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Bhubaneswar, December 1: A total of 10,116 posts in various categories of Police Department are lying vacant as on June 1, 2014 in Odisha. Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Monday informed the Assembly in a written reply to a question of MLA Sanjib Kumar Sahoo. The Chief Minister stated that that while 278 Group A […]

Bhubaneswar, November 26: For the better convenience of lakhs of households, the modified direct benefit transfer of LPG (DBTL) scheme will be re-launched in Odisha from January 1 next year along with other many States in the country in the second phase. Earlier in the first phase the Central government has launched the modified (DBTL) […]

Bhubaneswar, November 24: The Odisha Government has so far spent Rs 48.02 lakh towards lawyer fees in the submission of affidavits vis-à-vis chit fund scam case in the Supreme Court. Finance Minister Pradip Kumar Amat while responding to a query of Congress MLA Pradip Amat on Monday informed the State Assembly that the Government appointed […]

Bhubaneswar, November 23: Leader of Opposition in the Assembly Narasingha Mishra on Sunday said the CBI, investigating into the mega chit fund scam, should interrogate Patnaik before he destroys evidences. Expressing satisfaction over the ongoing CBI probe in which one ruling BJD MLA and MP has been arrested and a close aide of Chief Minister […]

Saroj Sahu Bhubaneswar, November 22: In a major embarrassment to Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik, his personal aide and political programme coordinator Saroj Sahu on Saturday was quizzed by the CBI for one and half an hour in connection with the mega chit fund scam. Sahu’s appearance before the CBI sleuths in the midst of the […]

Bhubaneswar, November 19: The National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC) will set up 70 model schools in the State and a world class ITI centre in Ganjam district. NTPC CMD Arup Roy Choudhury on Wednesday assured Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik during his meeting with the latter at the State Secretariat here. Besides, the Chief Minister asked […]

Bhubaneswar, November 17: As part of its effort to make the capital city of Bhubaneswar free from encroachments and unauthorized construction, the joint eviction team of the BDA, BMC and GA Department on Monday demolished an unauthorised three-storied building near Rasulgarh Square. According to BDA Enforcement Officer Deba Prasad Dash, one Baikunthanath Sahu had constructed […]

Bhubaneswar, November 17: Coming down heavily on the Odisha Government, as many as 28 civil society organisations, which have been demanding a CBI probe into the mega land and house allotment scam, have demanded that the State Government make the Dr Taradatt-headed Taskforce report public and punish the elements involved in this incident according to […]

Bhubaneswar, November 10: Continuing its demolition drive spree, the joint eviction team of Bhubaneswar Development Authority (BDA), Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC), General Administration (GA) department on Monday demolished nearly 45 shops (Asbestos and Thatched), 14 cabins and 10 boundary walls along the NH 5 between Hanspal and Phunakhara. The demolition drive was carried out for […]

Bhubaneswar, November 10: As per their earlier announcement nearly 20,000 contract teachers engaged in different high schools in Odisha on Monday resorted to indefinite cease work agitation by staging demonstration here at Mahatma Gandhi Marg.  With the State Government not taking any effective step on their issues, the teachers under the banner of Odisha Govt […]