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Bhubaneswar: Development Commissioner-cum-Additional Chief Secretary (Home) Asit Tripathy on Thursday launched the student police cadet (SPC) programme at the Unit-III Capital High School here. The programme was introduced in 40 schools across the State. Director General of Police (DGP) Dr Rajendra Prasad Sharma was also present. The facility, comprising 44 students in each cadet, including […]
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Bhubaneswar: Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Monday wrote to Union Railways Minister Piyush Goyal for realignment of Jaleswar-Digha Broad Gauge Rail Project sanctioned in 2011-12 under South Eastern Railways. The construction for the same is yet to start because of land acquisition issues in West Bengal. The realigned line will pass through pilgrim and tourism […]
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Bhubaneswar: The Ama Gaon Ama Bikash (Our Village Our Development), programme has attained the milestone of taking rural transformation to all 314 blocks of the State. Started on March 5, 2018, the programme, perceived to be Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik’s grassroots connect exercise through videoconferencing, has reached as many as 6,798 Gram Panchayats and resulted […]
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Bhubaneswar: In order to provide a faster connectivity between State capital Bhubaneswar and district headquarters across the State, Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Friday flagged off Odisha State Road Transport Corporation’s (OSRTC) AC bus services “Rajdhani” bus service. The service will connect State capital Bhubaneswar to various district headquarters across Odisha with AC bus services. […]
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Bhubaneswar: Around 200 scientists, academicians, operational researchers, planners and stakeholders at different levels coming from across the globe will attend an international conference on thunderstorm lightning in tropics (ICTLT) starting from Thursday at the SOA University here. Official statistics over the last five decades revealed that lightning caused around 3,000 deaths in the country annually […]
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Bhubaneswar: A national conference on Arts, Recreation and Rights of Persons with Disabilities here. Nearly 150 dignitaries from across the country took part in the conference. Women and Child Development and Social Security and Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities Minister Prafulla Samal inaugurated the programme organised by Aaina, a State-based organisation promoting the rights of […]
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Bolangir (Odisha): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday criticised the State Government for not utilising in the District Mineral Foundation (DMF) fund and asked the Government not to keep it for upcoming elections. “There is Rs 4000 crore in District Mineral Foundation (DMF) Fund in Odisha. But money remains unspent for welfare of people in […]
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Bhubaneswar: Taking a serious note of a minor girl delivering a baby in a State-run tribal residential in Kandhamal district on Saturday, the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) on Monday issued a notice to the Chief Secretary. The commission called for a detailed report in the matter within four weeks regarding action taken against the […]
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Bhubaneswar: An International Conference on Thunderstorm and Lightning in Tropics (ICTLT-2019) will be held in Bhubaneswar from January 17 to 19. It will provide an excellent platform for networking of scientists, academicians, operational researchers, planners, extension personnel and different levels of stake holders to share their views and expertise through close interaction. It will also […]
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Bhubaneswar: Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Saturday hiked monthly remuneration of Anganwadi workers and helpers ahead of the Assembly and Lok Sabha elections. Nearly 1.45 lakh workers and helpers would be benefited. While Anganwadi workers would now get Rs 7,500 per month against the Rs 6,000 while mini-Anganwadi workers would receive Rs 5375 against Rs 4125 […]
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