Odisha: Second phase of Puri Jagannath temple's Ratna Bhandar beginsThe second phase of the Puri Jagannath temple's Ratna Bhandar inventory has begun. A special team is cataloging festival ornaments and jewe...
08 Apr, 2026, 02.59 PM IST
Odisha to distribute nearly 80,000 smartphones to anganwadi workersOdisha government is set to distribute smartphones to anganwadi workers for better monitoring. A new scheme will boost the handloom sector....
05 Apr, 2026, 04.05 PM IST
Mallikarjun Kharge brings up Odisha anganwadi Dalit worker case in Parliament, discusses caste discrimination at workplaceMallikarjun Kharge highlighted caste discrimination at workplaces. He cited an Odisha anganwadi where a Dalit worker faced boycott. Inciden...
12 Feb, 2026, 12.21 PM IST
Schools closed in Dehradun ahead of PM Modi's visitIn anticipation of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit to inaugurate the 38th National Games in Dehradun, the District Magistrate announce...
28 Jan, 2025, 08.40 AM IST
Mamata Banerjee announces hike in salaries of Anganwadi workers in West BengalWest Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee announced salary hikes for Anganwadi workers, assistants, ICDS workers, Asha workers, in the presence of PM ...
06 Mar, 2024, 11.59 AM IST
Odisha announces statewide school closures due to cyclone Michaung: Here are all the detailsThe official notification from the Office of the Collector and District Magistrate in Gajapati, Odisha states, "In view of possible heavy r...
05 Dec, 2023, 11.32 AM IST
Odisha starts OBC surveyThe survey will encompass various indicators of backwardness such as occupation, educational qualification along with type of educational i...
01 May, 2023, 02.21 PM IST
Anganwadi workers on indefinite dharna, 60,000 centres closed in OdishaThe Anganwadi workers are demanding that must get the tag of government employees and monthly remuneration of Rs 18,000 for Anganwadi worke...
22 Nov, 2022, 02.38 PM IST
38,408 schools, 2.86 lakh anganwadi centres don't have functional toilets, govt tells Rajya SabhaAs many as 68,374 schools supplied packaged or bottled drinking water, while 1,74,632 schools accessed drinking water from "other sources".
06 Dec, 2021, 05.54 PM IST
Odisha makes progress in its fight against malnutrition, but there’s still a long way to goTo achieve the next set of milestones, Garg says the focus will be on delivering services to people in areas that are hard to reach. But st...
26 Sep, 2020, 11.00 PM IST
Demand in Rajya Sabha for legislation to ensure quick disposal of litigations related to development projectsRaising the issue through a Zero Hour mention, D P Vats of the BJP said development projects particularly rail and road projects get delaye...
23 Sep, 2020, 12.51 PM IST
Kamal Nath government’s egg proposal for children may fail April 1 testThe finance department has refused to allocate any extra funds for the proposal and asked the WCD department to work with its existing budg...
20 Mar, 2020, 08.56 AM IST
Odisha’s maternal health scheme doing better: SurveyThe Jaccha-Baccha Survey (JABS), conducted by student volunteers in June 2019, took place in six states—Chhattisgarh, Himachal Pradesh, Jha...
19 Nov, 2019, 09.43 AM IST
Women and Child Development ministry signs MoU with Vedanta to build 4000 modern AnganwadisVedanta aims to create social incubators that will help uplift the communities on a national scale by educating children, eradicating malnu...
21 Sep, 2015, 04.10 PM IST
Vedanta readies Rs 400-crore funding facelift for anganwadisThe foundation will fund the modernisation drive with over Rs 400 crore, for which it has partnered with the Ministry of WCD, it said.
24 Jun, 2015, 09.14 PM IST
Government taking various steps to curb malnutrition: Maneka GandhiBihar, Chattisgarh, Himachal Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh and Uttarakhand are among the ten states having large number of cases of malnutrition.
05 Dec, 2014, 03.24 PM IST
Anandi Patel appeals to people of Gujarat, NGOs to adopt anganwadisShe inaugurated a host of development works totalling Rs 766 crore, which include a dedicated stadium for indoor sports.
12 Jul, 2014, 05.08 PM IST