Trains cancelled till Sept 24 for Puri station work, ECoR offers bus service to passengers

Bhubaneswar, September 12, 2018: Train service between Bhubaneswar-Puri and Khurda-Puri will be cancelled for 11 days beginning Friday due to safety related modernisation work and remodeling of Puri Railway Station yard. The train service in the route will be cancelled between September 14 and September 24, said a East Coast Railway (ECoR) communiqué. According to […]

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Biju Swasthya Kalyan Yojana: Key things to know

Bhubaneswar, September 12, 2018: Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik has formally launched Biju Swasthya Kalyan Yojana (BKSY) on August 15. BSKY promises insurance of up to Rs 5 lakh per eligible family and Rs 7 lakh for treatment of female members. The scheme claims to cover 70 lakh families on Odisha. Objective Biju Swasthya Kalyan […]

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Odisha CM announces gratuitous relief for 7.5 lakh flood-affected people

Bhubaneswar, September 10, 2018: Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Monday reviewed the flood situation through videoconference with District Collectors of Bhadrak, Jajpur and Kendrapara and sanctioned Gratuitous Relief at Rs 60 per day for adults and Rs 45 per day for children below 12 years of age for nearly 7.5 lakh affected people. Even as […]

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41 water projects dedicated to boost Western Odisha’s irrigation potential

Bhubaneswar, September 8, 2018: In the first phase, Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Saturday dedicated 41 projects built under the Parvati Giri Mega Lift Irrigation Project to people, a major fillip to irrigation in the State. The 41 irrigation projects will provide water to 50,022 hectares in Kalahandi, Bargarh, Balangir, Jharsuguda, Sambalpur, Boudh, Subarnapur, Nabarangpur […]

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27% of sitting Odisha MLAs have criminal cases: ADR

Bhubaneswar, September 7, 2018: At least 27 per cent of sitting MLAs in Odisha have declared criminal cases against themselves against the national average of 21 per cent. The Odisha Election Watch (OEW) and Association of Democratic Reforms (ADR)’s analysis of affidavits of all 168 sitting MPs/MLAs, from Odisha including 21 MPs and 147 MLAs […]

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Heavy rain forces closure of schools in Bhubaneswar on Friday

Bhubaneswar, September 6, 2017: Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik announced closure of all schools in Bhubaneswar on Friday in wake of forecast for heavy rainfall. All Anganwadi Centres across the State would also remain closed and District Collectors has been directed to assess the situation and act upon as necessitated. The CM’s announcement came after weather […]

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Cloud over water aerodrome project in Chilika lake

Bhubaneswar, September 6, 2018: The Chilika Development Authority (CDA) on Thursday opposed the Centre’s move of developing a water aerodrome in the Chilika lake citing that the project is likely to cause irreversible damage to the eco-system of the largest brackish water lake and affect livelihood of fishermen community. “The operation of sea plane and […]

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Will Odisha’s move for Legislative Council get Parliamentary nod?

Bhubaneswar, September 6, 2018: Will the move by the Odisha Government for creation of a Legislative Council or Vidhan Parishad in the State get Parliamentary nod? The question assumed significance as two such proposals of two States are still pending Parliament for approval since 2012. In 2012 the Rajasthan Assembly passed resolution for formation of […]

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Odisha LGBTQs celebrate ‘historic’ SC verdict on Section 377

Bhubaneswar, September 6, 2018: Celebrations broke out here on Thursday as the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer (LGBTQ) community and others welcomed the Supreme Court judgment decriminalising consensual gay sex by declaring Section 377, the penal provision which criminalised gay sex, as “manifestly arbitrary”. Members of the LGBTQ community welcomed the verdict with many cutting […]

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Odisha Govt to disengage agitating school teachers

Bhubaneswar, September 6, 2018: The Odisha Government has decided to disengage block grant school teachers staging demonstration against the State Government at Lower PMG here even as the Assembly witnessed adjournment after opposition Congress and BJP created ruckus over the striking teachers’ demands on Thursday. For the last 22 days since August 16, the block grant […]

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