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Puri: Against the backdrop of novel corona crisis, the Shree Jagannath Temple Administration (SJTA) on Thursday announced suspension of public darshan at Jagannath Temple here. However, daily rituals will be performed as usual. “Decision has been taken to cancel public darshan from tomorrow till March 31 as precautionary measure against the Coronavirus aka COVID-19 outbreak. […]
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Bhubaneswar: Advising people to avoid non-essential travel due to Coronavirus aka COVID-19 outbreak, the East Coast Railway (ECoR) on Thursday cancelled ten trains running from various places over ECoR due to low occupancy. As per the ECoR release, (12882) Puri-Howrah Bi-weekly Garib Rath Express originating from Puri will be cancelled on March 23, 25 and […]
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Bhubaneswar: A day after the moratorium period on the crisis-hit Yes Bank ended, the private bank on Thursday remitted Rs 397 crore to the designated SBI account of Jagannath Temple Corpus Fund at Puri Main Branch. The remaining principal of Rs 156 crore and interest will be remitted upon maturity on March 30. “We have […]
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Bhubaneswar: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday praised Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik for registering his sister Gita Mehta’s foreign travel details with the State Government’s official Coronavirus aka COVID-19 portal. “Setting a great example, Chief Minister! I hope others also emulate Naveen Babu. We all can do our bit in preventing the spread of […]
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Bhubaneswar: The Odisha Government on Wednesday extended the service period of Director General of Police (DGP) and Head of Police Force (HoPF) Abhay till December 31, 2021. As per the Supreme Court judgement in Prakash Singh case and recommendations of UPSC empanelment committee, DGP will now have a two-year tenure. “The Government has been pleased […]
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Bhubaneswar: The four BJD candidates – Subash Singh, Munna Khan, Sujeet Kumar and Mamata Mahanta – were elected unopposed in the biennial elections to Rajya Sabha from Odisha on Wednesday as Opposition BJP and Congress stayed away from the contest. Returning Officer and Odisha Legislative Assembly Secretariat Secretary Dasirathy Satpathy announced here that Singh, Khan, […]
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Bhubaneswar: Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Wednesday announced the registration of his sister Gita Mehta’s details in the Odisha Government portal developed to register persons coming from abroad in order to check the spread of Coronavirus aka Covid-19. The Chief Minister appealed to people to register details about about their family members and friends coming […]
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Bhubaneswar: The Odisha Government on Tuesday announced an additional dose of a 5 per cent hike in dearness allowance (DA), benefiting lakhs of its employees. The decision will be implemented with retrospective effect from July 1, 2019. In February, the State Government announced to pay the revised DA from January 1, 2020 triggering resentment among […]
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Bhubaneswar: A total of 1,239 person, who returned from abroad after March 3 midnight to Odisha, have registered with the State Government’s portal or helpline number for self or home-quarantine in the last 24 hours, said State Government’s Chief Spokesperson on Coronavirus aka COVID-19 Subroto Bagchi. “In last 24 hours, 1,239 persons have registered themselves […]
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Bhubaneswar: Senior IAS officer R Vineel Krishna, who returned from abroad recently, underwent home quarantine. The Sports Director and Odisha Mining Corporation (OMC) MD registered himself in COVID-19 portal of the Odisha Government and preferred home 14-day quarantine despite not showing any symptoms yet. In a video message he appealed to others returning from abroad […]
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