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Sambalpur: The Water Initiatives Odisha (WIO) on Tuesday termed the recent decision of the Odisha Government permitting Posco to draw water from Mahanadi and Hansua rivers as ‘illegal,’ ‘corrupt’ and ‘unfortunate’ and demanded fresh environmental impact assessments (EIA) and public hearing. “How can the Odisha government give permission to Posco taking a deviation from the […]
Continue ReadingDhamra (Bhadrak): To mark the date of commencement of its commercial operations, the Dhamra Port on Tuesday celebrated the occasion as Productivity Day. On May 6, 2011 the deep sea modern port had started its commercial operations. The major attraction of the Productivity Day celebrations was the opening of productivity exhibition stalls to showcase and […]
Continue ReadingCuttack/Bhubaneswar: With an aim to bring a smile on the faces of hundreds of children from the tribal belt of Odisha and to request everyone to come together and work towards the betterment of these kids, Kings XI Punjab has associated with the Kalinga Institute of Social Sciences (KISS), Bhubaneswar to bring a total of […]
Continue ReadingBhubaneswar: A charter flight carrying a group of 12 members (passengers) and three crew members from Spain landed here at the Biju Patnaik International Airport on Saturday marking the first International operation from the Airport after its declaration as an International Airport. The Charter was originated from Spain and reached Bhubaneswar on Saturday via Jaipur, […]
Continue ReadingBhubaneswar: SAAT-2014, the national-level test for admission of students into different courses run by eight institutes under the SOA University here, will be held at over 60 centres spread across 40 cities in the country on May 10. The test for admission into various programs in undergraduate and post-graduate courses will be held in 18 […]
Continue ReadingBhubaneswar: The Central Electricity Supply Utility (CESU) has introduced online payment of electricity bill for its consumers to get them freed from standing in the long queues, to save their valuable time and the risk of cash handling. CESU is providing services to around 18 lakh customers in nine districts in Odisha. The details regarding […]
Continue ReadingBhubaneswar: Governor and Chancellor of Universities SC Jamir on Friday appointed Prof Prafulla Kumar Mishara as the Vice-Chancellor of the North Odisha University. Prof Mishra is currently holding the post of Director of National Mission of Manuscripts in New Delhi. Till recently, Prof Mishra was in the Utkal University as PG Council Chairman. He is […]
Continue ReadingBhubaneswar: The Samajwadi Party State committee on Tuesday demanded enhancement of compensation amount for sunstroke and heat wave victims from Rs 10,000 to Rs 1.5 lakh. In a letter to Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik party State committee president Rabi Behera urged him to consider the issue as soon as possible. The Chief Minister may seek […]
Continue ReadingBhubaneswar: The Odisha State Co-operative Bank Limited (OSCBL) has set a target to dole out a total of Rs 8,000 crore as short-term crop loans during the current fiscal 2014-15. The targeted amount is 13 per cent increase in comparison to last year’s loan amount of the same category. The bank has also decided to […]
Continue ReadingBhubaneswar: Around 40 participants from DAS-India comprising village hygiene promoters, social mobilisers and Water Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) committee honed skills on usage of safe and protected water, safe disposal of human excreta, personal hygiene-hand washing, food hygiene, safe disposal of solid waste, safe disposal of liquid waste, Diarrhoea and treatment practice here at a […]
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