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Bhubaneswar: BJP Legislature Party Deputy Leader Bishnu Charan Sethi’s remarks in the Assembly against Muslim women created noisy scenes in the House on Thursday. The Assembly witnessed noisy scenes as opposition Congress and ruling BJD members protested against a statement made by Sethi on Muslim women vis-a-vis Triple Talaq Bill passed in the Parliament recently. […]
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Bhubaneswar/New Delhi: Mrutyunjay Mohapatra, a renowned scientist and cyclone warning specialist from Odisha, took over as the Director General of India Meteorological Department (IMD) on Thursday. He was appointed as the IMD chief by the Central Government last month. Mohapatra (54) is also a permanent representative of India with the WMO and a member of […]
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Bhubaneswar: Odisha has received an average rainfall of 309.4 mm against the long term average (LTA) of 339.9 mm registering a deficit of 9.0%, said an official release. As per a communiqué issued by the Special Relief Commissioner (SRC), Malkanagiri district received the highest rainfall of 633.8 mm (36.1% surplus) and Bhadrak district received the […]
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Bhubaneswar: At least 441 Government schools in the State are without girls’ toilets as per 2017-2018 data, the Odisha Assembly was informed on Wednesday. As per the provision of the RTE Act, 2009 which inter alia states that every school building should have separate toilets for boys and girls in the country. Planning and Convergence, […]
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Bhubaneswar: Slamming the BJD for supporting the Narendra Modi Government in passing the RTI Amendment Bill in the Rajya Sabha, the Odisha Soochana Adhikar Abhiyan (OSAA) on Tuesday announced a State-wide week-long mass people’s movement from August 1 demanding the withdrawal of the Bill. OSAA works on to educate people on using RTI Act properly […]
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Bhubaneswar: The State Secretariat or Sachivalaya will henceforth be called Lok Seva Bhawan, announced Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik in the State Assembly on Monday. “In a democracy people are masters and we all exist to serve them. I would like to use this opportunity to announce that ‘Sachivalaya’ or Secretariat will be called as Lok […]
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Cuttack: Commissionerate police on Monday arrested a serial killer who has committed three murders within 24 hours in Cuttack city last week, and also come out with some startling details about the accused, who has reportedly confessed to killing three men. Forensic reports claimed that all the murders executed in similar fashion. Police arrested Narayan […]
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Bhubaneswar: The Socially Smart Project of Bhubaneswar Smart City Limited (BSCL) has won the third edition of Sandvik India Gender Awards, 2019, said an official release. For this short-listing the organisers had received 650 applications in various categories – Independent, not-for-profit organisations, community-based organisations, corporate CSR, corporate policy, academia, government and social venture. BSCL has […]
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New Delhi: The PNV Foundation honoured at least eight illustrious persons from different fields on Sunday. Rajya Sabha member Prashant Nanda, Sasmit Patra, Odisha Film Development Corporation (OFDC) Chairman OFDC and Showcase Odisha Awards Co-Convener Kuna Tripathy, noted film director Nila Madhab Panda graced the event held at Jacaranda Hall, India Habitat Centre in New […]
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Bhubaneswar: According to a White Paper presented by the Home Department in the State Assembly on Saturday, as many as 1,07,408 cognizable offences were registered in 2018 and charge-sheets were filed in 69,341 cases. In 2017, the figure of registered cognizable offences was 1, 03, 866. Thus, 3,542 more offences were registered in 2018 compared […]
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