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Bhubaneswar, November 18: The Navanirman Krusak Sangathan, a farmers’ body fighting for the cause of peasants in Odisha, has threatened to launch a Jail Bharo Andolan on Thursday (November 19) coinciding with the BJD’s mass farmers’ rally in Bargarh district, in protest against the State Government’s failure in tackling the drought-like situation and preventing farmers […]

— Crime Branch plans three Cyber police stations in Odisha Bhubaneswar, November 18: The Odisha police has set a target to make the proposed Cyber Forensic Division at the State Forensic Science Laboratory (SFSL) here by March next year. With no laboratory equipped to provide forensic evidence for cyber crimes in the State, the State […]

(File Photo) Bhubaneswar, November 3: The Odisha Government would distribute around 15,000 laptops to meritorious Plus Two students this year. The Government has asked the Odisha Computer Application Centre (OCAC) General Manager to provide the same at the earliest. This is the second year in a row that the government is distributing laptops. The scheme […]

Bhubaneswar, October 29: Solar Power Cart (Soura Ratha), a three-wheeler trolley which would produce up to 1kw green energy and help in providing hassle free power supply in emergency situations was displayed at the State level exhibition here unveiled by Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik. During disaster, once charged, this innovation can provide emergency energy for […]

Gopalpur, October 28: Mumbai-based Sure Safety Solutions Pvt. Ltd. (SSS) would set up a manufacturing unit of Aerial Target Products for defence purposes at Gopalpur Industrial Park of Tata Steel in Ganjam district in Odisha. The Aerial Target Manufacturing facility would be set up by Sure Safety Solutions Pvt. Ltd., in collaboration with Megitt Defence, […]

Bhubaneswar, October 28: The National Aluminium Company Limited (Nalco), the Navratna PSU, has declared a total dividend amount of Rs 451.02  crore (i.e.35% of the paid up capital) for the financial year 2014-15. This includes the Union Government’s share of Rs 365.01 crore. Since inception, Nalco has paid a total of Rs 5356.76 crore as […]

Bhubaneswar, October 6: Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Tuesday ordered a probe over the unruly crowd behaviour during the second T20 match between India and South Africa at Barabati Stadium in Cuttack on Monday night, and cautioned Odisha Cricket Association (OCA) and Odisha police to ensure no such incidents in future. Expressing concern over incident […]

Bhubaneswar, September 13: The Bharat Raksha Manch on Sunday said that it would release a White Paper on the extent of Bangladeshi infiltration in the state. Manch national secretary Anil Dhir said that a preliminary survey of 72 urban places in the State had shown that in 54 towns and cities there was a discernible, […]

Bhubaneswar, September 3: Four days after the arrest of Jhinti Sasan-based Trahi Achyuta ashram chief Surendra Mishra and his two sons for alleged ‘illegal activities’, the Odisha Government has scarped the tourism stats of the ashram.    The tourism department which had accorded the status to the ashram spread over 20 acre in 2010-11 on […]

Bhubaneswar, August 30: The Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) and National Aluminium Company Limited (NALCO) would establish chair for Aeronautical Engineering and for Geological Sciences and Communication Skills Development Programme, respectively at the Central University of Orissa (CUO), Koraput. This was informed by Koraput CUO Vice Chancellor Dr Sachidananda Mohanty on the occasion of the varsity’s […]