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Bhubaneswar: Chief Secretary Aditya Prasad Padhi will be the new State Election Commissioner. He will take charges after his voluntary retirement application is accepted. Padhi submitted his application seeking voluntary retirement today. Governor Ganeshi Lal on Wednesday approved the appointment of Padhi as State Election Commissioner. The 1983-batch Odisha cadre officer serving as Chief Secretary […]
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Bhubaneswar: The Odisha Government on Wednesday abolished the Guard of Honour salute practice in the State. Only those holing constitutional posts will get Guard of Honour, said an official release. As per the communiqué issued by the Chief Minister’s Office (CMO), no more Guard of Honour will be accorded to Chief Minister, Ministers and senior […]
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Bhubaneswar: Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Tuesday inaugurated high performance hockey center – Naval Hockey Academy (NTHA) at Kalinga Stadium here to nurture hockey talent in Odisha. The NTHA has been opened as part of Tata Odisha Hockey Programme, a joint initiative of Odisha Government, Tata Steel and Tata Trusts. As part of the programme, […]
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Bhubaneswar: A day after the Orissa High Court directed the State Government to suspend Jharsuguda Collector-cum-District Magistrate Jyoti Ranjan Pradhan for disobeying its orders; the Government on Wednesday issued a notification ordering the same. Jharsuguda Additional District Magistrate (ADM) Pradip Sahu was given the additional charge of Jharsuguda Collector. According to reports, a bench of […]
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Bhubaneswar: At least eight people have lost their lives due to rain and flood-related incidents in Odisha, informed Special Relief Commissioner (SSRC) Bishnupada Sethi on Tuesday. While two persons have died in Kalahandi district, Nabarangpur, Kandhamal, Malkangiri have recorded one death each either due to flash flood, snakebites or mudslides. In last 24 hours, Odisha […]
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Bhubaneswar: At a time when Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik is focusing on 5Ts that aims at ensuring good governance and achieving progress through Transparency, Teamwork, Technology, Time and Transformation, an example of how officers flout norms, paying no attention to his good governance mantra has come to the fore in the appointment process of OPTCL […]
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Bhubaneswar: At least 1,497 elephants have died in Odisha since 1990 due to various reasons, most of them being unnatural deaths. “About 1,497 elephant deaths have been recorded in the state since 1990 till 2019. It is shocking that at least 718 elephant deaths have been recorded in the last nine years and five months […]
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Nandankanan: Tigress ‘Priyanka’ died at Nandankanan Zoological Park on Monday. She was unwell for the past two years due to old age-related ailments Aged about 19 years 5 months Priyanka was born on March 25, 2000 from Ashok and Tanuja. She died today at 10.30 am, sources in the zoo said. The death was due […]
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Kendrapara: A case of instant “triple talaq” was registered in Pattamundai in Kendrapara district after a man allegedly divorced his wife over phone and said “talaq” thrice. The matter came to light days after the Triple Talaq Bill passed by both houses of Parliament became a law after getting the President’s assent. The accused identified […]
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Anil Dhir In the aftermath of the Jammu and Kashmir action by the Centre, the internet and the newspapers are agog with the story of Biju Babu having done the first landing during the 27th October 1947 invasion of Kashmir, and how he was instrumental in the Maharaja signing the Instrument of Accession. All […]
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