275 Graduate Engineers join Water Resources Department

Bhubaneswar, April 8: As many as 275 graduate engineers joined the Water Resources Department as the Assistant Executive Engineers on Thursday. This is the second batch of recruitment of Assistant Executive Engineers comprising 183 male and 92 female engineers. While 242 of them are in Civil Engineering stream and 33 belong to Mechanical stream. The […]

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Sagarmala project can further enable Odisha to emerge as major logistics destination: CM

Bhubaneswar, April 7: Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Wednesday chaired the first meeting of the State Sagarmala Committee through video conferencing and said that the Sagarmala project can further enable Odisha to emerge as a major logistics destination. “In addition to our strategic advantage of long coastline, the Sagarmala project can further enable Odisha to […]

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PM Modi to release Hindi version of Harekrushna Mahtab’s book ‘Odisha Itihaas’ on April 9

New Delhi, April 7: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will release the Hindi translation of the book ‘Odisha Itihaas’ written by former Odisha Chief Minister ‘Utkal Keshari’ Dr. Harekrushna Mahtab on April 9 at 12 noon at Ambedkar International Center, Janpath, New Delhi, said an official release. The book, available in Odia and English so far, […]

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Mumbai-Bhubaneswar Konark Special Train to run with revised timings from April 12

Bhubaneswar, April 7: The Indian Railways has been decided to revise the timings of Mumbai CSMT-Bhubaneswar Konark Special between Visakhapatnam and Bhubaneswar in East Coast Railway jurisdiction from April 12. According to a East Coast Railway (ECoR) communique, Mumbai CSMT-Bhubaneswar Konark Special (01019) from Mumbai will arrive at Visakhapatnam at 3.45 PM from April 12 […]

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10-day drive to strictly implement Covid norms in Odisha begins today

Bubaneswar, April 7: The Odisha Police will begin a 10-day special drive on Wednesday to strictly implement the existing Covid norms across the State to contain the virus spread. Yesterday, Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik directed the State police to launch the drive to enforce the regulations, instead of introducing any new curb. The CM has […]

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Odisha to launch 10-day special drive to enforce COVID-19 regulations from tomorrow

Bhubaneswar, April 6: The Odisha Government has decided to strat a 10-day special drive to strictly enforce the Covid Safety protocols as notified from Wednesday. The decision was taken after Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik took stock of the COVID-19 management in the State. The Chief Minister instructed to Director General of Police (DGP) Abhay to […]

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Odisha writes to Centre again over acute shortage of vaccine

Bhubaneswar, April 5: The Odisha Government has once again written to the Centre highlighting acute shortage of vaccine. In a letter to Union Health Secretary Rajesh Bhushan, Additional Chief Secretary (ACS) Pradipta Kumar Mohapatra requested Bhusan to send 15 lakh Covishield doses immediately. “As on 5th April (8 AM), the vaccine availability in the State […]

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Night curfew in 10 districts of Odisha from today

Bhubaneswar, April 5: Starting today, night curfews will be enforced in 10 districts of the State – Sundargarh, Jharsuguda, Sambalpur, Bargarh, Bolangir, Nuapada, Kalahandi, Nabarangpur, Koraput and Malkangiri – in view of the rising COVID-19 cases in the State. The night curfew will be in force between 10 PM and 5 PM from till further […]

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SBI Main Branch sealed in Bhubaneswar after employees test COVID-19 positive

Bhubaneswar, April 4: The Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) on Sunday sealed the Main Branch of State Bank of India (SBI) located in Unit-1 area in State capital city for two days after seven of its employees tested COVID-19 positive. “In view of detection of a series of COVID-19 positive cases in SBI, Main Branch, Unit-1, […]

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Odisha clamps night curfew in 10 districts as COVID-19 cases surge

Bhubaneswar, April 3: The Odisha Government on Saturday clamped night curfews in 10 districts of the State – Sundargarh, Jharsuguda, Sambalpur, Bargarh, Bolangir, Nuapada, Kalahandi, Nabarangpur, Koraput and Malkangiri – in view of the rising COVID-19 cases in the State. “The night curfew will be in force between 10 PM and 5 PM from April […]

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