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Bhubaneswar: The Congress on Wednesday slammed the State Government for failing to effect development in the agriculture sector and provide support to farmers during the last 19 years. “While more than 60 per cent of the State’s population is dependent on agriculture, the BJD Government has done little for them. Almost 4,000 farmers committed suicide […]
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Bhubaneswar: The State has collected all-time high revenue of Rs 10,294.39 crore from the mineral sector during the year 2018-19, according to the Integrated Financial Management System (IMFS) statistics. In 2017-18, generation of non-tax revenue from the mineral sector was Rs 6,130 crore. Total mineral production reached 289.55 million tonne during 2018-19 against 270.84 MT […]
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Bhubaneswar: Historian Anil Dhir, who has raised objection to a book reading session by author William Dalrymple at the Mukteswar Temple to be held on April 5, on Wednesday lodged an FIR with Old Town Police requesting the police to ensure that the proposed is not held. The Odisha Tourism is planning a book reading […]
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Bhubaneswar: As many as 35 students of DAV Public School, Chandrasekharpur; highest among all categories of school qualified in the State-level prestigious National Talent Search Examination conducted by SCERT under the aegis of NCERT, Ministry of Human Resources and Development. A total of 277 students from all categories have been selected for the final national […]
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Bhubaneswar: A woman attempted to commit suicide in front the residence of Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik alleging sexual harassment charge against BJD candidate from Udala Assembly segment Srinath Soren. The woman, a resident of Podadiha village under Kaptipada police station in Mayurbhanj district, tried to commit suicide by pouring kerosene on her body when the […]
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Bhubaneswar: The BJD on Tuesday moved the State Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) with an allegation that the BJP violated the election model code of conduct (MCC) by using voice messaging service for live speech transmission of Prime Minister Narendra Modi from Bhawanipatna in Kalahandi district. The BJD told the CEO that the mobile number 9345014501 […]
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Bhubaneswar/Berhampur: BJD president and Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik, the top star campaigner of the BJD, will take to a hectic campaigning across the State for party’s Lok Sabha and Assembly candidates, fielded to contest upcoming elections, from April 3 to 27. As only eight days is left for elections to be held in the first-phase […]
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Bhubaneswar: Senior leader Raghunath Mohanty, who resigned from the BJD on Sunday after being denied ticket, joined BJP on Tuesday and is expected to be fielded in the Assembly polls from his home turf Basta in Balasore district. The veteran leader joined the saffron party in the presence of Union Minister Dharmendra Pradhan and party […]
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Bhubaneswar: The wife and son of Patkura MLA Bed Prakash Agrawal on Tuesday met BJD president and Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik at Naveen Nivas here. Bed Prakash aged around 80 has been renominated from Patkura Assembly Constituency, but he hasn’t collected the party ticket yet due to illness. He has been admitted to a city-based […]
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Bhawanipatna: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday said that time has come for a change in Odisha. Addressing an election rally at Krishna Nagar Ground in Bhawanipatna Town in Kalahandi district, Modi lambasted the Congress and BJD and said Odisha will script history in the same manner Uttar Pradesh and Tripura did in 2017 and […]
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