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Bhubaneswar: Separated craniopagus conjoined twins – Jaga and Kalia – will return to Odisha soon and they will be shifted to a hospital in Bhubaneswar, informed National Health Mission (NHM) Managing Director Shalini Pandit after holding talks with doctors at AIIMS, New Delhi on Saturday. Jaga and Kalia were craniopagus conjoined twins – joined at […]
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Puri: Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Friday launched ITC’s Mangaldeep Lord Jagannath-themed Agarbatti (incense sticks), a joint initiative of ITC Mangaldeep, State Government-run Odisha Rural Development and Marketing Society (ORMAS) and Shree Jagannath Temple Administration (SJTA). These Agarbattis are being manufactured by rural women SHGs through a tie up with ORMAS to provide them livelihood. […]
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Bhubaneswar: The Odisha Government on Friday presented a Rs 1,39,000 crore budget for 2019-20 in the State Assembly, around 15.8 per cent more than the previous year’s 1,20,028 crore Budget. This was the first annual Budget of the Naveen Patnaik Government after it voted to power for fifth consecutive term. Finance Minister Niranjan Pujari also […]
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Bhubaneswar: Finance Minister Niranjan Pujari on Friday presented a Rs 20,714 crore separate agriculture budget for 2019-20 financial year in the Odisha Assembly. This was the first budget of the Naveen Patnaik Government after it voted to power for fifth consecutive term. Last year Rs 16,765 crore was provided in the farm budget. Odisha has […]
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Bhubaneswar: Noted historian and researcher Anil Dhir on Friday wrote to Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik urging him to take measures to convert the old house of the Gandhian Mohamed Baji at Nabrangpur into a memorial museum also to make a formal request to the Ministry of Posts for issuing a Commemorative Postage Stamp on this […]
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Puri: The Odisha Society of the Americas (OSA), a forum of US-based non-resident Odias, has recently provided start-up kits to 152 artist families in Raghurajpur, home of Odisha’s famous Pattachitra art, to kick start their unique art activities. The crafts village, about 15 km from Puri town, is a village ruined, priceless pieces of art […]
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Bhubaneswar: Sundergarh Collector-cum-District Magistrate Rashmita Panda spent a staggering Rs 70 lakh of Government funds to renovate her residential quarters when she was the Vice-Chairperson of Rourkela Development Authority (RDA) and CEO of the Rourkela Smart City Authority with construction of additional bedroom costing Rs 4,34,861. Details of the renovation work and the expenditure incurred […]
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By Anil Dhir The Indian freedom struggle has its heroes, but countless freedom fighters, who had fearlessly fought and taken down the most potent and exploitative imperialistic regime were silently sent into oblivion after independence. They did not seek reward or recognition. The 102 years old Centenarian, Mohammed Baji of Nabrangpur was one such […]
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Malkangiri: Acting tough on four young nurses after TikTok videos of them frolicking inside the special neonatal care unit (SNCU) of the Malkangari District Headquarters Hospital went viral on social media on Wednesday, Chief District Medical Officer (CDMO) Dr Ajit Kumar Mohanty on Thursday sent them on compulsory leave. According to reports, the CDMO sent […]
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Bhubaneswar: In an exemplary show of honesty, a “Mo Bus” driver returned a bag containing Rs 49,500 left behind by a passenger. The incident occurred on Wednesday, when Mo Bus driver (captain) Biswanath Khatua stumbled upon a bag lying unattended while returning his bus on Route No. 25 to Mancheswar terminal point. The incident took […]
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