborne hailed Modi for giving a big boost to the investor sentiments. 2) The Reliance Industries Ltd (RIL) has taken…

Firebrand Congress leader and Jeypore MLA Taraprasad Bahinipati has been appointed as the Chief Whip of the Congress Party in Odisha Assembly. Chiranjib Biswal will be the Deputy Leader of the Congress Legislature Party (CLP) in the Odisha…

1) The Supreme Court has refused to stay the appointment of Lieutenant General Dalbir Singh Suhag as the next Army Chief. He is scheduled to take charge on August 1. 2) A Mumbai Sessions court sentenced young lawyer Pallavi Purkayastha's…

1) People in Odisha celebrate Lord Jagannath, Lord Balabhadra and Devi Subhadra's 'Bahuda Yatra' with much fanfare today. The 'Bahuda Yatra' marks the return of deities to Jagannath Temple from the Gundicha Temple where they spent nine…