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Rourkela: Noticing the flying squad of the Election Commission conducting checking of vehicles, two unidentified persons in an Audi car having no registration number hurriedly dropped a bag containing Rs 27.49 lakh at the bordering Mahipani in Odisha’s Sundargarh district and escaped back to Jharkhand. The Flying squad has deposited the cash in Panposh treasury. […]
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Cuttack: Former Cuttack Municipal Corporation (CMC) corporator and former BJD leader Ranjita Biswal was arrested once again today. Three guns and live bullets were seized from her possession. Chauliaganj police nabbed Biswal on charges of indulging in illegal arms trade. Further investigation is on in the case. Ranjita was arrested earlier in connection with her […]
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Gajapati: Barely 48-hours before the first phase of polling in Odisha’s four Lok Sabha seats and 28 Assembly constituencies on April 11, security forces on Tuesday recovered two landmines weighing 50 kg planted beneath a culvert on Adava-Paniganda route under Adava police station in Gajapati district, informed Gajapati SP Sara Sharma. Acting on a specific tipoff, […]
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Lanjigarh: Around 600 villagers from across 70 villages were benefitted from various medical services at the multi-speciality health camp organized by Vedanta Ltd’s Lanjigarh unit here on Sunday marking the World Health Day. The patients were benefited from various medical services like ophthalmology, orthopaedic, dental, paediatric, ENT care, X-Ray and O&G treatment, tuberculosis, and general […]
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Cuttack: With ‘accessible elections’ being the central theme of the Election Commission, the Social Security and Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities Department (SSEPD) on Tuesday organised an awareness programme for visually impaired voters to train them to cast their votes independently in the ensuing Assembly and Lok Sabha elections. Nearly 110 visually impaired students of […]
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Bhubaneswar: Chief Minister and BJD president Naveen Patnaik on Tuesday unveiled party’s election manifesto that focused on women, farmers and youths. Here are the key promises One-time start-up allowance of Rs 10 lakh to 10,000 youths and creation of six lakh employment opportunities in six focus sectors through Make In Odisha and education loan at […]
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Bhubaneswar: BJD president and Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Tuesday met Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) Surendra Kumar and took up the issue of stopping disbursal of money under his flagship KALIA scheme to farmers. “I had come here to meet the Chief Electoral Officer about a strong complaint of the election office stopping our Government’s […]
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Bhubaneswar: In further jolt to the Congress in Odisha, party’s Mahila wing president Sumitra Jena on Tuesday resigned from the party questioning the selection procedure of some candidates for the ensuing general and Assembly elections and protesting the autocratic attitude of Odisha Pradesh Congress Committee (OPCC) president Niranjan Patnaik. She has sent her resignation letter […]
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Sambalpur: A two-day national seminar on teachers’ education titled ‘Trends, Issues, and Challenges in Teacher Education Programme in 21st Century’ was held at Sambalpur University here. The seminar was organised by the PG Department of Education on April 5 and 6. The inaugural session was graced by Odisha Open University Vice Chancellor Prof Srikant Mohapatra […]
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Berhampur: With only a day is left for campaigning for the first-phase poll scheduled on April 11, candidates of three major political parties, the BJD, the BJP and the Congress and Independent nominees expedited their canvassing for votes across this city on Monday. BJP Berhampur Assembly candidate Kahnu Charan Pati and Lok Sabha nominee Bhrugu […]
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