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Bhubaneswar, August 31, 2018: The State Government has constituted a committee under the chairmanship of Additional Chief Secretary (Home) to examine cases of eligible prisoners for special remission and release from jails on the occasion of the 150th birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi. Law Department Principal Secretary and ADG (Prisons) have been selected as the […]
Continue ReadingBhubaneswar, August 30, 2018: The Odisha Government has framed standard operating procedure (SOP) to prevent crime of honour killings and for effective investigation into honour killing cases. On August 28, the State Home Department has issued the SOP to the Director General of Police (DGP), ADGPs, Collectors and SP, School and Mass Education, Panchayati Raj […]
Continue ReadingBhubaneswar, August 30, 2018: For 19 years, Soumya Ranjan Mallick has lived with a blurred memory of his father and the emptiness of his absence. His father Lance Naik Sachidananda Mallick was martyred while fighting the enemy during the Kargil war on June 28, 1999. Now a student of Electrical Engineering (Fourth year) in the […]
Continue ReadingBhubaneswar, August 30, 2018: A multi-state mega mock exercise on tsunami would be held in Odisha on September 5. The Odisha government on Wednesday organized a State-level orientation programme of block level facilitator for Tsunami Mock Exercise (IOwave-18). The exercise for Indian Ocean rim countries (IOWave 18) is scheduled to be conducted on September 4 […]
Continue ReadingBhubaneswar, August 29, 2018: Prime Minister Narendra Modi is scheduled to visit Odisha on September 22. During the day-long visit, Modi is scheduled to inaugurate the much-awaited regional flight operation from Jharsuguda Airport under UDAN scheme, besides addressing a public rally at Talcher, sources said. The airport was built in an area of 909.22 acre at […]
Continue ReadingBhubaneswar, August 28, 2018: The Odisha Government hosted a project inception meeting on operational systems for integrated disaster risk management for the State on Tuesday. The Inception meeting aimed at orienting the participants about the integrated One-Stop Risk Management System at OSDMA, its process, methodology and the ways and means to strengthen OSDMA’s technical capacities […]
Continue ReadingSambalpur, August 28, 2018: As many as 25 sluice gates of the Hirakud dam were opened on Tuesday to release about 4 lakh cusec of flood water. As per information, at least 25 gates of Hirakud Dam were opened between 5-6 pm today. About 8 lakh cusec of water will flow in the Mahanadi at […]
Continue ReadingBhubaneswar, August 28, 2018: The State Government has asked the district Collectors of Mahanadi river system to remain alert as the Hirakud dam would open as many as 25 sluice gates on Tuesday evening to release about 4 lakh cusec of flood water. As per information, at least 25 gates of Hirakud Dam will be […]
Continue ReadingBhubaneswar, August 26, 2018: The Bakul Foundation as part of its My Tree Campaign on Sunday came out with a call to “Gift a plant on Raksha Bandhan and Plant your Rakhi as well” on Sunday. It has also come out with a Combo offer for those interested but not finding a way to do […]
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Bhubaneswar, August 26, 2018: The waters have receded, revealing the task ahead of Kerala to repair and rehabilitate. Power cuts,damaged roads, destroyed houses, waterlogged hospitals and people fighting trauma. A team of 25 doctors and 75 skilled workers from Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology (KIIT), Bhubaneswar have proceeded to flood-ravaged Kerala on August 22 and […]
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