Central team to arrive in Odisha tomorrow to assess flood damages

Bhubaneswar, September 15: An inter-Ministerial Central Team led by Praveen Vashista, Joint Secretary (LWE), Ministry of Home Affairs will arrive in Bhubaneswar on Wednesday on a two-day visit for an on-the-spot assessment of the damages caused by the floods recently in the State. At least 17 persons have lost their lives and as many as […]

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Odisha has received over Rs 35 crore between 2019-2021 for tiger & elephant conservation: Union Minister Pradhan

Bhubaneswar, September 14: More than Rs 35 crore has been released to Odisha by the Centre between 2019 and 2021 under centrally sponsored schemes for tiger and elephant conservation in the State, informed Union Minister Dharmendra Pradhan on Monday. “Odisha, one of the most richly endowed States in biodiversity has witnessed a direct impact of […]

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SCAF meeting held through digital platform

Bhubaneswar, September 14: The Smart City Advisory Forum (SCAF) meeting was held through digital platform on Monday. While Bhubaneswar (Ekamra) MLA and SSEPD Minister Ashok Chandra Panda and Bhubaneswar MP Aparajita Sarangi were represented by their representatives, MLA (Central) Ananta Narayan Jena, was present online. Smart City CEO Prem Chandra Chaudhary and key officials of […]

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CS’pur DAV lad Sourabh is Odisha topper in JEE Main exam

Bhubaneswar, September 12: Sourabh Soumyakanta Das of DAV Public School, Chandrashekharpur here topped in the State and Stitiprajna Sahoo of the same school emerged as the topper among girl students and overall second in the State in the JEE Main, results of which were published recently. While Sourabh has secured 99.99 percentile with 128 National […]

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CM launches projects worth Rs 29.19 crore in Ganjam

Bhubaneswar, September 13: In a major fillip to socio-economic development in Ganjam district, Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Saturday launched projects worth Rs 29.10 crore through video conferencing. The Chief Minister first laid the foundation stone of a Cooperative Cotton, Ginning and Processing Unit in Digapahandi. It will function on public private partnership (PPP) mode […]

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Doctors at ‘1929 Call Centre’ come to rescue of COVID positive cases

Bhubaneswar, September 12: Doctors deputed at 1929 Call Centre of Bhubaneswar Operations Centre have started helping people fighting COVID-19 in a better way. While counselling by doctors has always got a distinct touch of confidence building measure, patients panicking to join a COVID hospital are now getting ample confidence to stay under Home Isolation, if […]

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Tushar Kanti joins as Principal Chief Personnel Officer of ECoR

Bhubaneswar, September 12: Tushar Kanti Mandal, an officer of Indian Railways Personnel Service (IRPS) has joined as Principal Chief Personnel Officer (PCPO) of East Coast Railway here on Saturday. Prior to this new posting, Mandal was serving as Chief Personnel Officer (Admin) of Central Railway at Mumbai. Mandal has also worked as Chairman, Railway Recruitment […]

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4% promotion of PwD teachers demanded

Bhubaneswar, September 11: The Odisha Bikalanga Manch (OBM), an organisation fighting for the cause of disabled people, has demanded that 4% of the 56,000 vacant elementary teacher posts, which are now being filled on promotion basis, be provided to the PwD (People with disabilities) teachers in line with a Supreme Court verdict. “The School and […]

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BMC all set for safe and smooth conduct of NEET

Bhubaneswar, September 10: With an aim to ensure safe and hassle-free stay and movement of outstation students appearing the National Eligibility and Entrance Test (NEET) on September 13, the Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) has made all arrangements, including free accommodation and transportation in the state capital for smooth conduct of the annual medical entrance examination […]

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