Samajwadi Party demands hike of sunstroke death damage to Rs 1.5L

Bhubaneswar: The Samajwadi Party State committee on Tuesday demanded enhancement of compensation amount for sunstroke and heat wave victims from Rs 10,000 to Rs 1.5 lakh. In a letter to Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik party State committee president Rabi Behera urged him to consider the issue as soon as possible. The Chief Minister may seek […]

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Training programme on WASH held

Bhubaneswar: Around 40 participants from DAS-India comprising village hygiene promoters, social mobilisers and Water Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) committee honed skills on usage of safe and protected water, safe disposal of human excreta, personal hygiene-hand washing, food hygiene, safe disposal of solid waste, safe disposal of liquid waste, Diarrhoea and treatment practice here at a […]

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Eco Savers observes World Earth Day

Bhubaneswar: Eco Savers Youth Network, Bhubaneswar Unit, an initiative of People’s Cultural Centre  (PECUC) and SOS village, Khandagiri observed the World Earth Day at SOS village campus creating awareness among people especially children and clean campus activity on Tuesday. Participating in the occasion Network leader Sushree Shailani Suman laid emphasis on three ‘R’ i.e. Reduce, […]

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Minor girl raped by priest in temple in Odisha

Jajpur: A 16-year-old girl was allegedly raped by temple priest on Monday noon in the premises of Madhukeshari temple in Chakoda village under Dharmasala police station in Jajpur district in Odisha. According to Dharmasala police station IIC Sudrashan Dah, the victim had gone to Madhukeshari temple in Chakoda village to collect prasad when the temple […]

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AAP demands re-poll at all Bhubaneswar North Assembly booths

Bhubaneswar: Claiming that nearly 17 per cent voters under Bhubaneswar Assembly constituency were deprived from casting their voting in the recently concluded Lok Sabha and Assembly elections, the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Sunday demanded re-polling at all 214 booths soon. “Nobody wants to go to the root of poor polling in the capital city. […]

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Permission sought to confiscate properties of Greenray, Astha

Bhubaneswar: The Economic Offences Wing (EOW) of the Odisha Crime Branch (CB) police on Saturday sought permission of the State Government to confiscate the properties of two chit fund companies Green Ray and Astha International who have allegedly duped lakhs of investors in Odisha.    The two companies which are part of the grand multi-crore […]

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