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Puri: Union Minister for Petroleum and Natural Gas and Steel Dharmendra Pradhan on Saturday said that Odisha will be the hub for ancillary industry in steel sector in the country. “While India is the second largest steel producing country in the world, Odisha is a steel hub in it. The Union Government with support of […]
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Bhubaneswar: A two-day Chief District Medical Officers (CDMO) conference would be organised by the Health and Family Welfare Department here from June 19, informed an official release. Health and Family Welfare Minister Naba Kishore Das would inaugurate the proposed conference and preside over the meeting to be attended by all CDMOs, Public Health Officers, Directors […]
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Bhubaneswar: To commemorate the advent of the first train on Indian soil in April 1853 between Bombay and Thane, the East Coast Railway (ECoR) on Friday observed the 64th Railway Week celebrations on Friday. Merit awards and Shields were handed over to various officers and staff for outstanding performance on the occasion. Khurda Road Division […]
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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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Bhubaneswar: The State Government has allocated an extra Rs 3,234 crore fund to accommodate 32.34 lakh additional beneficiaries in the Krushak Assistance for Livelihood and Income Augmentation (KALIA) scheme. The State Cabinet in its first meeting on May 29 approved a proposal for the enhancement of the target of KALIA beneficiaries to 75 lakh farm […]
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Bhubaneswar: The online admission process for Plus-II courses began on Thursday. The process will continue till June 20 (11.45 pm). No offline application will be entertained this year. The online CAF will be available on www.samodisha.gov.in starting 11 am today. Students can apply for different streams – Arts, Science, Commerce and Vocational – in more […]
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Bhubaneswar: The National Testing Agency (NTA) announced the results of the National Eligibility-cum- Entrance Test (UG) – 2019 on Monday. The average pass percentage was 59.44 per cent against last year’s 60.68 per cent in Odisha. According to a PIB communiqué, out of 32,378 students from Odisha, only 19,244 have qualified the exam. A total […]
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Bhubaneswar: Odisha State Disaster Management Authority (OSDMA) Managing Director and Special Relief Commissioner (SRC) Bishnupada Sethi has written to Collectors of eight districts asking them to facilitate installation of outdoor alerting systems in most lightning-prone blocks in their districts by July 7. The Collectors of Balasore, Bhadrak, Mayurbhanj, Keonjhar, Cuttack, Khurda, Nabarangpur and Sundergarh districts […]
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Jagatsinghpur: Nihar Ranjan Mohanty, an Agriculture Department employee, was on Monday night detained by the Jagatsinghpur police for his alleged complicity in a chit fund scam. Mohanty, a resident of the Erasama area, had reportedly worked as a chit fund agent a few years back and collected huge amounts of money from people with promises […]
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Bhubaneswar: The Regional Meteorological Centre issued light to moderate thunderstorm accompanied by gusty winds and lightning alert for four districts till 12.30 pm on Tuesday. People of Malkangiri, Koraput, Rayagada and Gajapati districts have been advised by the Meteorological Centre to remain alter between 9.30 am and 12.30 pm. “Light to moderate thunderstorm/lightning and light […]
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