Nayagarh minor girl murder: Victim’s mother moves Supreme Court seeking CBI probe

New Delhi/Bhubaneswar, January 13: Soudamini Sahu, mother of the five-year-old girl who was allegedly kidnapped and subsequently killed in July 2020, has knocked the door of the Supreme Court seeking a CBI probe into her daughter’s alleged kidnapping and murder. According to reports, the apex court heard the petition. The ruling of the court is […]

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First stock of 4.08 lakh Covid vaccine doses arrives in Odisha

Bhubaneswar, January 12: The first batch of Covishield, a Covid-19 vaccine developed by Pune-based Serum Institute of India (SII), arrived at the Biju Patnaik International Airport (BPIA) here at 3.25 PM on Tuesday. The consignment consisted of 40,800 vials of vaccine having 4.08 lakh doses, said Additional Chief Secretary, Health and Family Welfare, P K […]

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Janaagraha City Governance: Odisha bags two national awards

Bhubaneswar, January 12: Odisha bagged two National awards at the Second Edition of the Janaagraha City Governance Awards announced on Tuesday, at a virtual award ceremony presided over by Union Minister for Housing and Urban Affairs, Hardeep Singh Puri. The State won in two of the five award categories competing with 54 applicants spanning across […]

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Union Minister Pradhan inaugurates UBSS’s four-storied Arogya Bhawan

Cuttack, January 12: Union Petroleum & Natural Gas and Steel Minister Dharmendra Pradhan on Tuesday inaugurated the new four-storied Arogya Bhawan (Patient Care and Help Center) of Utkal Bipanna Sahayata Samiti (UBSS) at Olatpur under Kantapada block in Cuttack district on the occasion National Youth Day marking the birth anniversary of Swami Vivekananda. Built under […]

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State Govts not to bear 1st phase COVID-19 vaccination costs: PM Modi

New Delhi, January 11: State Govternmets will not bear the costs of first phase of vaccination and the Central Government will bear all the expenses, announced Prime Minister Narendra Modi during an interaction with all the Chief Ministers on vaccine rollout on Monday during very video conferencing. In the first phase three crore health and […]

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Kerejanga-Angul doubling railway line commissioned in record time

Bhubaneswar, January 11: The doubling between Kerejanga-Angul of 13.51 km has been commissioned on Sunday in a record time. CCRS has authorized to run the trains at a maximum speed of 100kmph for the new double line. With this, doubling between Rairakhol to Angul is now completed for Sambalpur-Talcher Doubling project. This is 85.3km out […]

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India’s COVID-19 fatality rate declines to 1.44%

New Delhi, January 10: The focused efforts of Centre and State/UT Governments on effective clinical management of the hospitalized cases have ensured sustained decline in India’s Fatality Rate which is 1.44% on Sunday, said an official release. According to Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, with effective containment strategy, aggressive testing and standardized clinical management […]

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CM, Dharmendra launch Bindusagar Lake Rejuvenation project

Bhubaneswar, January 9: Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik and Union Petroleum and Natural Gas and Steel Minister Dharmendra Pradhan on Saturday jointly launched the Bindusagar Lake Rejuvenation initiative, a CSR project by Indian Oil Corporation Ltd here. Around Rs 70 lakh is being invested from the IndianOil Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) fund for this initiative. […]

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Gift-a-bicycle: Smart City, BMC donate 15 cycles to Peer Leaders

Bhubaneswar, January 8: The Bhubaneswar Smart City Limited (BSCL) on Friday organised “Gift-a-Bicycle” event in which cycles were distributed to 15 Peer Leaders, who were associated with BSCL and Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) during the COVID-19 related awareness and sanitation drives. Today’s event was part of the CycleGiri and Cyclothon organized in the city to […]

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Bhubaneswar gets first ever ‘Mo Khata’ stall

Bhubaneswar, January 8: Chief Secretary Suresh Chandra Mohapatra on Friday inaugurated the first ever stall of compost made of organic waste, Mo Khata (My Compost) here at Rajmahal Sqaure here. The compost is being manufactured from the wet waste collected from the capital city area and processed in Micro Composting Centre. “This compost is 100% […]

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