JE virus: Dead baby’s mother files police plaint against Odisha CM

Malkangiri, Oct 14: Even as the death toll due to Japanese Encephalitis mounted to 52 with two fresh deaths reported at the Malkangiri District Headquarters Hospital (DHH) on Friday, a police complaint was filed against Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik and several other Ministers for their alleged negligence in tackling the disease in Malkangiri. One Ure […]

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Odisha aims Rs 20,000 crore seafood exports in five years

Rs 5,000 aid per annum to fishermen during fishing ban Bhubaneswar, Oct 14: Odisha has aimed to increase its sea food exports to Rs 20,000 crore from the State per annum in the next five years, said Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik while speaking at a workshop on ‘Seafood Export: Prospects and Challenges’ here on Friday. […]

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Just 4 councillors, yet BJP gets Dhenkanal civic body chief post

Dhenkanal, Oct 13: With only four BJP councillors out of the total of 23, the saffron party on Thursday claimed the Dhenkanal Municipality Chairman post after party candidate Sudhanshu Dalei was elected through lottery after the voting ended in a tie. On August 1, Indramani Behera of BJD who was the Chairman of the civic […]

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Mahanadi row: Cong team meets Prez, pleads to safeguard Odisha interest

Bhubaneswar, Oct 13: A State Congress delegation led by Leader of Opposition in the Assembly Narasingha Mishra on Thursday met President Pranab Mukherjee and sought his intervention in the Mahanadi water dispute issue and pleaded to safeguard the interest of the people of Odisha. The opposition party MLAs called on the President at a time […]

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Nalco records impressive performance in 1st half of 2016-17

Bhubaneswar, Oct 13: National Aluminium Company Limited (Nalco), the Navratna PSU under the Union Mines Ministry has put up an impressive performance in the first half of 2016-17 fiscal. According to a Nalco press release, in production front, while the bauxite mining was up 23.6% at 35.08 lakh tonnes, as compared to the corresponding six […]

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National seismic programme launched in Odisha

Bhubaneswar, Oct 13: Union Petroleum and Natural Gas Minister Dharmendra Pradhan on Wednesday inaugurated the National seismic programe (NSP) at Taranga in Baleswar district in the presence of Odisha Steel and Mines Minister Prafulla Kumar Mallick. The NSP aims to undertake a fresh appraisal in all sedimentary basins across India, especially where no/scanty data is […]

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ECoR plans massive ticket check drive

Bhubaneswar, October 8: The East coast Railway (ECoR) have started a drive to check without ticket/irregular ticket travel by trains in its jurisdiction. Massive ticket checking drives involving Commercial Ticket Checking Staff as well as Railway Protection Force (RPF) are being conducted on all sections of three Railway Divisions on a regular basis. In September […]

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State Plan spending 42% at Rs 19,000 cr by Sept-end

Bhubaneswar, Oct 7: The current financial year’s total State Plan budget utilisation by September-end has crossed Rs 19,000 crore, thereby marking a growth of 26 per cent more than that of the corresponding period of FY 2015-16. This was revealed at an all-Secretaries’ meeting held under the chairmanship of Chief Secretary Aditya Prasad Padhi at […]

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