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Bhubaneswar: The Odisha Government on Tuesday presented the annual budget of Rs 1.50 lakh crore for the 2020-21 fiscal. The outlay of the state Budget, tabled by Finance Minister Niranjan Pujari in the Assembly, is about 11 per cent more than that of 2019-20. Maintaining that economic growth of Odisha was estimated at 6.16% as […]
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Bhubaneswar: The State Tourism Department on Thursday signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Kerala Shipping and Inland Navigation Corporation (KSINC) to acquire technical support in planning and developing diverse water tourism and recreation products. Besides Asia’s largest brackish water lagoon Chilika lake, Odisha boasts a 482 km coastline and eight major reservoirs and several […]
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Bhubaneswar: Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Monday condemned the attack on students and teachers at Jawaharlal Nehru University in Delhi on Sunday evening and urged law enforcement agencies to take swift action to apprehend the culprits. Patnaik said such attacks on students must be condemned unequivocally. “Shocked to know about the violent #JNUattack. Violence has […]
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New Delhi: In a major step towards making India a gas-based economy and making CNG as the eco-friendly option for long distance transport in the country, Union Petroleum and Natural Gas and Steel Minister Dharmendra Pradhan on Tuesday unveiled India’s first long distance CNG bus. The bus is fitted with composite CNG cylinders, which can […]
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Bhubaneswar: Amid the heated debate that sparked off following the encounter killing of four Hyderabad rape and murder accused on whether the action of the police was justified or was it extra-judicial, Odisha Law Minister Pratap Jena on Friday supported the actions of police saying whatever happened in Hyderabad is appropriate. “The rape and murder […]
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Jagpreet Luthra The ambience of the Jagannath Temple in Puri, today cannot even be a patch on what it would have been five centuries ago. Yet, those who stand there watching the Aarti at night, the frothing sea as the fountain, swear by its breath-taking beauty. So did Guru Nanak – as he stood at […]
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Bhubaneswar: Union Petroleum and Natural Gas and Steel Dharmendra Pradhan embarked on a two-day visit to UAE on Sunday. He was accompanied by an official and business delegation. He has been invited by the UAE Minister of State and CEO, ADNOC Dr Sultan Ahmad Al Jaber, to participate in the Inaugural Ministerial Session of Abu […]
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Bhubaneswar: Girish Chandra Murmu took oath as the first Lieutenant Governor of the newly created Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir on Thursday. Chief Secretary BVR Subrahmanyam read the Warrant of Appointment following which Murmu was administered the Oath of Office and Secrecy by Justice Gita Mittal, Chief Justice of Jammu and Kashmir High Court, […]
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Bhubaneswar: Gujarat cadre Odia IAS officer Girish Chandra Murmu was appointed as the first Lieutenant Governor of Jammu and Kashmir. Murmu, a 1985-batch IAS officer currently holds the post of Expenditure Secretary in the Finance Ministry. He hails from Mayurbhanj district. Born on November 21, 1959 in Mayurbhanj district, Murmu was set to retire from […]
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Cuttack: The Full Bench of the Orissa High Court on Tuesday initiated a suo motu contempt case against different bar associations in connection with continuous strike and cessation of court works by the bar members in various courts in the State, including the High Court. In a first, Chief Justice KS Jhaveri convened a full-court hearing […]
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