News Headlines from Odisha ( Since Jan 2011 till date ) : -
-- > Prasanita Sandilya from Angul clinches National Bravery Award
-- > Guinness Book of World Records confirmed Odissi show by 555 artistes as world record
-- > Sudarsan Pattnaik selected for Godavari Puraskar for the year 2012
-- > Odisha Govt disallows ore export through outstate ports
-- > Odia Film Director Aprub Kishore Bir selected for Prestigious 'Jayadev Award' for 2010
-- > Orissa Government launches ambitious Rs.1000/ crore Biju Setu Yojana
-- > Akshaya Samman 2011 for vivacious, versatile Asha Bhosle
-- > 7 new post offices in Orissa
-- > 50 trained jumbos to cut down on pachyderm rampage
-- > Rs 150 crore for construction of concrete roads in 3,000 inundated villages
-- > Justice Dipak Misra Appointed as a judge to The Supreme Court of India
-- > Orissa Govt to construct 300 rural bridges at cost of Rs.1000 crore
-- > Orissa Govt to construct Integrated Flood Shelters (IFSs) on high lands
-- > Orissa Government to set up mega Wood hub in Paradip
-- > Britannia Industries to set up new plant at Bhubaneswar
-- > storm water drainage system of Bhubaneswar under JNNURM
-- > Orissa Government to develop facilities in 30 tourism spots
-- > Odisha Government to open 3,000 paddy mandis
-- > Odisha Govt. extends maternity leave to 180 days from 90; 15-days for male employees
-- > Odisha Government to recruit 17,543 Shiksha Sahayaks
-- > Odisha remains committed to the empowerment of persons with disabilities
-- > Odisha-based Radio Namaskar wins Manathan Award 2011
-- > Centre adjudged Odisha as ‘best’ for uplift of tribal lives
-- > Odisha Government to set up Tool Room & Training Center at Paralakhemundi
-- > Odisha Government disburses Rs 35.39 cores to flood victims for house building assistance
-- > Odisha Government tops in providing Group Accident Insurance to fishermen
-- > Bicycles to 2,70,983 School children in Orissa
-- > Odisha Police Unveils the first ‘Odisha Police Canteen’
-- > 1,200 crore worth of road projects for Odisha
-- > Orissa assistance up to Rs 3 lakh to BPL people suffering from chronic diseases
-- > Odisha CM Naveen Patnaik announces special financial package for pension holders, weavers, fishermen
-- > Integrated Sanitation Improvement Project for Bhubaneswar & Cuttack at cost of Rs 875 crore
-- > World Trade Center Association proposed to set up WTC at Bhubaneswar
-- > Odisha Govt to merge Plus Two with school and mass education for parity with Central courses
-- > Unmanned aerial vehicles (uav) for Odisha to assist multi-linear operation in the fields of disaster management, heath services and homeland security
-- > Caste, income, residential certificates to be available in schools
-- > Railways announced three new trains announced for Odisha
-- > KISS, Dr Achyut Samant feature in Time magazine
-- > Tablet PC to usher in paperless intigrated caste census
-- > Orissa: DWD director announces Rs. 350 stipend for school children of disables
-- > Odisha launched “Janani Suisu Surakhya Karyakram”(JSSK)
-- > Orissa Govt to give aid of Rs 50,000 each to 10,400 youth clubs
-- > 40,000 solar lanterns to tribal schools in Orissa
-- > Program Mamata for benefit of pregnant women. 1,93,000 Pregnant Women Registered in just 1 Month
-- > Orissa Government to set up 1028 Community Health Centers, Sub-divisional hospitals
-- > Orissa Government to develop well performing colleges to centers of excellence
-- > modern art gallery at cost of Rs 3.5 cr
-- > India's First standardize district web site launched by Orissa IT Minister
-- > Integrated policy for street vendors
-- > Orissa included in International programme for Roots & Tuber Crops by Spanish CIP
-- > 'Godfrey Phillips Breavery Award' to Orissa's Chittiama
-- > Orissa’s Shanti Das appointed as National President of United Woman Front
-- > IGNOU decides to open Centres in All 314 Blocks of Orissa by 2013
-- > Rs 1278 crore investmentý on Principle for setting up industries
-- > NALCO sponsors 250 tribal children from Damanjodi to KISS
-- > Orissa Govt approves 4 proposals with Rs 1278 crore investmentý on Principle for setting up industries
-- > Orissa takes new initiatives to scale up fruit production in State
-- > Lok Sabha passes Alteration of Name Bill of Orissa
-- > Orissa Government to develop at least 50,000 integrated farming units
-- > Odia made Jharkhand’s 2nd official language
-- > Integrated Watershed Management Projects in back ward districts
-- > Orissa to set up 1 high school within 5-km radius of all habitations
-- > Orissa comes first in India on sterilization during World Population Fortnight
-- > citizen’s grievances program 'Samadhan' is live now
-- > scientific handling and disposal of biomedical waste management
-- > Orissa Govt releases block grants to 160 Madrasas
-- > Orissa Weightlifter K Ravi Kumar conferred with Arjuna Award
-- > Vedanta's Alumina Refinery at Lanjigarh in Orissa gets ISO 50001:2011 Certification
-- > Orissa to spend spend 14 crores to develop Buddhist sites to attract tourists
-- > TCS expansion campus; Phase 2 to generate 3400 IT jobs in Bhuwaneshwar
-- > Orissa to set up Modern Survey & Settlement Training Institutes
-- > Comprehensive Automation based Software for monitoring of Schemes for Orissa Panchayat Raj Dept
-- > MOU signed for 2600 crores worth Sindol Hydro electric project
-- > Orissa to construct 10,000 check dams by June 2012
-- > Orissa collects Rs. 8077 crore commercial taxes during 2010-11; 26% above target
-- > Collection of Rs. 4000 crore mining revenue
-- > 4,130 km cement road to 20,580 villages during 2011
-- > IIT Bhubaneswar new campus by 2013-end
-- > Agro-entrepreneurship starts in Orissa
-- > XIMB to set up University in Orissa
-- > Rs. 350 crore worth 12,000 buildings for anganwadis, Uniform to all Anganwadi workers
-- > Scientific Fish Farming adopted in Orissa
-- > Model Municipal Solid Waste Management coming up in Paradeep
-- > Orissa Government creates Innovation fund in each districts
-- > Mega lift irrigation points on either side of Sindol power projects
-- > Geo-Synthetic Tube Deployed At Pentha Erosion Site in Kendrapada
-- > Bus Rapid Transit System (BRTS) introduced in Bhubaneswar
-- > 34 Energy Police stations opened in Orissa
-- > Rs 1,200 crore Inter Port rail Connectivity planed in Orissa
-- > Orissa-based Famous Rasgoola maker to launch Certificate course on sweet making technology
-- > Orissa CM launches Biju Gramina Swasthya Sibira, Swasthya Sanjog schemes
-- > Block Excellence Programme to develop Primary Education implemented in Orissa
-- > Orissa: TSFC Cadet Niranjan got selected to Play in England Football Festival
-- > Learning Achievement Tracking System in Primary Schools in Orissa
-- > All soil conservation projects in watershed module in Orissa
-- > KIIT University becomes 2nd University to Get Wipro's Mission 10X Innovation Chair
-- > Centre sanctioned Rs 549.16 crore to Odisha for renovation of 1602 MIP; renovation works of 1069 canal under progress
-- > Odisha Government opens 5169 Jana Seva centre, to open more 3000 centres
-- > Odisha's software export at Rs 3200 crore in last 3 years
-- > Odisha Government approves nine industrial projects worth Rs. 1,36000 Crore
-- > Odisha Government on placement-linked Training Programme
-- > Odisha draws up Rs 2100 cr roads project for 2011-12
-- > Odisha girl Sweta Mohanty ranks 2nd in Civil Services (Main) Examination
-- > Sudarsan Pattnaik got first place in peoples choice at Moscow World sand Sculpture championship
-- > Rs 18 crore for underground cabling at Puri to avoid snapping of overhead wires Rath Yatra
-- > Jayalalithaa appoints Odia IAS as new Chief Secretary, Odia IPS as Chennai police Commissioner
-- > 162 crore to the Rural Housing & Development Corporation (ORHDC)
-- > Rs. 1,391 crore for provide road connectivity to ports
-- > Odisha government to provide 13,177 Mo Kudia houses worth Rs. 60 Crores
-- > Sudarsan Pattnaik Joins Nalco as Brand Ambassador
-- > Rs. 10 crore worth expansion of Daya river right embankment
-- > OPL: Cricket for a noble cause kicks off at Odisha's Barabati
-- > Jindal to invest Rs 1,20,000 crore by 2020 in Odisha
-- > 18 Mobile Veterinary Dispensaries in Odisha
-- > Sudarsan Pattnaik proposes to set up a sand art gallery like Madame Tussauds
-- > Rs 75 crore to Odisha for opening of Paramedical Science Institute
-- > Odisha bags first prize in India for model ePanchayat system
-- > Odisha Government spends 70 crores for purchase of Cycles for school students
-- > 254 crores for Odisha Tribal Empowerment and Livelihood Project
-- > CSR initiatives of Essel Mining in Orissa bagged Asia Mining Congress- Global Mining Sustainability Award 2011
-- > Odisha to implement E-Admission system in +2 Colleges
-- > Odisha CM Naveen Patnaik to launch E-Administration Pilot Project
-- > Sri Sri University to begin next academic session
-- > JSL Stainless at Kalinga Nagar bags Green Governance Award
-- > Orissa Govt recruit 24,000 sikhya sahayaks
-- > State Data Centre now operational
-- > Trauma care centre at SCB Medical College
-- > KIIT University inks MoU with Anglia Ruskin University
-- > Rs 500 crore on ambulance update
-- > A PCPRR at Paradip in an investment of Rs 27,000 crore
-- > regularization of 1301 DLRs of Rural Development
-- > 791 projects in Ganjam and 68 projects in Khalikote
-- > Another new set of investment worth Rs 3,400 crores
-- > Hockey star Dilip Tirkey receives ETV Priya Odia 2010 award
-- > Orissa CM inaugurates two Projects, lays foundation stone of 7 projects in Brahmagiri
-- > Orissa No 1 in providing land to forest-dwellers
-- > e-Forms and Orissa Treasury Portal goes live
-- > Vedanta Foundation touches 50000 children
-- > three lane high bridge on river Kathjodi
-- > Rs 5000 cr to panchayati raj institutions and urban local bodies
-- > Sudarsan Pattnaik's longest sand cricket bat In Limca Book Of World Records
-- > Orissa Govt to set up Medical College in Jharsuguda, Baripada worth Rs. 300 crores
-- > Prayag Group to set up Bio Fertiliser plant in Orissa
-- > School uniform to all 13 lakh 85 thousand students
-- > Rs. 100 crores worth of 4000 deep tube well in 17 stony districts of Orissa
-- > Padma Bibhusan award to Odia poet Sitakanta Mohapatra
-- > Rs 2.5 crore on modernization of Text Book Press
-- > Centurion University of Technology & Management at Parlakhemundi
-- > Korean province to help Orissa to promote Buddhist tourism
-- > Orissa Government to set up Knowledge Corporation
-- > Each village to be electrified by 2012
-- > $255 million to support program to mitigate impact of cyclones in Orissa
-- > Orissa's fifteen districts to get Rs. 375 crore under Integrated Action Plan
-- > 6 new National Highways in Orissa worth 36000 crores
-- > Odisha Cricket Academy appoints Australian Michael Bevan as Ranji Team coach
-- > KIIT University to Host 99th Indian Science Congress
-- > Rs.1496.71 crore for NCRMP Phase I in Orissa
-- > Odisha Sampad now in place
-- > Orissa Government to provide cycles to all girl students of class 10th
-- > NTPC, MCL to set up medical college in Orissa
-- > Essel Mining to provide Mid Day Meal to 62,000 students
-- > solar power electricity to 1700 villages
-- > 3 power firms for production of 3,960MW energy
-- > Orissa Government to open 136 Village Grain Bank