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Bhubaneswar: Gujarat cadre Odia IAS officer Girish Chandra Murmu was appointed as the first Lieutenant Governor of Jammu and Kashmir. Murmu, a 1985-batch IAS officer currently holds the post of Expenditure Secretary in the Finance Ministry. He hails from Mayurbhanj district. Born on November 21, 1959 in Mayurbhanj district, Murmu was set to retire from […]
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Bhubaneswar: BJD president and Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Friday announced a new programme of his party – ‘Odisha- Mo Parivar’ (Odisha – My family) with an aim to protect environment, encourage blood donation and help Odias stranded in foreign countries. The programme will be carried out under social service programme of the regional party. […]
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Bhubaneswar: Dr Pankaj Kumar Patel, the Sundargrh Chief District Medical Officer (CDMO), who was suspended for negligence in duty and lapses in implementation of “Mo Sarkar”, has been reinstated and posted as senior consultant (Medicine) in Sambalpur District Headquarters Hospital (DHH). The Health and Family Welfare Department has issued an order to this effect. His […]
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Koraput: Governor Prof Ganeshi Lal on Monday opined that a writer’s pen is more powerful than Trishula of Lord Shiba and Sudarsan of Lord Krishna and the purpose of literature is to prosper the world. The Governor while attending the valedictory ceremony of the Second Koraput Literary Festival (KLF) at Tribal Museum here said that […]
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Bhubaneswar: Ruling BJD’s Rita Sahu won the Bijepur Assembly by-election with a record margin of 97,990 votes. She was polled more votes than what the BJD president and Chief Minister had polled from the seat in April. Patnaik had polled 1,10,166 votes while Rita was polled was 1,35,957. The winning margin of Rita in Bijepur […]
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Bhubaneswar: Quacquarelli Symonds (QS) India University Rankings 2020 has released the first top 100 universities of India. IIT Bhubaneswar has been ranked at 20th position, improving from its previous position of 21st in 2019. This is the second time QS has published separate ranking for top institutions in India. The British higher education analysts QS has ranked the […]
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Bhubaneswar: Khimji, a leading jewellery of Odisha, has announced bouquet of offers and schemes for the customers on the occasion of Dhanteras and Diwali festivals. With buying of gold or silver items during the occasion of Dhanteras, considered auspicious ushering good luck and prosperity, this unique offer is all set to delight the customers opting […]
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Bhubaneswar: Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Tuesday asked his colleagues in the Cabinet, senior officers and to take lunch in orphanages, child care institutions and Aahar Centres during their visits to various districts in Odisha. “Chief Minister advised Ministers, senior officers visiting districts to have working lunch in schools, orphanages, hospitals and Aahaar kendras. This […]
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Cuttack: Three policemen have been given compulsory retirement for their doubtful integrity in the State. The development came in the wake of the State Government’s ‘Mo Sarkar’ (My Government) launch in police stations where Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik and other senior officers (Team Mo Sarkar) will receive direct feedback from complainants about police response and […]
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Cuttack: The Full Bench of the Orissa High Court on Tuesday initiated a suo motu contempt case against different bar associations in connection with continuous strike and cessation of court works by the bar members in various courts in the State, including the High Court. In a first, Chief Justice KS Jhaveri convened a full-court hearing […]
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