Week long Odisha MSME intl trade fair-2014 from Jan 1

Bhubaneswar: The State Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME) department will organsie a seven-day-long trade fair at IDCO exhibition ground from January 1 to 7 in the name and style of Odisha MSME International Trade Fair-2014. Large number of low cost technologies would be demonstrated in the trade fair which would be helpful for the […]

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INTACH holds seminar on potential world heritage sites in Odisha

Bhubaneswar: INTACH Odisha on Wednesday held a one day seminar on ‘The Potential World Heritage Sites in Odisha’ at the Mahabodhi Society of India Hall.    Speaking on the occasion, State Convener of INTACH,  A.B. Tripathy spoke of the potential sites in Odisha which could and should be included in the World Heritage List. He […]

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Sanskrit scholar H.K. Satapathy bags ‘Kaustubha’ award

Bhubaneswar: Renowned Sanskrit scholar and the Vice Chancellor of Central Sanskrit University, Tirupati, Prof. H.K. Satapathy conferred with the prestigious ‘Kaustubha’ award by Bharatiya Vidya Bhawan, New Delhi.    Prof Satapathy was chosen for this commented honour for his monumental contribution in enriching Sanskrit Literature by writing the epic Bharatayanam consisting a Shawl, Shriphala, Citation, […]

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Odisha farmers, ST leaders meet Union Minister V. Kishore Chandra Deo

Bhubaneswar: Farmer leaders from Odisha led by the anti corruption activist and great farmer leader Er. Debashisha Hota met the Union Tribal Affairs and Panchayati Raj Minister V. Kishore Chandra Deo along with Rajya Sabha MP AV Swamy.   The delegation urged the Minister to Include SARA and SAARA in the list of Scheduled Tribes […]

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OSDMA bags ICHL award-13 for excellence in humanitarian action

Bhubaneswar: The Indian Institute of Management (IIM), Raipur on the occasion of International Conference on Humanitarian Logistics (ICHL) 2013 conferred ICHL award 2013 for Excellence in Humanitarian Action to Odisha State Disaster Management Authority (OSDMA) in the field of disaster preparedness. The award is conferred for valuable contribution in creating greater public awareness on multi-hazard […]

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Niranjan slams Govt for surreptitious passage of Police Bill

Bhubaneswar: Former Odisha Pradesh Congress Committee President (OPCC) Niranjan Patnaik on Wednesday slammed the BJD Government for trying to get a new Police Bill passed surreptitiously without adequate public debate. The provisions of the Bill are contrary to the recommendation of the National Police Commission (NPC) and subsequent reports by expert groups as well as […]

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Soumya Ranjan slams Congress high command

— Says 5 months enough to build alternative Salepur: Taking inspiration from the spectacular performance of the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) in the Delhi Assembly elections, expelled Congress leader Soumya Ranjan Patnaik on Sunday said Ama Odisha, the political outfit recently launched by him, can do an encore in Odisha. “The performance of the AAP, […]

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Odisha AAP celebrates spectacular debut in Delhi Assembly polls

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha unit of Aam Aadmi Party on Sunday celebrated its spectacular debut in Delhi by winning 28 seats of 70 Assembly seats.    “The party’s success in Delhi elections will send a strong message to rest of the country. It proves people now want complete change in system followed by so called major […]

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Odisha SP decries poor employment facility

Bhubaneswar: Accusing the ruling BJD of failing to create jobs, the SP State unit on Saturday staged a demonstration in front of the office of the Employment Mission Director here demanding employment and provision of unemployment allowance to unemployed youth. “The State Government during 2005-06 introduced an employment mission with an aim to provide jobs […]

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Administrator appointed for BMC

Bhubaneswar: The State Government on Saturday issued notification appointing Housing and Urban Development Department (H&UD) special secretary Sisir Kumar Rath as administrator of Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC). The five year term of the current corporation will end on December 9 and the administrator will take charge of the corporation on December 10. On Friday, the […]

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