Keeping in view the massive arrangement required for Lord Jagannaths Nabakalebara festival in 2015, chief minister Naveen Patnaik on Thursday sought Special Central Assistance of Rs 1,397 crore from Planning Commission.

The Centre on Thursday accusing the ruling BJD in Odisha of weakening the states case for getting special category status by giving wrong data on poverty.

With a view to attracting more tourists to the state, the Odisha government on Thursday decided to create basic amenities and other infrastructure like road communication and accommodation on priority basis.

A two-member team of the Justice MB Shah Commission of Inquiry is scheduled to arrive here on Friday on a five-day visit to the state to undertake field verification of mine leases in Keonjhar and Sundargarh districts ahead of finalisation of the Commissions report.

With the blistering heat wave sweeping across Odisha for over a fortnight, several Western Odisha districts on Thursday recorded an average temperature of over 45 degree Celsius on Thursday.

The BJD government which completed the fourth year of its third term on Tuesday, announced Rs 100 each for 33 lakh differently abled persons to buy umbrellas against rain and shine.

With the death of about 78 people in heat stroke and 285 in lightning annually in the state,

Intense heat wave conditions continued to prevail in Odisha with the temperature crossing 45 degree Celsius in eight of the 30 districts on Tuesday.

The Odisha government is all set to implement the National Urban Health Mission (NUHM) from September this year.

With Opposition Congress and BJP announcing plans to make chit fund fraud a poll issue, chief minister Naveen Patnaik on Monday wrote to the Union home minister seeking his intervention for an early presidential assent to a Bill protecting depositors interests.