Odisha CM rolls out 18 Highway Patrolling units; 18 more to come up

Bhubaneswar, February 1: Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Monday rolled out 18 Highway Patrolling Units in 18 stretches of various State and National Highways (NHs) through video conferencing. Launching these units, the Chief Minister said that it will play a crucial role in saving the lives of accident victims on highways and announced that the […]

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CM launches projects worth Rs 29.19 crore in Ganjam

Bhubaneswar, September 13: In a major fillip to socio-economic development in Ganjam district, Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Saturday launched projects worth Rs 29.10 crore through video conferencing. The Chief Minister first laid the foundation stone of a Cooperative Cotton, Ginning and Processing Unit in Digapahandi. It will function on public private partnership (PPP) mode […]

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Odisha first in country to implement Tsunami Ready

Bhubaneswar: UNESCO-IOC has approved the recognition of two communities – Venkatraipur in Ganjam district and Noliasahi in Jagatsinghpur district as Tsunami Ready Communities. With this recognition, India is the first country to implement Tsunami Ready in the Indian Ocean Region and Odisha is the first State, said an official release. To confer the UNESCO-IOC’s Certificate […]

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Seven killed in road mishap in Odisha, CM announces Rs 2 lakh ex-gratia

Bhubaneswar: At least seven persons were killed while 40 passengers sustained injuries in a bus mishap that occurred near Palukhola in Taptapani Ghat of the district on the wee hours of Wednesday. The mishap took place after a private bus namely “Maruti” carrying around 50 passengers skidded off a bridge near Palukhola in Taptapani Ghat […]

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Pilot from Odisha among 13 onboard IAF’s missing AN-32 aircraft

Bhubaneswar: Flight Lieutenant Sunit Mohanty, a native of Ganjam district of Odisha is among the 13 Indian Air Force (IAF) personnel who went missing after IAF’s AN-32 aircraft went off the radar in Arunachal Pradesh on Monday. Meanwhile, the Indian Air Force (IAF) intensified the search operation to trace the aircraft that has gone missing […]

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Villagers thrash Telangana cops in Odisha’s Ganjam

Ganjam: Villagers of Rengali under Patapur police limits in Ganjam district allegedly thrashed police officials of Telangana suspecting them to be fake police officials. The police personnel were in civil uniform when the villagers attacked them and also damaged their two vehicles, said sources. They had come to the village for a probe in connection […]

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Smiles, hugs and togetherness: A nostalgic get-together

Bhejiput: Around 50 old students of 1982-batch of the RCM High School, Kanheipur in Khallikote block in Ganjam district turned into young boys and girls on Sunday as they caught up with long-lost friends and batchmates. Many turned nostalgic remembering their fun days. It was a good 36 years after their matriculation that most of […]

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