Bhubaneswar: Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik today ordered for closure of offices of Advisors/ Chairpersons of 23 different Departments/Corporations/Boards. The Planning & Convergence Department has issued a letter to concerned Departments/Corporations/Boards in this regard. “The Offices of the following Advisors/Chairpersons posted to Departments/Corporations /Boards as mentioned against each in the enclosed annexure shall cease to exist from…

Bhubaneswar, 5/6: In a big development, portfolios have been allocated to new Ministers in new-look  Naveen Patnaik cabinet   Cabinet Ministers: Jagannath Saraka S.T. & S.C. Development, Minorities & Backward Classes Welfare, Law Niranjan Pujari Finance, Parliamentary Affairs Ranendra Pratap Swain Agriculture & Farmers’ Empowerment, Fisheries & Animal Resources Development Pradip Kumar Amat Forest &…

Beijing, 5/6: China launched a spacecraft on Sunday carrying three astronauts to the Chinese space station, due to be completed by the end of the year, as construction entered a pivotal stage.     A Long March-2F rocket transporting the Shenzhou-14, or “Divine Vessel” in Chinese, blasted off from Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest…

Korea, 5/6:North Korea test-fired a salvo of eight short-range ballistic missiles toward the sea on Sunday, South Korea’s military said, extending a provocative streak in weapons demonstrations this year that US and South Korean officials say may culminate with a nuclear test explosion.     South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff said the missiles were…

Hyderabad, 5/6:The Telangana police on Saturday apprehended two juveniles, among the five boys accused of raping a minor girl in Hyderabad a week back.     The shocking incident of a 17-year-old girl raped by five boys, three of them juveniles, in a car, came to light only on Friday – six days after the…

Bhubaneswar, 4/6: According to reports, these MLAs  will take oath as ministers on Sunday Tukuni Sahu Pramila Mallik Ranendra Pratap Swain Naba Das Samir Dash Pratap Deb Atanu Sabyasachi Rohit Pujari Rajendra Dholakia Prasanta Muduli Srikanta Sahu Aswini Patra

New Delhi, 4/6: In a significant judgement on Friday, the Delhi High Court has declared mere smuggling of gold without any connection whatsoever to threatening economic security or monetary stability of the country cannot be described as a terrorist act.     A bench of Justices Mukta Gupta and Mini Pushkarna said possession, use, production,…

Bangalore, 4/6: Despite Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai’s damage control measures, the Congress led by its former president Rahul Gandhi on Saturday kept up the ante against the BJP government over the revised school textbooks.     “The Congress will not allow textbooks that will be fatal for Karnataka’s diversity,” Rahul said in a series…