Narasingha calls all party meeting on Mahanadi issue on Aug 3

Bhubaneswar, July 28: After the ruling BJD rejected his proposal for convening an all-party meeting on Mahanadi water issue, senior Congress leader and Leader of Opposition in the State Legislative Assembly Narasingha Mishra on Wednesday informed that he will convene an all party meeting on August 3. Speaking to media persons at Brajarajnagar after heading […]

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Memorial service for dead airmen held at Rasgovindpur airstrip

Rasgovindpur, July 26: A memorial service was held at the Rasgovindpur Airstrip on Wednesday for the fourteen airmen who had died in a crash here on the July 26, 1945. War historian Anil Dhir, eminent Gandhian Aditya Patnaik the Staff of the Gandhi Eye Hospital at Rangamatia and locals, including school children paid homage to […]

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Three arm smugglers arrested from Bhubaneswar

Bhubaneswar, July 27: Commissionerate Police on Wednesday arrested three arms smugglers in the city and seized a country-made pistol, two live ammunitions, two mobile phones, a pulsar and two scooties from their possession. Lingaraj police station officials nabbed Manojit Maharana alias Manoj (21) of Sundarpada and Sidhartha Jena (25) and Sidhant Jena, both are brothers, […]

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Each district will have a Model Police Station: Odisha DGP

Bhubaneswar, July 27: For effective implementation and monitoring of Crime and Criminal Tracking Network and System (CCTNS) project and also to achieve the target easily, one police station of each district would be converted as Model Police Station. Director General of Police KB Singh has issued instruction to all district SPs to select one existing police station […]

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Naveen asks Raman to stop all constructions on Mahanadi

Bhubaneswar, July 27: Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Wednesday termed the statement made by his Chhattisgarh counterpart Raman Singh on Mahanadi water issue as “unfortunate” and asked him to stop all constructions till the issue is resolved. “The statement of Chief Minister, Chhatisgarh on Mahanadi water issue yesterday is most unfortunate. It violates the […]

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BJP to hold demo against BJD Govt’s “failure” on July 29

Bhubaneswar, July 27: The Odisha BJP will hold a state-wide agitation on July 29 to highlight the “failures” of the BJD Government. Party activists will stage demonstration in front all the 314 blocks in the State protesting against  irregularities in implementation of National Food Security Act (NFSA), malnutrition deaths and delay in distribution of input […]

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Odisha announces Rs 60 lakh incentive for 6 Olympians at Rio 2016

Bhubaneswar, July 26: Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Tuesday announced a special incentive of Rs 10 lakh for each six Olympians selected for Olympic Games at Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.  “In 10 days’ time, ace sprinters Dutee Chand and Srabani Nanda along with four members of National women’s hockey team Deep Grace Ekka, Namita Toppo, […]

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Fugitive IPS officer Joydeep’s bail plea rejected

Cuttack, July 26: A Vigilance (Special) Court here on Tuesday rejected arrested Tripura-cadre Odia IPS officer Joydeep Nayak’s bail plea and allowed the anti-corruption wing of the State police to take the now suspended IPS officer on remand for three days. Nayak was arrested by a special team of the State Vigilance from Ghaziabad in […]

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No coercive action against BJD MLA Debesh Acharya: Orissa HC

Cuttack, July 26: In a major relief for Bargarh BJD MLA Debesh Acharya, the Orissa High Court on Tuesday directed the State police not to take any coercive action against him till further orders. Earlier this month, the MLA and his elder brother and Sambalpuri Bastralaya president Sambit, among 14 others, moved the Orissa High […]

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Odisha Single Window clears 3 projects of Rs 874 crore

Bhubaneswar, July 26: State Level Single Window Clearance Authority (SLSWCA) headed by Chief Secretary Aditya Prasad Padhi on Tuesday accorded in principle approval to three investment projects worth Rs 874 crore. Chairing a meeting of the SLSWCA Padhi directed the concerned departments to facilitate grounding of these projects by quickening the procedures of various compliances […]

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