Author: Odisha News Tune

Bhubaneswar, May 25: With an aim to make villagers aware about fish culture, the Central Institute of Freshwater Aquaculture (CIFA), Kausalyaganga, Bhubaneswar has organised a scientist-farmers’ interaction meet on “Freshwater aquaculture as livelihood option for tribal farmers” at Aranga village under Niladriprasad gram panchayat of Banpur block in Khordha district. ICAR-CIFA organised the programme under […]

Bhubaneswar, December 15: In a major relief to the State Government, samples of the dead peacocks sent to the ICAR National Institute of High Security Animal Diseases (HSADL), Bhopal have tested negative for avian influenza. Fisheries and Animal Resources Development Department Commissioner-cum-Secretary Bishnupada Sethi said the samples of birds, including two peacocks, one crow and […]

Bhubaneswar, November 19: A large number activists of the Navanirman Krushak Sanghathan, a farmers body fighting for the cause of peasants in the State, on Thursday observed a Jail Bharo Andolan by organising a protest rally in the capital city here protesting the poor treatment of the Government to farmers and the arrest of seven […]

Bhubaneswar, November 18: The Navanirman Krusak Sangathan, a farmers’ body fighting for the cause of peasants in Odisha, has threatened to launch a Jail Bharo Andolan on Thursday (November 19) coinciding with the BJD’s mass farmers’ rally in Bargarh district, in protest against the State Government’s failure in tackling the drought-like situation and preventing farmers […]

— Crime Branch plans three Cyber police stations in Odisha Bhubaneswar, November 18: The Odisha police has set a target to make the proposed Cyber Forensic Division at the State Forensic Science Laboratory (SFSL) here by March next year. With no laboratory equipped to provide forensic evidence for cyber crimes in the State, the State […]

(File Photo) Bhubaneswar, November 3: The Odisha Government would distribute around 15,000 laptops to meritorious Plus Two students this year. The Government has asked the Odisha Computer Application Centre (OCAC) General Manager to provide the same at the earliest. This is the second year in a row that the government is distributing laptops. The scheme […]

Bhubaneswar, October 29: Solar Power Cart (Soura Ratha), a three-wheeler trolley which would produce up to 1kw green energy and help in providing hassle free power supply in emergency situations was displayed at the State level exhibition here unveiled by Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik. During disaster, once charged, this innovation can provide emergency energy for […]

Gopalpur, October 28: Mumbai-based Sure Safety Solutions Pvt. Ltd. (SSS) would set up a manufacturing unit of Aerial Target Products for defence purposes at Gopalpur Industrial Park of Tata Steel in Ganjam district in Odisha. The Aerial Target Manufacturing facility would be set up by Sure Safety Solutions Pvt. Ltd., in collaboration with Megitt Defence, […]

Bhubaneswar, October 28: The National Aluminium Company Limited (Nalco), the Navratna PSU, has declared a total dividend amount of Rs 451.02  crore (i.e.35% of the paid up capital) for the financial year 2014-15. This includes the Union Government’s share of Rs 365.01 crore. Since inception, Nalco has paid a total of Rs 5356.76 crore as […]