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Thaawar Chand Gehlot Reiterates his assurance for three units of national institutes for PWDs Bhubaneswar, Aug 26: Union Minister for Social Justice and Empowerment Thaawar Chand Gehlot on Tuesday said that his Ministry would conduct a nationwide survey next month to identify Persons with Disabilities (PWDs) for issuing them Universal Identity Cards (UIC). “The nationwide […]
Continue ReadingBhubaneswar, Aug 25: The Odisha Government on Monday demanded that the Union Government set up of regional centres of three national level institutes like Regional Centers of National Institute for Empowerment of Persons with Multiple Disabilities (NIEPMD) located at Chennai, National Institute for Mentally Retarded (NIMR) at Secunderabad and National Institute of Visually Handicapped (NIVH), […]
Continue ReadingBhubaneswar, Aug 25: Though late, the Congress has shown interest to keep up its tradition to find out what caused massive failure for the party in the general elections in Odisha. The brainstorming will be on August 27 and 28. “The AICC general secretary and in-charge of State party affairs BK Hariprasad and his deputy […]
Continue ReadingBhubaneswar, Aug 25: Union Tribal Affairs Minister Jual Oram on Monday slammed the Odisha Government alleging that that it is doing little for development of the farmers’ community, which constitutes 80 per cent of the State’s population. “The plights of the farmers in the State are worsening day by the day sans the State Government’s […]
Continue ReadingBhubaneswar, Aug 24: Two TV journalists sustained severe injuries after a mob of around 30 persons attacked them suddenly with iron rods, bhujali and other weapons while they were collecting reports here near KIIT University on Sunday. The mob also damaged their Maruti Omni Van completely. Following the attack, a large number of journalists blocked […]
Continue ReadingLaxmanananda Saraswati Phulbani, Aug 24: Peeved over alleged delay in the arrest of culprits in the killing of Swami Laxmananda Saraswati, Viswa Hindu Parisad (VHP) Phulbani unit leaders on Saturday demanded Narco analysis test of former Parliament member Radhakant Naik and Archbishop Raphael Cheenath for their alleged involvement in the murder Swami six years ago. […]
Continue ReadingBhubaneswar, Aug 22: The Biju Patnaik International Airport (BPIA), Bhubaneswar on Friday organised a workshop on ‘Soft skills and better communication, in order to make all the concessionaries and stakeholders associated with Bhubaneswar airport to help them understand the customer psyche in a better fashion. Inaugurating the workshop BPIA Director Sharad Kumar said the workshop […]
Continue ReadingBhubaneswar, Aug 22: Indian charted accountants are in good demand in Gulf countries, besides in the West Asian countries, Australia and Singapore. Nearly 50 per cent of the charted accountants working in Gulf regions are Indian, said Institute of Charted Accountants of India (ICAI) president K Raghu here on Friday. Speaking at the inaugural function […]
Continue ReadingCM Naveen Patnaik presenting free laptops. (File Photo) Bhubaneswar, Aug 22: Around 15,000 meritorious Plus Two pass students, including 5,000 belonging to tribal and Dalit category, would get free laptops under the Biju Yuva Sashaktikaran Yojana this year, sources said. The Higher Education Department has asked the Council of Higher Secondary Education (CHSE) to give […]
Continue ReadingBhubaneswar, Aug. 21: Odisha Panchayati raj and Law Minister Arun Sahu on Wednesday called upon the students of SOA University here to be good leaders in all fields including politics and business. “Able leadership is the need of the hour in all fields including politics and business. It’s time that students should realize the importance […]
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