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Bhubaneswar: Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Monday condoled the demise of veteran playwright and actor Girish Karnad. “Saddened to learn about passing away of iconic actor, litterateur, playwright, Padma Shri #GirishKarnad. He will be missed in the world of literature and cinema. May his soul rest in peace,” tweeted Patnaik. Karnad, a celebrated actor, playwright […]
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Dhenkanal: At least four vegetable vendors were killed and five others injured when the wall of an abandoned rice mill in a weekly market in Alasua under Dhenkanal Town police station collapsed on Sunday morning. The mishap occurred at around 8.30 am. The vegetable vendors were busy selling their produces when the stone wall of the 50-year-old abandoned […]
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Bhubaneswar: BJP leaders on Sunday reviewed party’s performance in the recently concluded simultaneous Lok Sabha and State Assembly elections and also chalked out strategy for deferred election in Patkura besides byelection in Bijepur. The meeting chaired by party president Basanta Panda was attended by Union Minister Dharmendra Pradhan, party national party president Baijyant Panda, party […]
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Bhubaneswar: Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Sunday embarked on a week-long visit to New Delhi to meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi on June 11 amid speculation that the Government may offer the Lok Sabha’s Deputy Speaker’s post to Patnaik’s Biju Janata Dal (BJD). “I will meet PM Narendra Modi on June 11 and discuss about […]
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Puri: Union Minister for Petroleum and Natural Gas and Steel Dharmendra Pradhan on Saturday said that Odisha will be the hub for ancillary industry in steel sector in the country. “While India is the second largest steel producing country in the world, Odisha is a steel hub in it. The Union Government with support of […]
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Bhubaneswar: A two-day Chief District Medical Officers (CDMO) conference would be organised by the Health and Family Welfare Department here from June 19, informed an official release. Health and Family Welfare Minister Naba Kishore Das would inaugurate the proposed conference and preside over the meeting to be attended by all CDMOs, Public Health Officers, Directors […]
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Bhubaneswar: Governor Prof Ganeshi Lal has decided not to hold the ‘At Home’ celebration on the occasion of Independence Day-2019 as a mark of respect and also being in solidarity with people affected by Cyclone Fani in the State. Cyclone Fani that made landfall in Puri at a wind speed of about 200 kmph on […]
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Bhubaneswar: To commemorate the advent of the first train on Indian soil in April 1853 between Bombay and Thane, the East Coast Railway (ECoR) on Friday observed the 64th Railway Week celebrations on Friday. Merit awards and Shields were handed over to various officers and staff for outstanding performance on the occasion. Khurda Road Division […]
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Bhubaneswar: Flight Lieutenant Sunit Mohanty, a native of Ganjam district of Odisha is among the 13 Indian Air Force (IAF) personnel who went missing after IAF’s AN-32 aircraft went off the radar in Arunachal Pradesh on Monday. Meanwhile, the Indian Air Force (IAF) intensified the search operation to trace the aircraft that has gone missing […]
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Bhubaneswar: Paradip MLA Sambit Routray on Friday said that his father Damodar Routray, who has joined BJP after being expelled from BJD in September last year, can make a comeback to the ruling party if the party supremo and Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik wishes. “I think my father is not happy after joining BJP,” Sambit […]
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