Nuakhai

TNI Bureau: Prime Minister Narendra Modi today extended his heartfelt greetings to the people of Odisha in the occasion of the famous Nuakhai festival. On his X handle, the PM said, Wishing everyone a joyous Nuakhai. This cherished…

TNI Bureau: Leaders of different political parties in Odisha today extended greetings to the people of the state on the occassions of Nuakhai, an agrarian festival. Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi conveyed his greetings and…

Nuakhai will be celebrated on September 8 in Balangir district while nabanna (newly harvested rice) will be offered to the Ishta Devi Maa Samaleswari between 9:35 am to 10:06 am.

41 lakh eligible small and marginal farmers under the Krushak Assistance for Livelihood and Income Augmentation (KALIA) scheme received Rs 2000.

Western Odisha folks are all in festive moods with the arrival of the Nuakhai on Thursday.

Under the Krushak Assistance for Livelihood and Income Augmentation (KALIA) scheme, eligible farmers in the state will get a financial assistance of Rs 2,000 each on the auspicious occasion of Nuakhai.

With this, people in Sambalpur and Bargarh will get Nuakhai Holidays for two days - September 1 and September 2.

The Odisha government officially confirmed that banks and other banking institutions will be shut on September 1 due to the Nuakhai festival.

Kalikesh Narayan Singh Deo, former member of loksabha, has urged Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik to allow three days of local holidays in Western Odisha to commemorate the Nuakhai Juhar festival.