Minor girl working as domestic help in ex-Collector’s house rescued in Bhubaneswar

Bhubaneswar, June 14: A 12-year-old girl was rescued from the house of a retired district Collector from IRC Village area here on Monday while she was engaged in domestic work. It was learnt that the son of the house owner works as a professor at the National Law University, Hyderabad and daughter runs an English […]

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Suspected of killing goat, elderly man tied to electric pole and thrashed in Odisha

Cuttack, June 12: An elderly man was tied to an electricity pole and thrashed by fellow villagers in Gotara village under Mahanga police station, video of which has gone viral. The man was thrashed by the crowd after they suspected him of killing a goat, which was found dead near the victim’s jute farmland. According […]

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“Unnati Bhawan” becomes first Odisha Govt building to be certified with IGBC’s Gold Rating

Bhubaneswar, April 28: The “Unnati Bhawan,” located in Satynagar here became the first Government building to be certified with Gold Rating by the Indian Green Building Council (IGBC) Green Existing Building Rating System, said an official release. According to a State Housing and Urban Development (H&UD) Department release, the building is an ideal demonstration of […]

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COVID-19 Surge: BMC to augment call handling capacity of 1929 Call Centre soon

Bhubaneswar, April 27: The Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) has chalked out a strategy to improve the capacity of its 1929 Call Centre, which has been operating round-the-clock at the Bhubaneswar Operations Centre (BOC) of Bhubaneswar Smart City Limited (BSCL) office, said an official release. According to a BMC release, the objective behind the plan is […]

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Each ward of 114 ULBs in Odisha to have Rain water harvesting structures

Bhubaneswar, April 23: Rain water harvesting structures will now be constructed under the Urban Wage Employment Initiative (UWEI) in each ward of all 114 ULBs of Odisha with Mission Shakti Groups engaged as Implementing Partners, said an official release. According to a Housing & Urban Development (H&UD) Department statement, a State-level Task Force headed by […]

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Ground Penetrating Survey in Old Town of Bhubaneswar – Too little, too late

Bhubaneswar April 21: The ongoing Ground Penetration Radar survey underway in the areas coming under the Ekamrakshetra Beautification Project is an effort which is too little and too late. The entire area that had been earlier cleared for the project and laid with cement tiles is now being surveyed. The Gujarat based company engaged for […]

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Union Cabinet okays subsidy for urea produced via coal-gasification by Talcher Fertilizer

New Delhi/Bhubaneswar, April 20: The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday approved the proposal of the Department of Fertilizers for the formulation of exclusive subsidy policy for Urea produced through coal gasification route by Talcher Fertilizers Limited (TFL). Considering the strategic energy security and urea self-sufficiency of […]

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Odisha reports 4,761 new COVID-19 cases, five more deaths

Bhubaneswar, April 20: Odisha has reported 4,761 new COVID-19 cases, 1,503 recoveries and five more casualties in the last 24 hours, informed the State Health and Family Welfare Department on Tuesday. Of the total cases, 2,785 cases were detected from among the quarantined people while 1,976 cases were local contacts. These new cases have been […]

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Two City Covid Observers visit 1929 Call Centre in Bhubaneswar

Bhubaneswar, April 19: Two senior IAS officers and COVID-19 observers for Bhubaneswar city – Anu Garg and Dr N Thirumala Naik – on Monday visited the 1929 Call Centte at the Bhubaneswar Operations Centre here. The Covid Observers interacted with the staff regularly calling up those in Home Isolation and those receiving queries from the […]

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State-level panel to check hoarding & black marketing of essential supplies in Odisha

Bhubaneswar, April 16: To check hoarding and black marketing of medicines and other medical supplies essential for treatment and prevention of COVID-19, the Odisha Government on Friday formed a State-level committee. Additional DGP, CID, Crime Branch has been appointed as the Chairman of the committee. The Committee will also have an officer not below the […]

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