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Bhubaneswar, August 5: President Pranab Mukherjee would pay a two-day visit to the State from Friday. As per the itinerary, the first citizen of India would arrive at the Biju Patnaik International Airport at 1.45 pm on Friday and leave for Rameswar by a helicopter to attend the golden jubilee function of the Rameswar High […]

–Sarathi Baba in ‘scandal’– Kendrapara, August 5: Tension erupted at Barimula-based at the self-proclaimed godman Srimad Sarathi Baba Ashram in Kendrapara district after police personnel on Wednesday evening resorted to mild lathi charge to disperse the irate mob who was demanding clarification from Baba about the explicit clippings telecasted in a regional TV channel. While […]

Bhadrak, August 5: A destitute widow who was declared dead by the Bhadrak district administration in Odisha a year ago finally has started receiving has started receiving old age pension. More interestingly, the district administration that had been denying her pension itself started giving the benefit. The district administration of Bhadrak woke up after the […]

Bhubaneswar, August 3: Odisha to go on a mission mode to preserve onions in the state. Agriculture Minister Pradeep Maharathy on Monday informed that to deal with the onion crisis, the State Government is all set to launch an Onion Mission soon. Under the mission, emphasis would be given on opening of cold storages across […]

Minimum amount order Rs 500   Bhubaneswar, August 3: The Odisha State Poultry Products Cooperative Marketing Federation Ltd. (Opolofed) on Monday launched online shopping platform to provide its customers a flexible buying experience of its products such as chicken and egg. Agriculture, Fisheries and Animal Resources Development Minister, Pradeep Maharathy launched the facility in an […]

Bhubaneswar, August 3: The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has served notice to the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Chairman over violation of RBI guidelines on deposit and loan ratio. Acting on a petition filed by Angul-based Human Rights Watch, the commission on July 30 sought an action-taken report within eight weeks. Petitioner and Human […]

— Efforts on to close 4 breaches, three dead so far Bhubaneswar, July 31: Though the flood situation has improved as the rainfall considerably decreased during last three days, about 4.79 lakh people of 593 villages under 15 blocks and one urban local body in five districts, Mayurbhanj, Keonjhar, Jajpur, Bhardak and Baleswar have been […]

Bhubaneswar, July 31: Passengers at the Bhubaneswar International Airport, Bhubaneswar in Odisha can now access Wi-Fi service for free for the first 30 minutes as the facility was formally launched at the airport recently. After free usage limit of 30 minutes, a customer can continue using the service on paid basis. Bharti Infratel Limited has […]

Bhubaneswar, July 31: Odisha Higher Education Minister Pradeep Panigrahy has informed that more than 30,000 Plus II meritorious students passed in 2014 and 2015 would get laptops under the Odisha Government’s free laptop scheme by September this year. According to the Minister, while around 15,203 meritorious students passed in 2014 would get laptops in August […]

— Celebrates 34th foundation day    Bhubaneswar, July 12: The National Bank of Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD) has planned to focus on three areas, increasing ground level disbursement of agricultural term loan, deepening and wider spatial coverage of the ongoing efforts relating to SHGs/JLGs/Producer Organisations as well as setting up of adequate scientific warehouses […]