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Bhubaneswar, November 7, 2017: Underlining focus on protecting and nurturing Mahanadi river for the future, the Odisha Government has decided to launch a massive plantation drive along the length and breadth of the river. Mahanadi runs around 500km in the State. The initiative is to help retain water in the riverbed and recharge groundwater. More […]
Continue ReadingJaga with his mother Bhubaneswar, November 7, 2017: Jaga, one of the conjoined twins from Odisha whose heads were separated on October 26 at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) here, is showing remarkable improvement, even as his twin brother Kalia continues to be in the ICU with doctors saying his outcome is […]
Continue ReadingBhubaneswar, November 6, 2017: Odisha Government on Monday announced a package for farmers sustaining crop loss due to pest attack in the Khariff season 2017. Revenue and Disaster Management Minister Maheswar Mohanty said that agriculture input subsidy will be provided to the small and marginal farmers who have sustained crop loss of 33% and above […]
Continue ReadingBhubaneswar, November 6, 2017: Claiming that demonetisation has failed to meet people’s expectations, the ruling Biju Janata Dal (BJD) in Odisha on Monday announced that it will not commemorate November 8, the first anniversary of demonetisation, as ‘Anti-Black Money Day’ (Kala Dhan Virodh Diwas) as planned by BJP-led NDA Government at the Centre. BJD president […]
Continue ReadingCuttack, November 3, 2017: Director General of Police (DGP) Dr Rajendra Prasad Sharma on Friday launched the citizen centric mobile application (Mobile app), of Rourkela Police. Inaugurating the app, a platform connecting the police with citizens, through videoconferencing at the State police headquarters here, Dr Sharma said the new facility will connect the citizens of […]
Continue ReadingBhubaneswar, November 3, 2017: Jaga, one of the conjoined twins from Odisha whose heads were separated on October 26 at the AIIMS, New Delhi, was shifted to private ward from the ICU in the sign of improvement of his health condition. He was taken off the ventilator on Wednesday, even his twin brother Kalia continue […]
Continue ReadingBhubaneswar, November 2, 2017: Odisha Skill Development Authority (OSDA) and the ITE Education Services (ITEES), Singapore on Thursday signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for collaboration on “Skill Development in Odisha”. As part of the collaboration, 100 Government ITI teachers would be trained at ITE Singapore in 2018. The MoU is a landmark initiative by […]
Continue ReadingMalkangiri, November 1, 2017: Two children miraculously escaped from attack of a crocodile even as the 12-feet reptile entered their house in Munusa village under Hindrimal panchayat in Malkangiri district late on Tuesday night. According to reports, the crocodile entered inside the house of one Dasirathi Padiami while he and his wife were asleep along […]
Continue ReadingBhubaneswar, October 31, 2017: Odisha Health Minister Pratap Jena will visit AIIMS, New Delhi to inquire the health condition of Kandhamal’s conjoined twins Jaga and Kalia, who were successfully separated on Wednesday after a marathon surgery that lasted around 16 hours on October 25. “I will visit AIIMS tomorrow. I will hold discussion with the […]
Continue ReadingBhubaneswar, October 31, 2017: Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Tuesday announced that Odisha Government will renovate the century-old dilapidated house of Assamese litterateur Lakshminath Bezbaroa at Sambalpur and convert it into a memorial. Patnaik’s announcement has put to rest speculations regarding any possible demolition of the heritage residence of pioneering Assamese litterateur “Sahityarathi” Lakshminath […]
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