Regional Head of the Union Bank Sachindra Kishore Agarwal today said that the bank having transaction worth Rs 8700 crore including deposits and advance in the State, has a business target of Rs 10,000 crore in the current fiscal. Speaking on the occasion of the shifting of bank’s main branch from Janpath area to Ashok

Odisha Government has effected a major bureaucratic reshuffle on Monday. The state government has assigned with new responsibility to 11 IAS officers. IAS D Prasanth Kumar Reddy appointed as new PD DRDA Bolangir, IAS Bijay Ketan Upadhyaya appointed as new PD DRDA Sundargarh, IAS V Jaya Kumar appointed as new PD DRDA Sambalpur, IAS N

Perhaps Manish Arora hasn’t been watching recent fashion in India too closely. Otherwise, he’d have noticed how high-end designers have veered away from an older pattern of creating conventional bridal lehengas, to presenting a wide variety of outfits on the ramps. From serious khadi sarees to daring off-shoulder gowns, flirty baby-doll dresses – even a

Assam Governor JB Patnaik has stressed the need for preserving the residence of Lakshminath Bezbaroa at Sambalpur in Orissa as a cultural centre where research of Oriya and Assamese literature can take place. Patnaik recently visited the office of the Revenue Inspector located at Nelson Mandela Chowk, Sambalpur, which was the home of Sahityarathi Bezbaroa

The students of Odisha at the preliminary stage tend to forget their mother tongue Odia since most of the parents now prefer English medium schools. This is no doubt a challenge for the State as well as the entire Odia community. Hence, everyone must contribute to strengthen Odia language and Odisha, said Assam Governor Janaki

R. P. Sasmal, has assumed the charge of Director (Operations) of Power Grid Corporation of India Limited (POWERGRID) on 1st August, 2012. Prior to this, he was Executive Director (Operation Services) in the company and he is a graduate Engineer from Sambalpur University, Odisha, Shri Sasmal has more than 30 years of experience in power sector.

The agriculture operations in the state are likely to get a boost as many places received rain under the impact of a cyclonic circulation over the Bay of Bengal in the past 24 hours. Official sources said the total agriculture coverage in the state was reduced by about three lakh hectare by so far compared

The Odisha Human Rights Commission (OHRC) has ordered the state government to pay Rs one lakh in compensation to a man who was allegedly tortured in police custody in April. The OHRC, in its August 7 order, has asked the home department to pay the amount to the victim, Biswanath Pradhan, within four weeks. Pradhan’s

 Heavy rain in Sambalpur district has cut off Naktideul block from the mainland. Traffic movement on Naktiduel-Kisinda road and Naktiduel-Redhakhol road has been completely disrupted since Thursday evening because of the swelling nullah at Paikmal and Bijagarh. Even road communication between Boudh and Redhakhol has been disturbed by the overflowing rainwater in two nullas at

An adult leopard rescued from Sonepur town in Odisha about a month ago, has been released into a forest in Sambalpur district. “The leopard was released yesterday in the forests near Rairakhol in Sambalpur district, about 230 km from here,” forest officials said. The animal was kept at Nandan Kanan Zoological Park after its capture