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Malkangiri: Senior IAS officer and Malkangiri district Collector Manish Agrawal has set an example by admitting his pregnant wife in a Government hospital in backward Malkangiri district for delivery. His wife gave birth to a baby boy at the State-run Malkangiri District Headquarters Hospital (DHH) after a caesarean section. The mother and child are in […]
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Bhubaneswar: Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik has written to Union Civil Aviation Minister Hardeep Singh Puri for introduction of direct flight between Bhubaneswar and Dubai. Patnaik in his letter, said, “Though due to increase in the industrial investments and tourist footfalls has attracted various international airlines, who have been evinced interest to start their international flight […]
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Bhubaneswar: In yet another instance of setting global benchmarks in environmental management to ensure sustainable industrial growth, National Aluminium Company Ltd (NALCO) has been conferred with the coveted ‘Golden Peacock Environment Management Award- 2019.’ NALCO received the award at a glittering ceremony held in Bangalore on the occasion of the 21st World Congress on Environment […]
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Bhubaneswar: Maintaining that tourism sector contributes about 13 per cent to Odisha’s GDP and needs a strategic boost, Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Wednesday wrote to Union Tourism and Culture Minister Prahalad Singh Patel to include two tourist places of importance from Odidha in the list of Iconic Tourist Sites of the Centre. The Chief […]
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Bhubaneswar: Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Wednesday released a Vision Report – “Economic Possibilities for Odisha Towards a One Trillion Dollar Economy,” jointly prepared by JSW Group and PwC India at Secretariat here and said Odisha aims to become One Trillion Dollar Economy. “The global economy has grown over three times in the past three […]
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Bhubaneswar: Even though this year’s State Budget has significantly increased to 15.7% than previous year, the social welfare and development programmes were compromised at the cost of schemes like KALIA, launched just before the elections. This was revealed by an analysis on State budget 2019-20. The Accountability Centre (OBAC) of Centre for Youth and Social […]
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Puri: The Rath Yatra was held on Thursday with fanfare, religious fervour and enthusiasm as lakhs of devotees thronged the Bada Danda to witness the divine event, marking the beginning of the annual nine day sojourn of the Lord Jagannath and His two siblings. The chariot pulling started ahead of schedule. Two months after cyclone […]
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Bhubaneswar: The East Coast Railway (ECoR) has launched Rath Yatra Mobile App ‘ECOR YATRA’ for the benefit of the passengers especially to the devotees who are coming to witness annual car festival of Lord Jagannath and His siblings. This year Rath Yatra falls on July 4. Passengers having android based smart phones can download this App […]
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Bhubaneswar: The Odisha Government has transferred IAS officer and Sundergarh Collector Rashmita Panda reportedly for spending Rs 70 lakh for renovation of her residential quarters in Rourkela in a span of six months. She was shifted to Odisha Skill Development Authority as Chief Executive Officer and Employment Director on Saturday. The 2010-batch officer made the […]
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Bhubaneswar: Sundergarh Collector-cum-District Magistrate Rashmita Panda spent a staggering Rs 70 lakh of Government funds to renovate her residential quarters when she was the Vice-Chairperson of Rourkela Development Authority (RDA) and CEO of the Rourkela Smart City Authority with construction of additional bedroom costing Rs 4,34,861. Details of the renovation work and the expenditure incurred […]
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