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Bhubaneswar: A day after four police personnel sustained critical injuries as they were allegedly attacked by a group of miscreants inside the Saheed Nagar Police Station here, Commissioner of Police Satyajit Mohanty on Monday said that these kinds of activities won’t be tolerated at any cost. He said that all the miscreants involved in the […]
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Highlights Odisha Governor Prof Ganeshi Lal on Saturday appointed former Chief Justice of Gauhati High Court Ajit Singh as the first Lokayukta of Odisha. Earlier on February 12, a seven-member search committee had unanimously finalised Justice Singh’s name at a meeting presided over by its chairperson and Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik. The office of the […]
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Berhampur: The Berhampur Municipal Corporation (BeMC) is organising a two-month orientation for nearly 1,600 Women Self-Help Groups (SHGs) members on the complete value chain of Faecal Sludge and Septage Management (FSSM). The move is aimed at making them sanitation champions. The two-month orientation will cover over 1600 women SHGs under the National Urban Livelihood Mission […]
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Bhubaneswar: Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Saturday flagged off mobile vision centres in 10 districts of Odisha to provide advanced eye treatment to the remotest. As part of SUNETRA programme, at least 53 permanent vision centres have been set up so far in 18 districts in the State. On the occasion, the Chief Minister said […]
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Bhubaneswar: The BJD on Saturday staged a demonstration in front of the East Coast Railway (ECoR) headquarters here protesting the NDA Government at the Centre over its decision to take away Waltair division from ECoR to create a new zone for Andhra Pradesh. The regional party accused the BJP of hatching a conspiracy to destroy […]
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Lanjigarh: Under Vedanta Lanjigarh’s Swachhta Project, a total of 15 villages under two gram panchayats in Kalahandi district were declared open defecation free (ODF). The nine villages under Baterlima Gram Panchayat include Baterlima, Belamba, Boringpadar, Parbatipur, Banipanga, Kapaguda, Kutendali, Rasbundel and Turiguda wherein a total of 453 households have become ODF while 542 households have […]
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Jharsuguda: Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Friday dedicated to the State the Rs 15,000 crore thermal power project of Odisha Power Generation Corporation Limited (OPGC) at Banharpali, Jharsuguda. The project is part of the company’s expansion at Ib Valley. With state-of-the-art tech and output of 1,320 mega watt (MW), it’s the largest thermal power generation […]
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By Anil Dhir It was not sheer apathy; rather it was an intelligent disinterest in the affairs of the State. The enormity of the fore-coming doom was just not comprehended by the officials. A stark example of the lack of empathy is an incident that occurred in Puri in the early days of the Na […]
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Bhubaneswar: Energy Minister Sushant Singh on Friday said that there won’t be any power cuts in the State this summer as an additional 1,320 Mega Watt (MW) electricity facility was launched on Friday at Ib Thermal Power Station at Banharpali in Jharsuguda district. Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik inaugurated the 2 x 660 MW Unit-3 and […]
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Ganjam: Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Thursday inaugurated two new berths of Gopalpur Port and laid foundation for major projects like expansion of Harbhangi Irrigation Project, piped water supply projects in two blocks and a bridge over Baghua River in Ganjam district. As part of his whirlwind tour across the State ahead of the elections […]
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