NABARD estimates credit potential of Odisha at Rs 1,34,665 crore for 2022-23 FY

Bhubaneswar, January 11: The National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD) on Tuesday released State Focus Paper for Odisha projecting an overall credit potential under priority sector at Rs 1,34,665 crore for the financial year 2022-23. The NABARD has conducted the State Credit Seminar for 2022-23 here, which was inaugurated by Finance Minister Niranjan […]

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Harish Mohanty takes charge as CGM, Odisha circle BSNL

Bhubaneswar, January 11: Senior ITS officer Harish Chandra Mohanty has taken over as the Chief General Manager (CGM) of BSNL Odisha Circle. “On this occasion he wished all the customers a Happy New Year and Makar Sankranti. He also hopes that 4G services will be available in different parts of Odisha very soon,” said a […]

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Odisha: Five-phase Panchayat elections to begin from February 16

Bhubaneswar, January 11: The three-tier Panchayat elections will be held in five phases between February 16 and February 24, announces the State Election Commissioner (SEC) Aditya Prasad Padhi here on Tuesday. Announcing the schedule in a press conference, Padhi said the Panchayat elections will be held on February 16, 18, 20, 22 and 24. The […]

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Street light facility on VSS Nagar flyover inaugurated

Bhubaneswar, January 10: The street light facility on 1.3 km-long Veer Surendra Sai (VSS) Nagar Railway Flyover was inaugurated on Monday here. Bhubaneawar (North) MLA Susanta Kumar Rout launched the facility installed by the Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC). “We have been able to do the job in a war footing manner for which citizens of […]

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Odisha CM launches industrial projects worth Rs 2359.29 crore

Bhubaneswar, January 10: In a bid to boost the industrial activities in the State, Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Monday inaugurated two industrial projects and performed Groundbreaking for 11 projects. These projects include a logistic park, three ethanol plants, a steel expansion project, a cement manufacturing unit and a 5-star resort among others. These diversified […]

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210 Assistant Executive Engineers join Panchayati Raj & Drinking Water Dept

Bhubaneswar, January 10: As many as 210 Assistant Executive Engineers joined in the Panchayati Raj & Drinking Water (PR & DW) Department on Monday. This is the first batch of a new engineering cadre created in the PR & DW Department. Addressing the orientation programme for the newly recruited Assistant Executive Engineers of PR & […]

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Odisha doctors, health workers to get COVID booster dose on priority

Bhubaneswar, January 9: Chief Secretary Suresh Chandra Mohapatra on Sunday directed all the district Collectors to ensure that doctors, nurses and heath workers engaged in COVID-19 duty are given booster dose on a priority basis. Reviewing the Omicron situation in the State through video conferencing from Lokseva Bhawan here, Mohapatra said that also directed that […]

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BMC adds two more hospitals for COVID-19 treatment

Bhubaneswar, January 8: Two more hospitals joined for care of Covid-19 patients in Bhubaneswar. Tripartite agreement between the State Government through Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) represented by Commissioner Sanjaya Kumar Singh and KIMS Hospital, Odisha COVID Hospital Operator represented by Dr. Ambika Prasad Mohanty, Principal, KIMS Hospital, Bhubaneswar and representative of Odisha Mining Corporation (OMC) […]

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Odisha reports 14 more Omicron cases, tally rises to 75

Bhubaneswar, January 8: Odisha on Saturday reported 14 more cases of the Omicron variant of Covid-19. The Institute of Life Sciences (ILS), Bhubaneswar informed about the fresh detection of the new variant to the State Health Department. With the detection of the new cases today, the total number of Omicron cases in the State jumped […]

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