Odisha: Five-phase Panchayat elections to begin from February 16

Bhubaneswar, January 11: The three-tier Panchayat elections will be held in five phases between February 16 and February 24, announces the State Election Commissioner (SEC) Aditya Prasad Padhi here on Tuesday. Announcing the schedule in a press conference, Padhi said the Panchayat elections will be held on February 16, 18, 20, 22 and 24. The […]

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Street light facility on VSS Nagar flyover inaugurated

Bhubaneswar, January 10: The street light facility on 1.3 km-long Veer Surendra Sai (VSS) Nagar Railway Flyover was inaugurated on Monday here. Bhubaneawar (North) MLA Susanta Kumar Rout launched the facility installed by the Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC). “We have been able to do the job in a war footing manner for which citizens of […]

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Odisha CM launches industrial projects worth Rs 2359.29 crore

Bhubaneswar, January 10: In a bid to boost the industrial activities in the State, Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Monday inaugurated two industrial projects and performed Groundbreaking for 11 projects. These projects include a logistic park, three ethanol plants, a steel expansion project, a cement manufacturing unit and a 5-star resort among others. These diversified […]

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210 Assistant Executive Engineers join Panchayati Raj & Drinking Water Dept

Bhubaneswar, January 10: As many as 210 Assistant Executive Engineers joined in the Panchayati Raj & Drinking Water (PR & DW) Department on Monday. This is the first batch of a new engineering cadre created in the PR & DW Department. Addressing the orientation programme for the newly recruited Assistant Executive Engineers of PR & […]

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Odisha doctors, health workers to get COVID booster dose on priority

Bhubaneswar, January 9: Chief Secretary Suresh Chandra Mohapatra on Sunday directed all the district Collectors to ensure that doctors, nurses and heath workers engaged in COVID-19 duty are given booster dose on a priority basis. Reviewing the Omicron situation in the State through video conferencing from Lokseva Bhawan here, Mohapatra said that also directed that […]

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BMC adds two more hospitals for COVID-19 treatment

Bhubaneswar, January 8: Two more hospitals joined for care of Covid-19 patients in Bhubaneswar. Tripartite agreement between the State Government through Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) represented by Commissioner Sanjaya Kumar Singh and KIMS Hospital, Odisha COVID Hospital Operator represented by Dr. Ambika Prasad Mohanty, Principal, KIMS Hospital, Bhubaneswar and representative of Odisha Mining Corporation (OMC) […]

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Seven-phase polls in five States from Feb 10-Mar 7, counting on Mar 10; Rallies banned

New Delhi, January 8: The elections to five State Assemblies – Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Goa, Punjab and Manipur – would be held in seven phases from February 10 to March 7, and the counting of votes will take place on March 10, the Election Commission of India announced on Saturday. Uttar Pradesh will go to […]

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Odisha reports 14 more Omicron cases, tally rises to 75

Bhubaneswar, January 8: Odisha on Saturday reported 14 more cases of the Omicron variant of Covid-19. The Institute of Life Sciences (ILS), Bhubaneswar informed about the fresh detection of the new variant to the State Health Department. With the detection of the new cases today, the total number of Omicron cases in the State jumped […]

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Odisha Naval Tata Hockey HPC opens two new grassroot centres

Bhubaneswar, January 7: The Odisha Naval Tata Hockey High Performance Center, set-up with a vision to groom the sporting talent in hockey, on Friday opened two new Grassroot Centres, in Ganjam and Nayagarh districts in the State under the Odisha Tata Hockey Initiative. The inauguration event was held virtually and was graced by former Indian […]

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Amid Omicron scare, Odisha closes colleges, varsities from January 10

Bhubaneswar, January 7: The State Government on Friday decided to close down all colleges & universities and its hostels from January 10 in view of the rapid increase in COVID-19 cases. “All colleges, universities, technical educational institutions (other than medical colleges, nursing colleges & institutions under control of Health & Family Welfare Department) under the […]

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