External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Tuesday launched the official website for the 18th Pravasi Bharatiya Divas (PBD) alongside Chief Minister of Odisha, Mohan Charan Majhi, Minister of State, Kirti Vardhan Singh.
Odisha Deputy Chief Minister Kanak Vardhan Singh Deo announced that the state would be celebrating the International Day of Millets on November 10-11, as declared by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi would inaugurate the 'Millet Mission' on November 10.
Disclosing details of the damage assessment report after cyclone 'Dana', Odisha Minister of Revenue and Disaster Management, Suresh Pujari said that in the aftermath of the cyclone and following floods, the loss was estimated to be at least Rs 600 crores.
Cyclone Dana hit the Odisha coast on Friday. The cyclonic storm made landfall between Bhitarkanika and Dhamra with wind speeds of 100-110 kmph, uprooted trees, and snapped power lines in several areas.
As Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi on Saturday held a review meeting post-Cyclone Dana, Congress leader Bhakta Charan Das hit out at the state government and said that the relief measures were not adequate.
As Cyclone 'Dana' made landfall in Odisha, Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi on Saturday held a review meeting post-Cyclone Dana with Deputy CM Kanak Vardhan Singh Deo at the State Relief Centre.
Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi on Friday commended an ASHA worker Sibani Mandal after she rescued an elderly woman to a cyclone shelter during evacuation.
Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi on Friday asserted that no casualties have been reported during Cyclone Dana adding that almost 6 lakh people have been shifted to safer places.
As severe cyclone Dana expected to make landfall in the midnight October 24 and 25, East Coast Railway have diverted, or short terminated or cancelled around 203 trains to ensure public safety.
Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi on Thursday, highlighting the measures taken by the government to ensure security as severe cyclone Dana is expected to make landfall in Odisha, said that the government target is zero causalities.
Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi on Thursday chaired a high-level meeting to review the preparedness for severe Cyclone Dana at Lok Seva Bhavan in Bhubaneswar. Minister of Revenue and Disaster Management, Suresh Pujari was also present at the meeting.