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Bhubaneswar, Oct 22:  Odisha has doubled the farmers’ real income during the last decade through high value commercial activities in fishery and animal resource development sectors as revealed from the survey conducted in 2013. Secretary Fisheries and Animal Resource Development (F&ARD) appraised this in the review meeting on enhancing sea food export held under the […]

Bhubaneswar, Oct 21: Health and Family Welfare Minister Atanu Sabyasachi Nayak, who was facing flak over the SUM Hospital fire that killed 25 persons and also a series of inefficiencies involving his department, on Friday resigned from his post owing moral responsibility. The development came amid mounting pressure on Nayak to quit his post, particularly […]

Bhubaneswar, Oct 20: Founder and owner SUM Hospital Manoj Ranjan Nayak was arrested by the Commissionerate Police on Thursday after he surrendered before it in connection with deaths of 21 patients over Monday’s fire tragedy at the hospital, confirmed Commissioner of Police YB Khurania on Thursday. On Wednesday, the police issued look out circular notice […]

Bhubaneswar, Oct 19: The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) on Wednesday has taken suo motu cognizance of media reports that on the death of at least 21 persons at the SUM Hospital and Medical College in Bhubaneswar after a major fire broke out on Monday evening and served a notice to the Chief Secretary. The […]

Bhubaneswar, Oct 18: The Commissionerate Police on Tuesday evening arrested four Institute of Medical Sciences and SUM Hospital officials, including its superintendent on the charges of negligence in conduct and safety that caused of the major fire in the hospital on Monday evening killing 20 persons. The Khandagiri Police arrested hospital superintendent Pusparaj Samantasinghar, ex-Executive […]

Bhubaneswar, Oct 18: As Diwali just a few days away, Railways have geared up their machinery to prevent carrying crackers in passengers and Mail/Express trains. Carrying inflammable items in train journey is strictly prohibited. East Coast Railway (ECoR) has formed a special squad to keep a strict vigil on carrying inflammable items in trains for […]

Bhubaneswar, Oct 18: The Siksha ‘O’ Anusandhan University, which runs the Institute of Medical Sciences and Sum Hospital, on Tuesday announced an ex-gratia of Rs 5 lakh each to the victims’ families. “The hospital authorities and the management have decided to extend an ex-gratia of Rs 5 lakh to the family of each deceased,” said […]

Bhubaneswar, Oct 18: Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Tuesday visited patients at AMRI and AIIMS Hospitals who were admitted there after being evacuated from SUM Hospital after a major fire broke out there on Monday evening and enquired about their wellbeing. So far 20 patients have been died due to the fire. “Deeply grieved by […]

Bhubaneswar, Oct 17: Uber, the smartphone app that has transformed the way people move around in cities, on Monday launched inter-city services between Bhubaneswar and Cuttack. On opening the app, riders who are going to travel between the two cities, riders can slide to the new view ‘BBSR to Cuttack’ or ‘Cuttack to BBSR’ accordingly. […]

Bhubaneswar, Oct 17: Oral cancer being the thrust area at the SOA University-run Institute of Dental Sciences, its Dean Prof. Neeta Mohanty was invited as a speaker at the World Congress on Advances in Oncology and International Symposium on Molecular Medicine at Athens recently. Prof Mohanty, who was the only speaker from India in the […]