Author: Odisha News Tune

Bhubaneswar: Acting on a petition filed by lawyer and rights activist Byomakesh Tripathy, the Odisha Human Rights Commission (OHRC) on Thursday directed the State Government to ensure provision of fan and light in hazats at all police stations in the State. Last year the petitioner had submitted a petition to the Commission urgingit to direct […]

Bhubaneswar: With a spurt in incidence of non-communicable diseases (NCD), the IMS and Sum Hospital, run by the SOA University, has been chosen to be one of the 11 countrywide centres set up to aid prevention of such ailments. The Non-Communicable Disease Prevention and Training Unit (NPTU) has been established in collaboration with the Bangalore-based […]

Bhubaneswar: Steel Melting Shop of Neelachal Ispat Nigam Limited (NINL) leaped a step further and made a single day record production of 789.20 tonne of steel billets on May 8, 2014 surpassing previous record of 700 tonne on December 16, 2013. This feat was resulted after the Steel Melting Shop (SMS) made eight heats on […]

Bhubaneswar: The Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) has identified 5.519 acres of land in Madhusudan Nagar for construction of its state-of-the-art headquarters. In the first phase, BMC has moved General Administration Department for allotment of 1.934 acre of land for the purpose. The proposed main office building will have all wings of BMC at one place. […]

Sambalpur: The Water Initiatives Odisha (WIO) on Tuesday termed the recent decision of the Odisha Government permitting Posco to draw water from Mahanadi and Hansua rivers as ‘illegal,’ ‘corrupt’ and ‘unfortunate’ and demanded fresh environmental impact assessments (EIA) and public hearing. “How can the Odisha government give permission to Posco taking a deviation from the […]

Dhamra (Bhadrak): To mark the date of commencement of its commercial operations, the Dhamra Port on Tuesday celebrated the occasion as Productivity Day. On May 6, 2011 the deep sea modern port had started its commercial operations. The major attraction of the Productivity Day celebrations was the opening of productivity exhibition stalls to showcase and […]

Cuttack/Bhubaneswar: With an aim to bring a smile on the faces of hundreds of children from the tribal belt of Odisha and to request everyone to come together and work towards the betterment of these kids, Kings XI Punjab has associated with the Kalinga Institute of Social Sciences (KISS), Bhubaneswar to bring a total of […]

Bhubaneswar: The Central Electricity Supply Utility (CESU) has introduced online payment of electricity bill for its consumers to get them freed from standing in the long queues, to save their valuable time and the risk of cash handling. CESU is providing services to around 18 lakh customers in nine districts in Odisha. The details regarding […]