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Bhubaneswar, Nov 4: Odisha  Government on Friday welcomed the GST Council’s decision for adopting zero tax rate on common food items and reducing tax rate from six to five per cent by the GST Council. Patnaik also hailed the decision to recommend compensation by the Central Government to the States on implementation of GST with […]

Bhubaneswar, Nov 4: Unidentified burglars broke open two ATMs in Bhadrak on Thursday night and decamped with over 30 lakh cash. The miscreants cut open the ATMs using gas cutters. Bhadrak police have formed special teams to trace and nab the culprits. The miscreants looted two ATMs of Axis and ICICI Bank situated at Randhia […]

Bhubaneswar, Nov 3:  Sunil Kumar Mishra on Thursday took oath as new State Chief Information Commissioner here. Governor SC Jamir administered the oath to Mishra in the presence of Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik, chief secretary AP Padhi and many other dignitaries at the Raj Bhavan. A former director general of income tax, Mishra succeeded former […]

Bhubaneswar, Nov 3: The SOA University on Thursday paid ex-gratia of Rs 5 lakh each to the next of kin of three persons who had lost their lives in the fire accident at the Institute of Medical Sciences and SUM Hospital here on October 17. The three deceased persons whose families were paid the ex-gratia […]

Bhubaneswar, Nov 3: A five-member Assessment Team from International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) consisting of wild life scientists, environment specialists and eco-spot experts would visit Bhitarkanika sanctuary on Friday to assess the eco-site from various aspects. The team would visit the sanctuary after it was nominated as one of the nine natural eco […]

Bhubaneswar, Nov 3: The Frozen Semen Bank (FSB) located at Khapuria, Cuttack has been ranked as ‘A’ Grade after evaluation by Central Monitoring Unit (CMU). Recently, evaluation report for the year 2015-16 has been published. All together, 56 semen stations exist in the country. As per the evaluation, 32 stations have got Grade A, 15 […]

Bhubaneswar, Nov 3: Chief Secretary-headed State Level Committee (SLC) on Thursday granted in-principle approval to the State’s maiden private industrial park to be set up by Gitanjali Gems Limited at Ramdaspur in Cuttack district. The total investment envisaged in this private industrial park spread over 100 acres is approximately Rs 700 crore over the next […]

Bhubaneswar, Nov 3: The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has issued conditional summon to Kalahandi Collector-cum-District Magistrate (DM) to appear in person over non-compliance of its direction involving financial compensation to the next of the kin of a deceased tribal girl student. It was alleged that on August 29, 2012, a tribal girl Kuni Majhi […]

Bhubaneswar, Nov 1: Free Wi-Fi service at the Cuttack railway station was inaugurated by local MP and Railway Convention Committee Chairperson Bhartruhari Mahtab on Tuesday in the presence of Divisional Railway Manager, Khurda Road Devraj Panda. As part of an ambitious project towards the Digital India initiative by the Indian Railways, provision of Wi-Fi services […]

Bhubaneswar, Oct 28: The JICA-assisted Odisha Integrated Sanitation Improvement Project works in the twin city of Cuttack and Bhubaneswar have been fastened within last three months, taking the achievement up to 42 percent in physical progress of the project, claimed the State Government on Friday. The progress was achieved following the orders of the Chief […]