Odisha to have 451 km coastal highway under Bhratmala Pariyojana

Bhubaneswar, Sep 3: Around 451 km of coastal highway has been proposed to be constructed under Bhratmala Pariyojana along the coastal line of Odisha. A high level meeting of National Highway Authorities of India (NHAI), Odisha region held under the chairmanship of Development Commissioner and Chief Secretary (In-charge) R Balakrishnan in the Secretariat conference on […]

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SOP on gender based violence awaits Govt nod

Bhubaneswar, Sep 3: In another proactive step towards addressing the problem of gender based violence in the State, a draft standard operating procedure (SOP) to deal with such cases was approved on Saturday and sent to the State Government for final concurrence. A high level inter-departmental meeting to this effect was held under the chairmanship of […]

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Withdrawal of cases against barred NFSA beneficiaries by Sep 25

Bhubaneswar, Sep 3: Director General of Police (DGP) KB Singh on Saturday directed all district Superintendents of Police (SPs) to withdraw all criminal cases lodged against ineligible beneficiaries under the National Food Security Act (NFSA) by September 25. The DGP wrote to all the SPs in this regard today and asked them to inform the […]

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Unreserved sleeper journey in Samata soon

Bhubaneswar, Sep 3: With a view to providing facility to the short distance passengers in sleeper class journey, East Coast Railway (ECoR) has taken steps to allow passengers to avail unreserved sleeper class journey in Nizamuddin-Amritsar Samata Express. Passengers can now avail this facility in sleeper class coach number S-1 in Visakhapatnam bound 12808 Nizamuddin-Visakhapatnam […]

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Biju Kanya Ratna scheme to be launched tomorrow

Bhubaneswar, Sep 2: Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik would launch the Biju Kanya Ratna scheme on Saturday. The scheme envisages improving Sex Ratio at Birth (SRB) and Child Sex Ratio (CSR) in three districts of the State and development of girls. Initially, the scheme will be launched in three districts – Ganjam, Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik’s […]

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Fisheries Dept leases out mega shrimp project

Bhubaneswar, Sep 2: The Fisheries Department on Friday signed a lease agreement with the Falcon Marine Exports Limited which will manage three clusters having a gross water area of 433 hectare of Jagatajore-Banapada Shrimp Culture Project in Kendrapara district. The clusters comprise 437 culture ponds with a water spread area of 257 hectares. The State […]

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26 more Chilika Fresh Outlets to be set up in city

Bhubaneswar, Sep 2: FISHFED, Odisha’s apex fisheries cooperative organisation, on Friday signed an agreement with the Falcon Marine Exports Limited to set up 26 Chilika Fresh kiosks in Bhubaneswar on a public private partnership (PPP) mode. As per the agreement, FISHFED will get a rent of Rs 61.92 lakh in the first year, which will […]

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Coal India forms JBCCI-X for pay revision of 3 lakh coal miners

Sambalpur, Sep 1: In yet another historic move under the Union Government, Coal India Limited has constituted 10th Joint Bipartite Committee for the Coal Industry (JBCCI) for pay revision of its over three lakh non-executive employees working in its eight subsidiaries.  . The decision in this regard was taken at the 15th meeting of the […]

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