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Bhubaneswar, December 2: Amid mounting concerns over the potentially more contagious coronavirus variant Omicron spreading to many countries, as many as 380 people have returned to Odisha from ‘at-risk’ countries. “So far, total 380 persons have returned to Odisha from ‘at-risk’ countries. Of them, 224 persons have returned before November 28 and rest 156 persons […]
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Bhubaneswar, December 1: Finance Minister Niranjan Pujari on Wednesday presented the Supplementary Budget of Rs 19,833 crore for 2021-22 in the State Legislative Assembly, amid uproar by Opposition members. Last year, the Supplementary Budget outlay was Rs 11,200 crore. Out of the total Supplementary provision, Rs 13,568 crore has been allocated towards programme expenditure (Schemes […]
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Bhubaneswar, December 1: Widows whose husbands were the beneficiaries of “Social Security Pension Schemes” and died due to COVID-19 will get pension under Madhubabu Pension Yojana (MBPY) in Bhubaneswar. Implementing such decision of the Government, Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) has considered applications of eligible beneficiaries. BMC Commissioner Sanjay Kumar Singh has approved eleven such applications […]
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Bhubaneswar, December 1: The State Government has ordered compulsory retirement of four Coaches of Odisha Council of Sports on grounds of inefficiency and dereliction of duty. Earlier, a Review Committee for premature Retirement of Government Servants in the Sports and Youth Services Department had assessed their performance and has found these four to be poor […]
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Bhubaneswar, November 30: Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik has urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi requesting early sanction and implementation of ‘Buramara-Chakulia’ & ‘Kendujhar-Badampahar’ railway projects by Government of India in the greater interest of the people. In a letter to the Prime Minister on November 24, Patnaik has offered land free of cost for both the […]
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Bhubaneswar, November 30: Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Tuesday released the book, “Where People Matter – 60 Years of Lokaseva Bhavan,” authored by Amar Jyoti Mahapatra. It chronicles the journey of the iconic building and its transition from a centre of authority to a people-centric workplace, serving the people of Odisha. The book, edited by […]
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Bhubaneswar, November 30: Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Tuesday released ‘Ink from Night Skies’, a collection of poems written by young poet Mahima Sethi. The book contains 110 poems. The book by Mahima is about expression of her feelings and a depiction of human connection to life, inanimate objects and non-material aspects of the universe. […]
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Bhubaneswar, November 30: Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Tuesday inaugurated seven industrial projects and performed ground-breaking of 10 projects worth Rs 1,000 crore. While the seven inaugurated projects have attracted an investment of Rs152 crore, the 10 projects, for which ground-breaking was done, will come up with an investment of Rs 848 crore. All these […]
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Bhubaneswar, November 29: Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Monday dedicated another 239 transformed Government High Schools in six districts as part of the 5T High School Transformation programme. With this, transformation of at least 1,075 schools across Odisha has been completed in the first phase. The Chief Minister inaugurated 90 transformed schools in Angul district, […]
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Bhubaneswar, November 29: Energy Minister Dibya Shankar Mishra on Monday reviewed the progress of Small Hydro Electric projects (SHEPs) in the State and laid emphasis on enhancement of green power share in the State through SHEPs. It was revealed in the meeting that, as of now, the State has achieved to realise potential of 99 […]
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