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Bhubaneswar, Oct 7: The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has directed the Odisha Government to make adequate arrangement for cleaning the class room of the schools and asked not to deploy students for cleaning the class room. The rights panel also issued show-cause notice to the Chief Secretary seeking reply within six weeks, as to […]

Bhubaneswar, Oct 6: Concerned over the rising death toll due to the deadly Japanese Encephalitis (JE) in Malkangiri district, senior BJP leader and Union Petroleum and Natural Gas Minister Dharmendra Pradhan on Thursday met Union Health Minister JP Nadda in New Delhi and sought his immediate intervention to tackle the situation. “The disease has assumed […]

Bhubaneswar, Oct 6: Over 600 software IT professions across the country would attend the TechBhubaneswar, the first ever software conference in eastern India on October 16. The main objective is to create a platform for tech community to share knowledge and develop connections at Bhubaneswar TechBhubaneswar, inspired by Mindfire will provide platform for knowledge sharing […]

Bhubaneswar, Oct 1: The Economic Offences Wing (EOW) of the Crime Branch has arrested one Somanath Adhikari in connection with two bank fraud cases worth Rs 7 crore. He was arrested from Delhi Airport on Thursday by a special EOW team. He was produced in a local court here on Saturday. In both the cases […]

Bhubaneswar, Oct 1: Senior Congress leader and Leader of Opposition in the State Assembly Narasingha Mishra on Saturday urged Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik and Director General of Police (DGP) KB Singh to protect the people of Belbahali locality, where a bridge is proposed to constructed over river Kusei, and to ensure their freedom of movement […]

Bhubaneswar, Oct 1: Essar Power Ltd (EPoL) announced that it has completed Phase I (2×30 MW) of the 120 MW Paradip Power Plant following the synchronisation of the 30 MW second unit with Odisha grid on September 28. With this milestone, Essar Power’s installed capacity now stands at 4,705 MW. The 120 MW imported coal […]

Bhubaneswar, Sep 30: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Friday moved court seeking permission to attach the Seashore Group’s properties worth Rs 9.60 crore here, sources said. The ED, , probing the multi-crore chit fund scam, formally approached the Khurda District and Sessions Judge Court to this effect to attach two plots in Bhubaneswar and Angul […]

Bhubaneswar, Sep 30: The National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (Nabard) had extended financial assistance to the tune of Rs 8,400 crore to Odisha during 2015-16.  The Nabard provided funds for lending to farmers, construction of rural infrastructure like roads and bridges and irrigation structures. During the current year, the Nabard has set a […]

Bhubaneswar, Sep 30: S Nayak, Commissioner of Railway Safety, South Eastern Circle, Kolkata under Ministry of Civil Aviation will hold a statutory inquiry into Thursday’s train accident at the Kathajodi station near Cuttack which left two dead and many injured. The inquiry will commence from on Monday at 10 am at Officers Rest House, East […]

Cuttack, Sep 29: Odisha on Thursday sought central force for the smooth celebration of Durga Puja, which coincides with the Muharram. Keeping in view several incidents of communal tension witnessed during the recent Ganesh Puja in Balasore, Rourkela and Kendrapara, DGP KB Singh has sought at least four companies (more than 400 personnel) of Rapid […]