Odisha floods: 17 dead, over 14 lakh people affected in 20 districts

Bhubaneswar: At least 17 persons have lost their lives and as many as 14,32,701 people have been affected due to the floods in Odisha, said an official release. “14,32,701 people in 20 districts – Angul, Balasore, Bargarh, Bhadrak, Boudh, Cuttack, Dhenkanal, Jagatsinghpur, Jajpur, Jharsuguda, Kendrapara, Keonjhar, Khurda, Mayurbhanj, Nayagharh, Nuapada, Puri, Sambalpur, Subarnapur and Sundargarh […]

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Jayanti, Deep Grace get Biju Patnaik Sports Award; Purnima & Sabita receive Bravery Award

Bhubaneswar: Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Saturday presented Biju Patnaik Sports Award to outstanding sports persons and coaches on the occasion of National Sports Day celebrated through video conferencing.Jayanti Behera and Deep Grace Ekka received Biju Patnaik Sports Award for outstanding performance in sports and games. Both of them received Rs 2 lakh cash award […]

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DGP visits Koraput, reviews anti-Maoist operations, hails COVID warriors

Koraput, August 29: Director General of Police (DGP) Abhay on Saturday visited Koraput district and reviewed the anti-Maoist operations, anti-Cannabis initiatives of the district police and other issues in the district.He interacted with the senior officers of the district police and CAPFs and reviewed the security response as well as developmental activities going on in […]

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CM deputes senior IAS officers to monitor flood situation in 7 Odisha districts

Bhubaneswar: Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Saturday deputed seven senior IAS officers to seven flood-hit districts to monitor flood situation. While Hemant Sharma has moved to Kendrapada, DK Singh has moved to Cuttack. Vishal Dev has been deployed in Balasore district while Bishnupada Sethi has been moved to Bhadrak district. VV Yadav was assigned the […]

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Union Ministers lay stone for academic block, library & staff quarters at Koraput CUO

New Delhi/Koraput: Union Petroleum and Natural Gas Minister Dharmendra Pradhan and Union Education Minister Dr Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank laid the foundation stone for academic block, library and staff quarters at Central University of Odisha (CUO), Koraput through video conferencing on the occasion of 12th Foundation Day of the CUO. “CUO has established itself as a […]

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Jio Odisha surpasses 50% market share in gross revenue: TRAI Report

Bhubaneswar: Reliance Jio, the most preferred mobile service provider in Odisha, has become the first telecom operator in the state to have achieved more than 50% market share in gross revenue, as per the latest financial report published by Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI). As per the financial report published by TRAI, this week, […]

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Odisha Govt to provide free transport, accommodation to JEE Main candidates

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha Government will facilitate transportation and accommodation facilities to the needy candidates appearing Joint Entrance Examination (JEE) Main. There will be no restrictions on movement of students for appearing JEE scheduled from September 1 to September 6, said Chief Secretary Asit Tripathy in a press conference here. Around 37,000 students in Odisha will […]

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Second round of sero-surveillance to start tomorrow in Bhubaneswar

Bhubaneswar: Second round of serological survey is planned in the city from tomorrow and day after. While five teams will collect samples simultaneously from various locations across the city, a target of 1,500 randomly selected samples will be collected in these two days from 25 wards. This survey will provide insights into the community exposure […]

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Reliance Jio adds over 1.87 lakh new subscribers in May: TRAI Data

Bhubaneswar: Reliance Jio has added more than 1.87 lakh new mobile subscribers in Odisha in May 2020, as per the latest telecom subscriber data released by Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI), today. This achievement of Jio attains higher significance as it comes on the back of Reliance Jio surpassing 50% gross revenue market share […]

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Naveen speaks to PM Modi, seeks postponement of NEET, JEE Main Exams

Bhubaneswar: Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Thursday spoke to Prime Minister Narendra Modi over telephone and requested him for postponement of NEET and JEE Main Exam in view of COVID19 pandemic and severe flood situation in many parts of Odisha. “CM @Naveen_Odisha spoke to Prime Minister @narendramodi over telephone and requested him for postponement of […]

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