Tag: State News

Cuttack, Sep 8: In view of growing incidents of crime against senior citizens in the State, ‘Ama Police Samiti’, a concept practiced in urban police stations of the State to take special care for the safety and security of senior citizens, will now be extended to other parts of Odisha. Director General of Police (DGP) KB […]

Dhenkanal, Sep 8: Cuttack division Vigilance sleuths on Thursday arrested Dhenkanal District Headquarters Hospital (DHH) Ophthalmology department technical assistant Srinibas Chinnar for taking bribe from a patient. Chinnar was caught red handed by the anti-graft body officials while he was taking Rs 2,000 bribe from one Trilocahan Satpathy, a resident of Damodarpur under Sukinda police […]

Courtesy-RailNews  Bhubaneswar, Sep 8: Lifeline Express, a hospital on wheels, the world’s first state-of-art hospital on a train has started functioning at Junagarh Road railway station in Kalahandi district from Wednesday. The service will available till September 26.  This is a project started by SBI Foundation under CSR activities. For running this project SBI Foundation […]

Paradip, Sep 8: As the strike launched by the Daily Labour Roll (DLR) staff of the Paradip Port demanding a pay hike entered second straight day on Thursday, the Paradip Port Trust (PPT) today reiterated that port administration is always ready to have open and fair discussions with the aggrieved workers. “Port administration is always […]

Bhubaneswar, Sep 7: OCL India Limited has been awarded with the prestigious national award for excellence in CSR and sustainability under “Best Overall Excellence in CSR” category for year 2016 at function in Bangalore held on Thursday. The award is endorsed by World CSR Day, World Sustainability, Asian confederation of Businesses and World Federation of […]

Bhubaneswar, Sep 6: The Union Petroleum and Natural Gas Ministry has decided to provide LPG connections to 75 lakh families in Odisha by December 2018. To achieve the target the Ministry has decided to release 30 lakh new LPG connections under Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana (PMUY) and 10 lakh under normal release (APL). IOCL Chief […]

Bhubaneswar, Sep 5: Puri King and Gajapati Maharaja Dibyasingha Deb on Monday urged upon people to plant trees from now so that the need of timber for making of chariots of the Lord Jagannath and His siblings would be met in coming years.  “Timber is needed every year for construction of the three chariots of […]

Girls’ Hostel Bhubaneswar, Sep 5: The Central University of Orissa (CUO), Koraput has shifted its girls’ and boys’ hostels to its permanent campus at Sunabeda. Furniture including beds, cots, mattresses, tables and chairs have been provided to the students and all amenities have been provided at the hostel. Each hostel has total 236 rooms, one […]

Bhubaneswar, Sep 4: A road in the capital city here was named after Mother Teresa marking Teresa’s canonisation as a saint on The Vatican.  Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik dedicated the fly-over road linking Satya Nagar and Cuttack-Puri road in her memory. “Henceforth, the road will be known as Saint Mother Teresa Road,” said Patnaik. Terming […]

Bhubaneswar, Sep 4: National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) has established new project office at Dhenkanal to expedite the expansion process of National Highways Development Project (NHDP) works in Odisha. Sanjay Channa was posted as the Project Director NHAI PIU-Dhenkanal. This is the sixth Project Implementation Unit (PIU) of the NHAI in the Odisha and […]