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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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Bhubaneswar: Union Petroleum and Natural Gas and Steel Minister Dharmendra Pradhan on Tuesday requested the Centre to open an Extension Centre of Central Tool Room and Training (CTTC), Bhubaneswar at Angul. In a letter to Union MSME Minister Nitin Gadkari, Pradhan wrote, “The Central Tool Room and Training (CTTC), Bhubaneswar is among 10 TRs/TDIs in […]
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Bhubaneswar: Puri king Gajapati Maharaja Dibyasingha Deb and his family members, who returned to Odisha on March 15 after visit to various cities in USA, on Tuesday registered online in the Odisha Government’s Coronavirus aka COVID-19 portal and will remain in quarantine at their residence in Bhubaneswar for the next 14 days (an euphemism for […]
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