Author: Odisha News Tune

Bhubaneswar: Governor and Chancellor of Universities SC Jamir on Friday appointed Prof Prafulla Kumar Mishara as the Vice-Chancellor of the North Odisha University. Prof Mishra is currently holding the post of Director of National Mission of Manuscripts in New Delhi. Till recently, Prof Mishra was in the Utkal University as PG Council Chairman. He is […]

Bhubaneswar: The Samajwadi Party State committee on Tuesday demanded enhancement of compensation amount for sunstroke and heat wave victims from Rs 10,000 to Rs 1.5 lakh. In a letter to Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik party State committee president Rabi Behera urged him to consider the issue as soon as possible. The Chief Minister may seek […]

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha State Co-operative Bank Limited (OSCBL) has set a target to dole out a total of Rs 8,000 crore as short-term crop loans during the current fiscal 2014-15. The targeted amount is 13 per cent increase in comparison to last year’s loan amount of the same category. The bank has also decided to […]

Bhubaneswar: Around 40 participants from DAS-India comprising village hygiene promoters, social mobilisers and Water Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) committee honed skills on usage of safe and protected water, safe disposal of human excreta, personal hygiene-hand washing, food hygiene, safe disposal of solid waste, safe disposal of liquid waste, Diarrhoea and treatment practice here at a […]

Kendrapara: At least seven persons, including five women, all are daily wagers, were killed and 11 persons sustained serious injuries on Wednesday early morning when a Tata Magic van carrying them collided head on with a truck near Chandol police outpost in the district. The van which was carrying about 18 persons, met with the […]

Sambalpur: The vigilance sleuths on Tuesday arrested a village-level-worker (VLW)-cum-panchyat executive officer of Raxa gram panchyat under Ulunda block in Subarnapur district on the charges taking bribe for ensuring releasing of Indira Awas Yojana (IAY) installment. The accused Susil Kumar Bhoi was caught red handed in his office by the vigilance sleuths of Sambalpur division […]

Bhubaneswar: Eco Savers Youth Network, Bhubaneswar Unit, an initiative of People’s Cultural Centre  (PECUC) and SOS village, Khandagiri observed the World Earth Day at SOS village campus creating awareness among people especially children and clean campus activity on Tuesday. Participating in the occasion Network leader Sushree Shailani Suman laid emphasis on three ‘R’ i.e. Reduce, […]

Jajpur: A 16-year-old girl was allegedly raped by temple priest on Monday noon in the premises of Madhukeshari temple in Chakoda village under Dharmasala police station in Jajpur district in Odisha. According to Dharmasala police station IIC Sudrashan Dah, the victim had gone to Madhukeshari temple in Chakoda village to collect prasad when the temple […]

Bhubaneswar: Claiming that nearly 17 per cent voters under Bhubaneswar Assembly constituency were deprived from casting their voting in the recently concluded Lok Sabha and Assembly elections, the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Sunday demanded re-polling at all 214 booths soon. “Nobody wants to go to the root of poor polling in the capital city. […]

Bhubaneswar: The Economic Offences Wing (EOW) of the Odisha Crime Branch (CB) police on Saturday sought permission of the State Government to confiscate the properties of two chit fund companies Green Ray and Astha International who have allegedly duped lakhs of investors in Odisha.    The two companies which are part of the grand multi-crore […]