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Bhubaneswar, October 12, 2017: Odisha has become the first State in the country to have formulated a Universal Eye Health Programme to keep people protected from avoidable vision related problems, and to provide comprehensive eye care to the persons of all age groups. Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik launched the programme here at a State-level function […]
Continue ReadingBhubaneswar, October 12, 2017: Railways have geared up to prevent carrying crackers in trains with the Diwali fast approaching. Carrying inflammable items during train journey is strictly prohibited and the offender may get an imprisonment up to three years. East Coast Railway (ECoR) has advised its three Divisions, Khurda Road, Sambalpur and Waltair to launch […]
Continue ReadingBhubaneswar, October 11, 2017: An earthquake of slight intensity having its magnitude 3.2 on the Richter scale occurred at 11.33 am on Wednesday with its epicentre at latitude 19.80 North and longitude 84.10 East in Kandhamal district of Odisha. No loss of life and property has been reported so far due to the low intensity […]
Continue ReadingBhubaneswar, October 11, 2017: Chief Minister and BJD president Naveen Patnaik on Wednesday accused the national parties of creating an ‘atmosphere of uncertainty’ in the country, in an apparent reference to the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). Participating at the ruling BJD’s padayatra programme here, Patnaik without taking name of any party said the prevailing atmosphere […]
Continue ReadingNew Delhi, October 11, 2017: Union Petroleum and Natural Gas Minister Dharmendra Pradhan on Wednesday launched the prepaid smart card (Retail and Fleet) for CNG consumers here. Pradhan said it will be easily available and benefit common man in saving time in transactions at the CNG stations. “This is an important step taken by GAIL […]
Continue ReadingBhubaneswar, October 10, 2017: Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Tuesday requested his Andhra Pradesh counterpart N Chandrababu Naidu to stop the ongoing Polavaram dam work immediately till issues concerning Odisha are resolved. “It is reliably learnt that construction of the Polavaram Project is going on at a rapid pace without correctly assessing the design […]
Continue ReadingBhubaneswar/Sambalpur, October 10, 2017: The Economic Offences Wing (EOW) on Tuesday arrested former Deogarh (BJD) MLA Sanjeev Kumar Pradhan on charges of misappropriation of Rs 27,01,848 meant for the people displaced due to the Rengali Multipurpose Project. According to an EOW communiqué, in 1983 the Odisha Government had acquired land in Bhatsingh mouza for construction […]
Continue ReadingBhubaneswar, October 9, 2017: The Odisha Congress on Monday took a dig at the Narendra Modi Government over a report that the company owned by Amit Shah’s son Jay Shah recorded a massive 16,000-times increase in turnover in just a year, and demanded a probe by two sitting Supreme Court judges without any further delay. […]
Continue ReadingBhubaneswar/New Delhi, October 9, 2017: The Centre on Monday told the Supreme Court that it will notify a tribunal under Inter-State River Water Disputes Act, 1956 by November 19 to resolve the Odisha-Chhattisgarh dispute over sharing of Mahanadi water. A bench comprising Justice Sharad Arvind Bobde and Justice L Nageswara Rao considered the submission of […]
Continue ReadingBhubaneswar, October 7, 2017: The Odisha Government has decided to enhance ex-gratia for human casualty caused by wild animal attacks to Rs four lakh. Currently, kin of victims of wild animal attacks are entitled to Rs three lakh as compensation. “In case of attack by wild animals, it has been decided to enhance the compensation amount […]
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