Tag: State News

Bhubaneswar: Steel Melting Shop of Neelachal Ispat Nigam Limited (NINL) leaped a step further and made a single day record production of 789.20 tonne of steel billets on May 8, 2014 surpassing previous record of 700 tonne on December 16, 2013. This feat was resulted after the Steel Melting Shop (SMS) made eight heats on […]

Bhubaneswar: The Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) has identified 5.519 acres of land in Madhusudan Nagar for construction of its state-of-the-art headquarters. In the first phase, BMC has moved General Administration Department for allotment of 1.934 acre of land for the purpose. The proposed main office building will have all wings of BMC at one place. […]

Sambalpur: The Water Initiatives Odisha (WIO) on Tuesday termed the recent decision of the Odisha Government permitting Posco to draw water from Mahanadi and Hansua rivers as ‘illegal,’ ‘corrupt’ and ‘unfortunate’ and demanded fresh environmental impact assessments (EIA) and public hearing. “How can the Odisha government give permission to Posco taking a deviation from the […]

Dhamra (Bhadrak): To mark the date of commencement of its commercial operations, the Dhamra Port on Tuesday celebrated the occasion as Productivity Day. On May 6, 2011 the deep sea modern port had started its commercial operations. The major attraction of the Productivity Day celebrations was the opening of productivity exhibition stalls to showcase and […]

Cuttack/Bhubaneswar: With an aim to bring a smile on the faces of hundreds of children from the tribal belt of Odisha and to request everyone to come together and work towards the betterment of these kids, Kings XI Punjab has associated with the Kalinga Institute of Social Sciences (KISS), Bhubaneswar to bring a total of […]

Bhubaneswar: The Central Electricity Supply Utility (CESU) has introduced online payment of electricity bill for its consumers to get them freed from standing in the long queues, to save their valuable time and the risk of cash handling. CESU is providing services to around 18 lakh customers in nine districts in Odisha. The details regarding […]

Bhubaneswar: Governor and Chancellor of Universities SC Jamir on Friday appointed Prof Prafulla Kumar Mishara as the Vice-Chancellor of the North Odisha University. Prof Mishra is currently holding the post of Director of National Mission of Manuscripts in New Delhi. Till recently, Prof Mishra was in the Utkal University as PG Council Chairman. He is […]

Bhubaneswar: The Samajwadi Party State committee on Tuesday demanded enhancement of compensation amount for sunstroke and heat wave victims from Rs 10,000 to Rs 1.5 lakh. In a letter to Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik party State committee president Rabi Behera urged him to consider the issue as soon as possible. The Chief Minister may seek […]

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha State Co-operative Bank Limited (OSCBL) has set a target to dole out a total of Rs 8,000 crore as short-term crop loans during the current fiscal 2014-15. The targeted amount is 13 per cent increase in comparison to last year’s loan amount of the same category. The bank has also decided to […]

Bhubaneswar: Around 40 participants from DAS-India comprising village hygiene promoters, social mobilisers and Water Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) committee honed skills on usage of safe and protected water, safe disposal of human excreta, personal hygiene-hand washing, food hygiene, safe disposal of solid waste, safe disposal of liquid waste, Diarrhoea and treatment practice here at a […]