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Bhubaneswar: Union Petroleum and Natural Gas and Steel Minister Dharmendra Pradhan on Thursday flagged off Bhubaneswar-New Delhi Rajdhani Express with a fresh look here at the Bhubaneswar railway station in the presence of Lok Sabha member Aparajita Sarangi and Rajya Sabha member Raghunath Mohapatra. The coaches depicted the cultural heritage of Odisha. NALCO is sponsoring […]
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Bhubaneswar: The annual High School Certificate (HSC) or Matriculation examination will begin from February 19 and will conclude on March 2, announced Board of Secondary Education (BSE) on Tuesday. BSE President Ramashis Hazra said that students will appear for Odia on the first day of the examination while English examination will be held on February […]
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Bhubaneswar: Ten litterateurs under 40 years have been chosen for this year’s PEN IN Books Young Author Award. The winners are Harihar Panda for his feature manuscript Raja Ghara Katha, Krupasindhu Pradhan for his novel manuscript Mahasatee, Subrat Swain for his lyrics manuscript Kebe Sahe Kebe Suna and Kshirodini Behera, Swarup Kumar Nayak, Dasarath Hembram, […]
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Bhubaneswar: After supporting the Citizenship (Amendment) Act, Odisha Chief Minister and Biju Janata Dal (BJD) president Naveen Patnaik on Wednesday said that his party does not support the National Register of Citizens (NRC). “The Citizenship Amendment Act has nothing to do with the Indian citizens, it only deals with foreigners. The BJD MPs has made […]
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Bhubaneswar: The Odisha Government on Tuesday constituted an inter-Ministerial committee headed by Finance Minister Niranjan Pujari to look into the issues raised by All Odisha Contractors’ Association. Other Ministers, including Works and Steel and Mines Minister Prafulla Malik, Housing and Urban Development Minister Pratap Jena, Revenue and Disaster Management Minister Sudam Marndi, Water Resources and […]
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Bhubaneswar: The ongoing agitation in West Bengal protesting against Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) in West Bengal continued to affect train services in the State. Major trains originating from Howrah and passing through Odisha have been cancelled. Agitation was seen at different stations in Howrah-Kharagpur Railway Section of South Eastern Railway leading to cancellation of the […]
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Bhubaneswar: The Chief Monk of the Dhauli Peace Pagoda, Kazuo Yoda passed away at the Kobe Temple in Japan on Thursday morning following a brief illness. He was 65. Yoda was the resident monk of the Dhauli Peace Pagoda for more than three decades. Yoda had come to Bhubaneswar along with his Guru Fuji in […]
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Bhubaneswar: Amid the heated debate that sparked off following the encounter killing of four Hyderabad rape and murder accused on whether the action of the police was justified or was it extra-judicial, Odisha Law Minister Pratap Jena on Friday supported the actions of police saying whatever happened in Hyderabad is appropriate. “The rape and murder […]
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Bhubaneswar: Odisha Governor Prof Ganeshi Lal on Sunday conferred Odisha Excellence Award (OEA) on 17 individuals and three organisations at a function held at Odissi Research Centre auditorium here. Well-known poet and scholar Padma Vibhushan Dr Sitakant Mahapatra and Odia Media director Subhransu Panda were present on the occassion. Odisha Excellence Awards are conferred on […]
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Bhubaneswar: Odisha cadre IAS officer and Odisha Forest Development Corporation Ltd (OFDC) Chairman Dr Gagn Kumar Dhal’s application for voluntary retirement from service (VRS) has been accepted by the State Government. The 1985-batch officer had applied for VRS – from the Indian Administrative Service by relaxing the mandatory notice period of three months as provided […]
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