2nd BIMSTEC disaster management exercise to be conducted in Puri & Konark

Puri: A team of top National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) on Thursday visited Puri and Konark and held discussion with different stakeholders, including Puri Collector Balwant Singh, Hotel Association president to host the second Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation (BIMSTEC) disaster management exercise. To host the second BIMSTEC disaster management […]

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Bhubaneswar girl to witness Chandrayaan -2 landing with PM Modi

Bhubaneswar: Landing of Chandrayaan -2 on the surface of the moon is getting close day by day, and Sharanya Nanda of DAV Chandrasekarpur here along with 59 other students are selected from all across India who will all witness the historic moment with Prime Minister Narendra Modi. ISRO had conducted a ‘Space Quiz’ for students. […]

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Odisha boy Aswatha Narayana bags gold at WorldSkills Kazan-2019

Bhubaneswar: S Aswatha Narayana from Odisha has won gold medal in Water Technology at the WorldSkills International Competition 2019 that ended with a spectacular closing ceremony at Kazan on Tuesday attended by President of the Russian Federation, Vladimir Putin. The 25-year-old youth competed against 11 countries. He was also rewarded as ‘Best of Nation’ amongst […]

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Top Maoist gunned down in Odisha two days after Shah reviews LWE situation

Bhubaneswar: In a first major operation by Odisha police after the Left Wing Extremism (LWE) situation was reviewed by Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Monday, a top Maoist Commander carrying a reward of Rs 8 lakh on his head was killed by the Odisha Police in an exchange of fire in Malkangiri district on […]

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Vedanta ties up with NITI for ‘Aspirational’ Kalahandi district

New Delhi: The Vedanta Limited has signed a Statement of Intent (SoI) with NITI Aayog to help improve the quality of life of the citizens of Kalahandi district in Odisha through their CSR fund as part of ‘Aspirational Districts’ initiative in the presence of NITI Aayog CEO Amitabh Kant. As per the SoI, NITI Aayog […]

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Odisha CM urges Centre to release Rs 227-cr pending SRE dues, copter to combat LWE problem

Bhubaneswar: Maintaining that Odisha has been working in close coordination with the Central Government and the neighbouring States to deal with the left wing extremism (LWE) problem firmly, Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Monday urged the Centre to release pending Rs 227 crore under Security Related Expenditure (SRE) Scheme. Participating in the review meeting on […]

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Vedanta opens Community Centre at Dahikhal, holds medical health camp

Lanjigarh: As part of its infrastructure development project “Pragati”, Vedanta Aluminium, Lanjigarh Unit has opened a community centre at Dahikhal in Lanjigarh in Kalahandi district. Over 1,500 people belonging to 11 villages under Sibapadar gram panchayat and youth clubs will benefit from this multi-purpose platform, a common junction point for the people to conduct meetings […]

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Pandit Raghunath Rath’s son donates 2,500 books to National Archives of India

Bhubaneswar: On the first death anniversary of eminent tribal scholar and Kui exponent, Pandit Raghunath Rath, his son handed over his precious and valuable collection of 2,500 books and journals to the National Archives of India’s Bhubaneswar Record Centre on Sunday here. The books were handed over to Dr T Hussain, Deputy Director of Archives […]

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Odisha mourns passing away of Arun Jaitley

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Governor Prof Ganeshi Lal and Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Saturday condoled the demise of former Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley. “Hon’ble Governor condoles the sad demise of former Union Minister Arun Jaitley ji and conveys his deep sympathy to bereaved family & constiuents.He terms Shri Jaitley as a great public intellectual and […]

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