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Bhubaneswar: According to a White Paper presented by the Home Department in the State Assembly on Saturday, as many as 1,07,408 cognizable offences were registered in 2018 and charge-sheets were filed in 69,341 cases. In 2017, the figure of registered cognizable offences was 1, 03, 866. Thus, 3,542 more offences were registered in 2018 compared […]
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Bhubaneswar: Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Friday handed over the appointment letters to at least 500 newly recruited Assistant Section Officers (ASOs), including 166 women officers and called upon for citizen-centric governance. The ceremony was organized at Rabindra Mandap here. The newly recruited officials will be engaged in the State Secretariat. They have been selected […]
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Amaravati: Veteran BJP leader Biswa Bhushan Harichandan was on Wednesday sworn in as the new Governor of Andhra Pradesh. Harichandan, 84, was administered the oath of office by Andhra Pradesh High Court’s Acting Chief Justice Praveen Kumar at a function held at the Raj Bhavan here. Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy, several cabinet Ministers, […]
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Jajpur: Literary luminaries from across the country attended the Rock Pebbles’ Literary Meet held at Biraja Women’s College here recently. On the occasion, quarterly-Rock Pebbles, a peer-reviewed literary journal of international repute with a publication history of 32 years was released. The programme was organised on June 14. Professor JS Ananda from Chandigarh attended the […]
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Bhubaneswar: Odisha has experienced a 26.3-per cent less rainfall during the period from June 1 to July 19 this year compared to the annual average rainfall, informed Revenue Disaster Management Minister Sudam Marndi in the State Assembly on Saturday. “Monsoon hits Odisha usually in the second week of June every year. However, it arrived on […]
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Bhubaneswar: Electric buses will ply in Bhubaneswar, Cuttack and Puri soon, informed Science and Technology Minister Ashok Chandra Panda in the Assembly on Saturday. “In order to promote clean and green energy, we will soon introduce electric buses within 100 km range in Bhubaneswar, Cuttack and Puri,” said Panda while responding to query of increasing […]
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Chilika: Union Petroleum and Natural Gas and Steel Minister Dharmendra Pradhan on Saturday said that Odisha possesses the capacity to become an important cog in global economy. “Odisha is a State of immense possibilities and possesses the capacity to become an important cog in global economy,” said Pradhan while speaking at the inaugural session of […]
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Bhubaneswar: Union Petroleum and Natural Gas and Steel Minister Dharmendra Pradhan has written a letter to Union Railways Minister Piyush Goyal seeking two independent trains between Bhubaneswar-Jagdalpur-Bhubaneswar and Bhubaneswar-Jungarh-Bhubaneswar, respectively. Pradhan, in his letter to Goyal on Thursday said, “I would like to take the privilege of bringing to your kind notice certain long standing […]
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Cuttack: Director General of Police (DGP) Dr Rajendra Prasad Sharma on Thursday felicitated 40 best performing investigating officers, including two IPS officers and nine women police personnel of different districts, whose good investigations led to enhancement of convictions. The CID Crime Branch, as the nodal agency of crime investigation has taken many proactive steps for enhancement of […]
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Bhubaneswar: East Coast Railway (ECoR) General Manager Vidya Bhusan on Wednesday inaugurated second Food Plaza at platform number-6 of Bhubaneswar Railway Station here. Senior level officials from ECoR headquarters and Khurda Road Division, including Principal Chief Commercial Manager Ajay Kumar Behera also attended the opening ceremony. “The first Food Plaza is running at platform number-1 […]
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