Rs 100-cr corpus to boost infra in schools

Bhubaneswar, November 14: With an aim to boost infrastructures in schools across the State, Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Tuesday announced ‘Mo School’ programme with an initial corpus of Rs 100 crore by involving former students. “Mo School platform will promote and facilitate volunteerism to give back to the alma mater. It will focus on […]

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CM seeks PM’s intervention for interest incentive of 3% in crop loan conversion

Bhubaneswar, November 13, 2017: Maintaining that his Government has already initiated   proactive measures to provide relief to the farming community suffering from the crop loss promptly, Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Monday sought Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s intervention to keep interest rate on Medium Term (Conversion) loans at par with the crop loans. The CM […]

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Woman arrested for cheating flat buyers of nearly Rs 3 crore

Bhubaneswar, November 13, 2017: The Economic Offences Wing (EOW) of the State Crime Branch on Monday arrested Nirupama Sundaray, director of Arundhati Infratech, for allegedly cheating flat buyers of nearly Rs 3 crore. She is booked under Section 467/468/471/120-B/406 IPC r/w Sec.6 of OPID Act, 2011. She was forwarded to the Designated Court under OPID […]

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INTACH to document the heritage of the Prachi Valley

Bhubaneswar November, 12, 2017: The Indian National Trust for Art and Cultural Heritage (INTACH) has launched a project titled “Documenting the Monuments of the Prachi Valley” on Sunday. The project was started from the Bakreswar Temple in Bhinjarpur near Bhubaneswar on Saturday. Similar to early civilizations like the Aryan, Egyptian, Babylonian and Assyrian, the Prachi […]

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Never forget mother, mother tongue, motherland, guru: Naidu tells students

Bhubaneswar, November 11, 2017: Advising students to remember four things- mother, mother tongue, motherland and guru- in life Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu on Saturday asked students to develop the ability to adapt to the rapidly-changing work environment and strive to be the best in their chosen fields. “Never forget mother, mother tongue and motherland. […]

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‘Sudakhya’ to empower women through technical training

Bhubanswar, November 10, 2017: Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Friday launched ‘Sudakhya programme’- an initiative to empower women through technical training.  “Our Government has taken a decision to increase women trainees’ strength in ITIs from 7% to 30% within the next two years. Sudakhya will strive to encourage and facilitate skills training in Government ITIs […]

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Pest attack: Rs 137.51 crore agriculture input subsidy released

Bhubaneswar, November 10, 2017: Crops across 128319 hectares in 8,092 villages in 24 districts have been damaged due to pest attack and Rs 137.51 crore has been released towards agriculture input subsidy in Odisha. “Twenty four out of 30 districts have reported crop damage due to pest attack and the remaining six districts namely, Balasore, […]

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Sharecroppers to get agriculture input subsidy

Bhubaneswar, November 9, 2017: All farmers, including sharecroppers affected by pest attack would be provided with agriculture input subsidy. The State Government will distribute agriculture input subsidy and has acknowledged the role of sharecroppers for the first time in the farm sector. Special Relief Commissioner Bishnupada Sethi on Thursday instructed the all the district Collectors […]

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900 GST Suvidha Kendras to come up in Odisha

Bhubaneswar, November 9, 2017: Union Tribal Affairs Minister Jual Oram on Thursday inaugurated Venvik GST Suvidha Kendra in Bhubaneswar. With the inauguration in the State capital, more than 150 Venvik Suvidha Kendras were opened across the State also. Nearly 900 GST Suvidha Kendras will be opened in the State by January next year. These Kendras […]

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