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Bhubaneawar, May 15: Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Monday flagged off the maiden flight from Bhubaneswar to Dubai at the Biju Patnaik International Airport here. “Global connectivity is a key driver of overall developments – be it industrial development, facilitating investments, promoting tourism or establishing communication for the Odia Diaspora residing outside India,” said Patnaik. […]
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Bhubaneawar, May 15: Direct flight service between Bhubaneawar and Dubai will be launched on Monday at the Biju Patnaik International Airport here. IndiGo’s Airbus-320 will operate from here thrice a week. The much-awaited flight will open the gateway to south-east Asian countries. On April 1, on the occasion of Utkal Divas – the foundation day […]
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Jharsuguda, May 13: BJD’s Dipali Das on Saturday won the Jharsuguda Assembly bypoll by defeating her nearest rival, Tankadhar Tripathy of the BJP, by over 48,000 votes. While Dipali got more than 1.07 lakh votes, the BJP got 58,000 and Congress finished a distant third with 4,400 votes. The by-election was necessitated following the murder […]
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Bhubaneswar, May 12: State Assembly Speaker Bikram Keshari Arukha and two other Ministers – Samir Ranjan Dash and Srikanta Sahu – of State Council of Ministers resigned in quick succession on Friday evening, giving rise to speculation that Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik may undertake a reshuffle of his Council soon. Speculation is rife that Naveen, […]
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Bhubaneswar, May 11: Biju Janata Dal (BJD) president and Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Thursday put to rest all speculation of his party joining the third front which is being spearheaded by Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar. Speaking to reporters after his meeting with Prime Minister Narendra Modi in New Delhi, Patnaik, when asked […]
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Bhubaneswar, May 9: As many as 51,260 fake SIM cards issued by different Telecom operators have been disconnected, said an official release. The Department of Telecommunication has conceptualised and implemented an Artificial Intelligence-based facial recognition tool called ASTR for Telecom SIM Subscriber Verification with a vision to analyze, identify and weed out fake/forged, non-bonafide mobile […]
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Bhubaneawar, May 8: The Odisha Government will carry out a drive in all blocks across the State to ensure inclusion of all the left-out beneficiaries under Krushak Assistance for Livelihood and Income Augmentation (KALIA). Decision to this effect was taken in a review meeting on implementation of KALIA scheme in the State, chaired by Agriculture […]
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Bhubaneswar, May 8: The State Level Single Window Clearance Authority (SLSWCA) headed by Chief Secretary Pradeep Jena on Monday approved proposals of 11 industrial projects worth Rs 2840.73 crore that would generate 3,721 employment opportunities for the people of Odisha. Nine of the total 11 these proposals converted from the companies participated at Make in […]
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Bhubaneswar, May 8: The first meeting of the expert committee to promote seamless inter-mandi and inter-State trade of agricultural produce through the conceptualization and implementation of Market Yard of National Importance (MNI) held in Bengaluru on Monday. “It has been decided to implement MNI in Odisha for Cotton, Maize, Ginger and Chilly market yards in […]
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Bhubaneswar, May 8: A low pressure area has formed over Southeast Bay of Bengal and adjoining South Andaman Sea at 8.30 AM on Monday. “It is likely to intensify into a depression on 9th May over the same region and further into a cyclonic storm over southeast Bay of Bengal and adjoining areas of East […]
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