4.79 lakh people affected in N Odisha floods

— Efforts on to close 4 breaches, three dead so far Bhubaneswar, July 31: Though the flood situation has improved as the rainfall considerably decreased during last three days, about 4.79 lakh people of 593 villages under 15 blocks and one urban local body in five districts, Mayurbhanj, Keonjhar, Jajpur, Bhardak and Baleswar have been […]

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Free Wi-Fi at Biju Patnaik International Airport for first 30 minutes

Bhubaneswar, July 31: Passengers at the Bhubaneswar International Airport, Bhubaneswar in Odisha can now access Wi-Fi service for free for the first 30 minutes as the facility was formally launched at the airport recently. After free usage limit of 30 minutes, a customer can continue using the service on paid basis. Bharti Infratel Limited has […]

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Free laptops to Odisha Plus II meritorious students by September this year

Bhubaneswar, July 31: Odisha Higher Education Minister Pradeep Panigrahy has informed that more than 30,000 Plus II meritorious students passed in 2014 and 2015 would get laptops under the Odisha Government’s free laptop scheme by September this year. According to the Minister, while around 15,203 meritorious students passed in 2014 would get laptops in August […]

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NABARD focuses on 3 areas to make farming profitable

— Celebrates 34th foundation day    Bhubaneswar, July 12: The National Bank of Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD) has planned to focus on three areas, increasing ground level disbursement of agricultural term loan, deepening and wider spatial coverage of the ongoing efforts relating to SHGs/JLGs/Producer Organisations as well as setting up of adequate scientific warehouses […]

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Odia language lovers threaten civil disobedience

Bhubaneswar, July 6: With the State Government not responding to the fast-unto-death agitation by the activists of the Odia Bhasa Sangram Samiti at least on humanitarian ground, the Samiti on Monday threatened to take law into its own hands. Samiti activists have resorted to fast-unto-death since July 1 at Mahatma Gandhi Marg near the State […]

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