Tag: State News

Cops asked to be vigilant ahead of general polls Cuttack: The 57th Senior Police Officers’ Conference of Odisha Police commenced at Cuttack on Friday. DGP Prakash Mishra inaugurated the event. In his inaugural address which set the tone for the conference, DGP stressed on basics of policing like collection of grass root intelligence, man management, […]

Bhubaneswar: The operation of Dhamra port stopped for the second consecutive day on Thursday as the agitating BJD party men turned unruly forcefully confining the port officials, workers and even staff of the project school inside the port. The police had a tough time controlling a group of BJD workers who created unruly situation in […]

Bhubaneswar: The ruling Biju Janata Dal (BJD) has left its rivals way behind with winning 49 out of the 67 wards of the Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) polls on Thursday. Most of the 12 Independents who won are believed to have been rebel BJD candidates. While the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) won just four wards […]

BJD moves SEC against Cong alleging poll breach Bhubaneswar: Normal life was paralyzed in most parts of the State except capital city here as the Congress observed its State wide dawn-to-dusk hartal on Tuesday demanding the resignation of Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik for his alleged involvement in the mining scam in the wake of the […]

Bhubaneswar: In a positive development at the ongoing Odisha MSME International Trade Fair 2014, a delegation of traders from European countries expressed keen interest in sourcing leaf plates and plant containers from Odisha. Hana Meiners, a German National, a representative of Leaf Republic Ltd. (a plant container manufacturer company) from Germany held discussions with Odisha […]

Bhubaneswar: On the fifth day of Odisha MSME International Trade Fair, PSUs in the state urged to procure Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME) products upto 20% as per MSME Development Policy by Union Ministry of MSME. Summing up the session on ‘National manufacturing policy and buyer seller meet and ancillary development’ MSME Secretary P […]

Bhubaneswar: The newly elected office bearers of Utkal Chemists’ and Druggists’ Association (UCDA) on Sunday demanded that the Union Government should bear the losses the chemists and druggists are suffering after the implementation of Union Government’s National List of Essential Medicines (NLEM) policy. “The traders and wholesalers are suffering a lot. Following a Supreme Court […]

Bhubaneswar: Reiterating his demand for a CBI probe into the mining scam in the State, senior Congress leader and former Minister Niranjan Patnaik demanded for an immediate and comprehensive investigation by the central investigating agency. “Why is Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik silent on the subject? Is it that he does not agree with the Shah […]

Bhubaneswar: The First Kuntala Kumari Sabat Memorial Lecture was organised on Saturday under the lecture series of Central University of Orissa at its main campus at Sunanbeda, Koraput. On the occasion the special lecture was delivered by noted litterateur and Jnanpeeth Awardee Dr. Pratibha Ray. The programme was presided over by Dr. Prafulla Kumar Mohanty, […]

Bhubaneswar: BJP Odisha in-charge Dr Chandan Mitra called upon the party workers to work hard to ensure a ‘Congress Mukt Bharat’ and ‘Naveen Mukt Odisha.’ In a well attended meeting of party workers coming from across the State, Mitra stated that there is conclusive proof of a mining scam in the st ate and the […]