Odisha: Ex-Chief Secretary Suresh Mohapatra appointed Chief Advisor, CMO

Bhubaneswar, November 17: Former Chief Secretary and current Chairperson of the Odisha Electricity Regulatory Commission (OEEC) Suresh Chandra Mahapatra has been appointed as the Chief Advisor, Chief Minister’s Office (CMO), said an official statement on Friday. According to a CMO release, Mohapatra, upon his request was allowed to relinquish from the post of OERC. Similarly, […]

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Odisha: Man gets 20-year RI for raping minor daughter

Bhubaneswar, November 14: A 57-year-old man has been sentenced to 20 years of rigorous imprisonment (RI) for raping his minor daughter. The court also imposed on him a fine of Rs 10,000 and directed the State Government to pay Rs 4 lakh compensation to the girl. Ad Hoc Additional Sessions Judge, Fast Track Special Court […]

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ECoR to run another Special Train between Odisha & Bihar for Chhath Puja; Check details 

Bhubaneswar, November 14: Keeping in view the additional rush of passengers in regular trains and for the convenience of passengers, the East Coast Railway (ECoR) has decided to run another Special Train towards Bihar, between Puri and Jayanagar for Chhath Puja, said an official release. According to ECoR statement, this Special Train from Puri will […]

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Odisha: CM sanctions Rs 45 crore for 150 Multi Purpose Cultural-cum-Community Centres

Bhubaneswar, November 13: Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik has approved 150 Multi Purpose Cultural-cum-Community Centres worth Rs 45 crore for the people belonging to Minority Communities in the State, said an official release. According to a commnuquie issued by the Chief Minister’s Office, an amount of Rs 45 crore has been sanctioned for the purpose in […]

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Odia actress Mousumi Nayak arrested for blackmailing, denigrating image of author

Bhubaneswar, November 1: The Commissionerate Police on Monday arrested Odia actress Mousumi Nayak on charges of blackmailing and denigrating the public image of a young lady writer. The 39-year-old actress Mousumi was arrested by the Infocity police and produced in a local court and later sent in judicial custody on the charge of extracting money […]

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Safety works in Waltair Division: Here’s a list of trains cancelled, rescheduled & regulated 

Bhubaneswar, November 13: Services of several trains were cancelled and regulated to facilitate safety related modernisation works like placement of RCC segmental boxes by cut andcover method in connection with rebuilding of stone slab bridges over Rayagada-Vizianagaram section in Waltair Division. The details followed as Cancellation of trains: 1. The train No. 08504 Visakhapatnam-Rayagada Pass […]

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Odisha sends panel of seven IPS officers to UPSC for DGP post

Bhubaneswar, November 11: With Director General of Police (DGP) Sunil Kumar Bansal’s two-year term set to end on December 31, the Odisha Government has sent a proposal containing the names of seven IPS officers to the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) to select the next head of the State police force. For the first time, […]

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Synopsys opens eastern India’s first Design and R&D unit in Odisha’s Bhubaneswar 

Bhubaneswar, November 10: Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Friday inaugurated Synopsys’s new centre in Bhubaneswar, putting new milestone in the semiconductor journey of Odisha. The centre will be Synopsys’s First Design and R&D unit in Eastern India where hundreds of highly skilled VLSI and Semiconductor Design Engineers will work. “I hope that the Synopsys Bhubaneswar […]

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Odisha signs MoU with AMNS India for Kho Kho High Performance Centre

Bhubaneswar, November 9: The Odisha Government on Thursday inked a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Arcelor Mittal Nippon Steel (AM/NS India) to establish a High-Performance Centre in Kho Kho. The MoU was signed in the presence of Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik, Sports and Youth Services Tusharkanti Behera, department Secretary Vineel Krishna, AM/NS’s Keiji Kubota and […]

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In a first, Odisha hosts India’s first international convention on millets

Bhubaneswar, November 9: Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Thursday inaugurated country’s first international level conclave on millets titled ‘International Convention on Millets’ at Janata Maidan here. The convention aims at preparing a global roadmap for millets. Speaking on the occasion, Chief Minister Patnaik said, “My Government will put all the efforts to make Odisha become […]

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