A learning experience for 126th Heritage Walk participants

Bhubaneswar: The 126th Heritage Walk with 27 participants, mostly architecture and interior design students on Sunday visited Ekamra Van – medicinal plant garden – and briefed about the various plant species, their roles in our lives and how traditionally they have become part of our socio-cultural life. The Ekamra Van is located on the western bank […]

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IAS officer who spent Rs 70 lakh on renovation of her residential quarter transferred

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha Government has transferred IAS officer and Sundergarh Collector Rashmita Panda reportedly for spending Rs 70 lakh for renovation of her residential quarters in Rourkela in a span of six months. She was shifted to Odisha Skill Development Authority as Chief Executive Officer and Employment Director on Saturday. The 2010-batch officer made the […]

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Kalinga Hospital DGM misbehaves with MLA: Health Minister orders probe

Bhubaneswar: Health and Family Welfare Minister Naba Kishore Das on Saturday formed a four-member committee to probe alleged misbehaviour to BJP MLA and Opposition Chief Whip in the Assembly Mohan Majhi by BR Life Kalinga Hospital authorities when he tried to intervene for release of a body, allegedly detained by hospital for non-payment of dues […]

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10 of 105 large industries closed in 10 years in Odisha

Bhubaneswar: Out of the 105 large industries with a total investment of Rs 2,97,392.12 crore established in different sectors in the State since 2009, 10 have been closed for various reasons, informed Industries and MSME Minister Dibya Shankar Mishra in the State Assembly on Friday. To a question of Congress MLA Tara Prasad Bahinipati, the […]

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Cyclone Fani: BSCL honours young peer leaders for rescue work

Bhubaneswar: The Bhubaneswar Smart City Limited (BSCL) on Saturday felicitated at least 35 young boys and girls (peer leaders) for providing support to community members both during evacuation and also during post cyclone relief work of severe cyclonic storm Fani that hit the State on May 3. BSCL Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Prem Chandra Choudhury […]

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SD&TE Minister visits Govt ITI, asks teachers to make youth job-ready

Cuttack: Skill Development and Technical Education (SD&TE) Minister Premananda Nayak on Saturday visited Government Industrial Training Institute (ITI) at Khapuria here and asked the teachers to impart improved training to make youth job-ready. This was the Minister’s first to the State-run institute after assuming charge of the Skill Development and Technical Education Department in May. […]

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Jaga & Kalia set for happy homecoming

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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ITC offers Agarbatti to Lord Jagannath ahead of Rath Yatra

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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Odisha Govt presents Rs 1.39 lakh crore Budget for 2019-20 FY

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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Odisha Govt presents Rs 20,714 crore Agriculture Budget

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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