Author: Odisha News Tune

Phulbani: Acting on complaints of some investors, the Kandhamal police on Saturday night arrested eight employees of a chit fund company on the charge of collecting money promising high returns to them in the district. “Basing on an FIR lodged by one woman investor Mini Nayak and others a raid was conducted at the offices […]

Bhubaneswar: Nine students of various city based schools on Sunday were felicitated for successfully participating in an interschool drawing competition ‘Paint Your planet.’ DRM Infrastructure, a real estate company of Bhubaneswar felicitated winners. The competition was held on the occasion of World Environment Day on June 5 to 14, wherein around 200 children from different […]

Bhubaneswar: In a bid to provide pure drinking water to the city slum dwellers, the Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) is all set to introduce pay and use water ATM service in five places in the city soon. “In the first phase the water ATMs will be installed in Saliasahi, near Rajiv Bhavan behind the Secretariat, […]

Bhubaneswar:  Odisha Soochana Adhikar Abhijan (OSAA) is all set to organsie a state-level convention on ‘Whistleblower Protection Act, 2011” on July 8 at Soochana bhavan here. Eminent social activist Aruna Roy and National Campaign for People’s Right to Information (NCPRI), a national level civil society forum, convenor Nikhil Dey will attend the seminar. After a […]

Sunabeda: Young India Fellowship awardees, poet and human rights activist Samarendra Patravisited King’s Public School of Semiliguda on Friday and interacted with the students of the School on various issues. He encouraged children to study well and be a good citizen of this great country. He also administered an oath to the students to sacrifice […]

Bhubaneswar: As part of the holistic development plan for the undivided KBK region, the Odisha Government proposed to establish medical colleges with 100 seats each and associated hospitals with 500 bed capacity in Rayagada and Gajapati districts through the public private partnership (PPP) route. These projects are the first medical college projects in the country […]

Bhubaneswar: The Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare has approved 50 more MBBS seats in the Kalinga Institute of Medical Sciences (KIMS), a constituent of KIIT University. The Ministry increased the number of seats in KIMS from 100 to 150 for the academic year 2014-15 under Section 10A of IMC Act, 1956 following recommendations […]

Koraput: Eight Maoist militia members of Bandhugaon Area Committee of CPI (Maoist) Organisation under the Srikakulam-Koraput Divisional Committee under the Andhra-Odisha border Special Zonal Committee (AOBSZC), on Wednesday surrendered before the police in Koraput in Odisha.  The eight Maoists identified as Bittu Bidika and Ludra Bidika of Kusumput village, Sarpati Nachika of Krupakhal, Bisi Mandingi, […]

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Governor SC Jamir on Tuesday praised the efforts taken by State Bank of India (SBI) in overall development of the country more particularly its contribution to the people of Odisha, besides hailing its community service activities like adoption of girl child, providing computers, fans, aqua guard water filter to schools and tree plantation […]