President Droupadi Murmu on 3-day visit to Odisha from Wednesday

Bhubaneswar, July 24: President Droupadi Murmu will arrive in Bhubaneswar on Tuesday on a three-day visit to Odisha. According to President’s Secretariat, in the evening of July 25 (Tuesday), the President will interact with a group of medical students sponsored by ATUT-BANDHAN family and lay the foundation stone for a new building block of Odisha […]

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Odisha: Hirakud dam releases season’s first floodwater

Sambalpur, July 23: The season’s first floodwater was released from Hirakud dam on Sunday at 9 AM. The dam authorities released the floodwater from sluice gate no. 7 of the left dyke. And four more gates were opened in a phased manner to release the excess water. Now, excess water is being released through five […]

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Odisha: Welfare Extension Officers join SC & ST Development Dept

Bhubaneswar, July 21: As many as 129 Welfare Extension Officers joined the State ST & SC Development Department on Friday at the Nijukti Parva organised at the convention centre of Lok Seva Bhawan here. Speaking on the occasion, Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik advised the new officers to be proactive in ensuring the services reach the […]

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Cabinet nod to Odisha Semiconductor Manufacturing & Fabless Policy

Bhubaneswar, July 21: The State Cabinet headed by Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Friday approved the Odisha Semiconductor Manufacturing and Fabless Policy to facilitate investors to enter into manufacturing of Semiconductor/Electronic Chips in Odisha. Under the policy, at least one Semiconductor Manufacturing Unit and 100 Fabless design companies will be set up in Odisha. They […]

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Odisha inks MoU with TBI for successful delivery of overall economic agenda

Bhubaneswar, July 21: A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed between the Government of Odisha and Tony Blair Institute for Global Change (TBI) on Friday. As part of this understanding, TBI will provide advisory support to the Government to enable it to successfully deliver on its overall economic agenda. The agreement was signed in the […]

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Four NH projects passing through Dhenkanal district delayed: Gadkari

Bhubaneswar, July 20: At least four National Highway (NH) projects passing through Dhenkanal district are delayed mainly due to delay in land acquisition, forest clearance and slow performance of contractor. This information was given by the Union Minister of Road Transport and Highways, Nitin Gadkari in a written reply to the Lok Sabha on Thursday. […]

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OMC pays Rs 1,420 crore as dividend to Odisha Govt

Bhubaneswar, July 19: The State-run Odisha Mining Corporation (OMC) paid a dividend of Rs 1,420 crore to the State Government for the Financial Year 2022-23 here on Wednesday. Steel and Mines Minister Prafulla Kumar Mallik handed over a cheque of Rs 1,420 crore to Chief Minister of Naveen Patnaik. The OMC, one of the largest […]

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No Nepal Kasturi for Puri Jagannath Temple

Anil Dhir Bhubaneswar, July 19: In 2013, just prior to the Rath Yatra, the Sankaracharya of Gobardhan Peeth, Swami Nischalananda Saraswati, had written a letter to the Central Government, requesting to intervene and press officials in Nepal to provide musk (Kasturi) needed for the worship of LordJagannath and His siblings. Kasturi, a substance collected from […]

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Alok Bohra new ECoR Principal Chief Security Commissioner 

Bhubaneswar, July 17: Senior Indian Railway Protection Force (IRPF) officer Alok Bohra has taken over the charge of Principal Chief Security Commissioner (PCSC) of the East Coast Railway (ECoR), recently, said an official release. According to an ECoR statement, Bohra, the 1997-batch IRPF Services officer was working as the General Manager (A&S) in Mumbai Railway […]

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Odisha State Agricultural Marketing Board bags SKOCH AWARD 2023

Bhubaneswar, July 17: The Odisha State Agricultural Marketing (OSAM) Board bagged the SKOCH AWARD 2023 for eNAM in Silver Category Agriculture. The Board under the administrative control of the Cooperation Department has achieved the new height in the cooperative sector with successful on-boarding of all 66 Regulated Marking Committees (RMCs) of the State in the […]

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