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Bhubaneswar: In a major step to clean up the Government departments, the Odisha Government has “compulsorily retired” a Deputy Commissioner of Excise and Regional Transport Officer (RTO) facing charges ranging from corruption to disproportionate assets. The Government gave premature retirement to Deputy Commissioner of Excise Dilip Kumar Nag and Dhenkanal RTO Basanta Kumar Behera. The […]
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Cuttack: Odisha, considered as one of the best wildlife spots in the country, is no longer a safe home. Wildlife populations especially elephants, pangolins and turtles suffers high mortality rates. While most species are dying because of forest encroachment, tigers are severely affected due to escalation in poaching. For Odisha’s fast dwindling wildlife, life continues […]
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Bhubaneswar: On the occasion of 150th birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi, INTACH, Bhubaneswar chapter organised a public lecture on Mahatma Gandhi’s life and philosophy on Wednesday. A book titled “Jagaran” written by former DGP Amiya Bhusan Tripathy was also released on the occasion. Speaking on the occasion, the author said that the tributes being paid […]
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Bhubaneswar: Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Wednesday initiated Mo Sarkar (My Government) programme and received ‘extremely satisfactory’ feedback from visitors of police stations and district headquarters hospitals (DHHs) on day one. Initiating the programme at Capital Hospital and Saheed Nagar police station here to mark the 150th birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi, the Chief Minister […]
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Bhubaneswar: Biju Janata Dal (BJD) president and Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Wednesday announced that his party will launch a Social Service Wing as a tribute to Mahatma Gandhi on his 150th birth anniversary. “Mahatma Gandhi was a symbol of service and struggle. BJD will launch a Social Service Wing as a tribute to Mahatma […]
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Bhubaneswar: Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Wednesday launched Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation’s sanitation programme – Mu Safaiwala campaign for behaviour change on sanitation on the occasion of the 150th birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi. The initiative will encourage people to take pledge to keep their surroundings clean, involving students and residents’ welfare associations as change agents. […]
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Bhubaneswar: Odisha has registered a significant improvement in NITI Aayog’s School Education Quality Index. From 13th in 2015-16 (Base), the State now stands at seventh in 2016-17 (Reference) among major States. Chief Secretary Asit Tripathy and School and Mass Education Secretary Chitra Armugam on Monday apprised Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on this achievement at the Lok […]
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Bhubaneswar: With good rainfall in August and September, the average cumulative rainfall of the State from June 1 to September 30, 2019 has registered a surplus of 9.9%. While the cumulative rainfall in the State was deficient by 31.5% and 9.0% respectively in June and July, the rainfall in August and September remained surplus by […]
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Bhubaneswar: The BJP on Sunday announced Sanat Gartia as party’s candidate for the by-election to Bijepur Assembly constituency to be held on October 21. Sanat had unsuccessfully fought the last polls against BJD president and Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik. The candidature of Sanat was announced after party’s Central Election Committee cleared his name. The ruling […]
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Bhubaneswar: Eminent storyteller Dr Gourahari Das and celebrated poet Bipin Nayak will receive the Koraput Sahitya Samman 2019 (Koraput Literary Award 2019). The awards will be bestowed upon the ace authors at the two-day national event – 2nd Koraput Literary Festival (KLF-Odisha) – organised by leading media and publishing house Odia Media Private Limited. The […]
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