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Bhubaneswar, September 19, 2018: More than 11,000 police posts are lying vacant in the State. This was revealed by Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik in the Assembly in response to a query of Rourkela MLA Dilip Ray. “Four posts of IG, 11 DIG and SP, 23 ASP, 10 commandants, 18 deputy commandant, 164 DSP, 199 inspectors […]
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Bhubaneswar, September 17, 2018: To clean up the air, the Odisha Government on Monday launched a Star Rating system for industries. This first-of-its-kind transparency initiative in the state will categorize industries from l-star to 5-stars, with l-star being the least compliant and 5-stars being the most compliant to the pollution standards set by the regulator. […]
Continue ReadingBhubaneswar, September 17, 2018: As terminal Monsoon Lightning will be more intense in the days to come everyone should know what to do during thunderstorm and lightning. *Dos* Please take shelter immediately inside a pucca house. Pucca house is the safest place. If driving, stop your car/ bus/ bike and park in open. Stay inside […]
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Bhubaneswar, September 14, 2018: A day after the Angul district administration hinted at shifting the Royal Bengal tigress ‘Sundari’ to the Bandhavgarh National Park in Madhya Pradesh after it mauled a woman to death in Satakosia wildlife sanctuary in Angul on Wednesday, Forests and Environment Minister Bijayashree Routray on Friday said that no decision has […]
Continue ReadingBhubaneswar, September 12, 2018: Train service between Bhubaneswar-Puri and Khurda-Puri will be cancelled for 11 days beginning Friday due to safety related modernisation work and remodeling of Puri Railway Station yard. The train service in the route will be cancelled between September 14 and September 24, said a East Coast Railway (ECoR) communiqué. According to […]
Continue ReadingBhubaneswar, September 12, 2018: Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik has formally launched Biju Swasthya Kalyan Yojana (BKSY) on August 15. BSKY promises insurance of up to Rs 5 lakh per eligible family and Rs 7 lakh for treatment of female members. The scheme claims to cover 70 lakh families on Odisha. Objective Biju Swasthya Kalyan […]
Continue ReadingRayagada, September 11, 2018: Rayagada was conferred with the prestigious national award for outstanding performance under the category of Effective Implementation of Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS) for the financial year 2016-17 on Tuesday. District Collector Guha Poonam Tapas Kumar received the Certificate of Appreciation from Union Rural Development Minister Narendra Singh […]
Continue ReadingBhubaneswar, September 10, 2018: Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Monday reviewed the flood situation through videoconference with District Collectors of Bhadrak, Jajpur and Kendrapara and sanctioned Gratuitous Relief at Rs 60 per day for adults and Rs 45 per day for children below 12 years of age for nearly 7.5 lakh affected people. Even as […]
Continue ReadingBhubaneswar, September 8, 2018: In the first phase, Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Saturday dedicated 41 projects built under the Parvati Giri Mega Lift Irrigation Project to people, a major fillip to irrigation in the State. The 41 irrigation projects will provide water to 50,022 hectares in Kalahandi, Bargarh, Balangir, Jharsuguda, Sambalpur, Boudh, Subarnapur, Nabarangpur […]
Continue ReadingBhubaneswar, September 7, 2018: At least 27 per cent of sitting MLAs in Odisha have declared criminal cases against themselves against the national average of 21 per cent. The Odisha Election Watch (OEW) and Association of Democratic Reforms (ADR)’s analysis of affidavits of all 168 sitting MPs/MLAs, from Odisha including 21 MPs and 147 MLAs […]
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