Month: August 2017

Bhubaneswar, August 31, 2017: Dr Rajendra Prasad Shamra, an IPS Officer of 1986 batch,  assumed the office of Director General of Police (DGP) on Thursday. He took the charge from his predecessor KB Singh in a ceremony at the State Police Headquarters in Cuttack. After assuming the office, Dr Sharma said it was a challenging task […]

Bhubaneswar, August 30, 2017: The State Government on Friday named 1986-batch Indian Police Service (IPS) officer Dr Rajendra Prasad Sharma the new Director General of Police (DGP) in place of the incumbent 1985-batch officer KB Singh. Prior to his new assignment, Sharma was serving as the Vigilance Director. Sharma has also served as the Bhubaneswar-Cuttack […]

Bhubaneswar, August 30, 2017: A team of 40 doctors from AIIMS, New Delhi has successfully separated a significant portion of the brain of Jaga and Balia, aged two years and four months, the twins who are joined at head, and created a new venous bypass channel in them on Tuesday during the first phase separation […]

Bhubaneswar, August 29, 2017: Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Tuesday announced the implementation of Seventh Pay Commission for State Government employees and pensioners from September 1 this year. The announcement comes at a time when the implementation of the recommendation of the Seventh Pay Commission has been an issue amongst the State Government and […]

Bhubaneswar, August 28, 2017: Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Monday spoke to Prof Ashok Mahapatra who is leading the 40-member team at AIIMS, New Delhi on the surgery on conjoined twins from Kandhamal Honey alias Jaga and Singh alias Balia. “Prof Mahapatra assured me surgery at #AIIMS is on track & may take another 8 […]

Bhubaneswar, August 28, 2017: Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Monday urged the Union Government for installation of installation of the Doppler weather radars at  Balasore  and Sambalpur at the earliest. In 2006, the Central Government had decided to install four Doppler weather radars in the disaster prone Odisha for tracking and monitoring of real-time weather […]

Bhubaneswar, August 28, 2017: In a first-of-its-kind initiative, Odisha Government on Monday raised its own Odisha Industrial Security Force (OISF) in order to provide an integrated safety and security cover to the industrial establishments in the State. The first batch of the 1,289 recruits, including 203 women of the newly raised force has undergone 10-month […]

Bhubaneswar, August 24, 2017: Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Thursday hailed the Supreme Court’s land mark verdict on Right to Privacy. Earlier on Thursday, in a landmark decision that will affect the lives of all Indians, a nine-judge Constitution bench of the apex court unanimously declared that right to privacy was a Fundamental Right under […]

Bhubaneswar, August 24, 2017: A new batch of 150 young technical professionals joined Odisha Power Transmission Corporation Limited (OPTCL) on Thursday. Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik handed over appointment letters to them in a function here and urged them to work with dedication for realising our mission ‘Power for All’. “Since 2010, over 1,581 professionals have […]