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Bhubaneswar: The death toll caused due to the cyclone Fani has gone up to 43 in the State on Saturday as two more bodies were recovered in Cuttack and Khurda district, informed Special Relief Commissioner Bishnupada Sethi here. While highest 21 human casualty was reported in Puri, where the extremely severe cyclonic storm Fani made […]
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Bhubaneswar: The Mahanadi Water Disputes Tribunal on Saturday postponed its hearing on Mahandi water dispute between Odisha and Chhattisgarh to July 13 as both the States sought four-week time to comply with the Tribunal’s order regarding amicable solution. Both the States sought the four-week time as the third coordination meeting could not be conducted due […]
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Bhubaneswar: A high-level ASI officials led by DG Usha Sharma on Friday visited the Konark Sun Temple and found no structural damage caused to the monument due to the cyclone Fani. The team informed that said the monument will be opened to public in next two-three days. The team will also inspect the Jagannath temple […]
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Bhubaneswar: Governor and Chancellor of Orissa University of Agriculture and Technology (OUAT), has appointed Dr Pawan Kumar Agrawal as the Vice Chancellor of the OUAT. Agrawal has been appointed for a period of three years with effect from the date of his joining as such or until further orders whichever is earlier. Presently Dr Agrawal […]
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Bhubaneswar: As of today, 232 out of 234 fuel stations in cyclone Fani-hit Puri, Khudra, and Cuttack districts are functional and the remaining two will be made operational by Saturday, informed Union Petroleum and Natural Gas Minister Dharmendra Pradhan after taking stock of the supply of petroleum products with different OMCs. The current sales of […]
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Koraput: Director General of Police (DGP) Dr Rajendra Prasad Sharma on Friday visited Koraput and hailed the district police for its successful anti-Maoist operation on Wednesday in which five wanted Maoists, including three women cadres were gunned down in an encounter in Padua area. “It is one of the best anti-Maoist operations. All the five […]
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Bhubaneswar: Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Thursday wrote to Union Culture Minister Mahesh Sharma requesting him to send a high-level team of experts of Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) to assess the damage caused to the Jagannath Temple, Puri and Sun Temple, Konark by cyclone Fani that barreled through the eastern coast in Odisha’s Puri district on […]
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Bhubaneswar: Among tales of misery in the Cyclone Fani-hit Bhubaneswar, there are stories of many “unsung heroes” who risked their lives to save sick newborn babies here. Due to the courageous action of the staff of Capital Hospital here, the lives of 22 sick newborn babies have been saved on May 3, the day cyclone […]
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Bhubaneswar: Union Minister Dharmendra Pradhan on Thursday reviewed the rail connectivity, post cyclone Fani, and informed that the services of 10 out of 18 pair of trains commuting to Puri have resumed and all the pairs will be operational by May 12. Pradhan took stock of the progress of the train movement with East Coast […]
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Ganjam: Villagers of Rengali under Patapur police limits in Ganjam district allegedly thrashed police officials of Telangana suspecting them to be fake police officials. The police personnel were in civil uniform when the villagers attacked them and also damaged their two vehicles, said sources. They had come to the village for a probe in connection […]
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