Tag: State News

Bhubaneswar, July 28: Coinciding with the World Hepatitis Day, Health and Family Welfare Minister Atanu Sabyasachi Nayak on Thursday flagged off a new initiative focused on the State’s tribal population aiming at building awareness, prevention and eventual eradication of Viral Hepatitis. The action plan, SOA-Adivasi Hepatitis Mission (SOA-AHM), has been prepared by the SOA University […]

Berhampur, July 28: In a surprise sighting, the almost extinct Rare Egyptian Vulture was sighted in a small hamlet near Golanthara on the outskirts of Berhampur city in Ganjam district. Bird enthusiast and founder of Berhampur Birds Dr Jyoti Prasad Pattnaik sighted these big birds near a field in Golanthara. This vulture has been sighted […]

Bhubaneswar, July 28: After the ruling BJD rejected his proposal for convening an all-party meeting on Mahanadi water issue, senior Congress leader and Leader of Opposition in the State Legislative Assembly Narasingha Mishra on Wednesday informed that he will convene an all party meeting on August 3. Speaking to media persons at Brajarajnagar after heading […]

Rasgovindpur, July 26: A memorial service was held at the Rasgovindpur Airstrip on Wednesday for the fourteen airmen who had died in a crash here on the July 26, 1945. War historian Anil Dhir, eminent Gandhian Aditya Patnaik the Staff of the Gandhi Eye Hospital at Rangamatia and locals, including school children paid homage to […]

Bhubaneswar, July 27: Commissionerate Police on Wednesday arrested three arms smugglers in the city and seized a country-made pistol, two live ammunitions, two mobile phones, a pulsar and two scooties from their possession. Lingaraj police station officials nabbed Manojit Maharana alias Manoj (21) of Sundarpada and Sidhartha Jena (25) and Sidhant Jena, both are brothers, […]

Bhubaneswar, July 27: For effective implementation and monitoring of Crime and Criminal Tracking Network and System (CCTNS) project and also to achieve the target easily, one police station of each district would be converted as Model Police Station. Director General of Police KB Singh has issued instruction to all district SPs to select one existing police station […]

Bhubaneswar, July 27: Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Wednesday termed the statement made by his Chhattisgarh counterpart Raman Singh on Mahanadi water issue as “unfortunate” and asked him to stop all constructions till the issue is resolved. “The statement of Chief Minister, Chhatisgarh on Mahanadi water issue yesterday is most unfortunate. It violates the […]

Bhubaneswar, July 27: The Odisha BJP will hold a state-wide agitation on July 29 to highlight the “failures” of the BJD Government. Party activists will stage demonstration in front all the 314 blocks in the State protesting against  irregularities in implementation of National Food Security Act (NFSA), malnutrition deaths and delay in distribution of input […]

Bhubaneswar, July 26: Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Tuesday announced a special incentive of Rs 10 lakh for each six Olympians selected for Olympic Games at Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.  “In 10 days’ time, ace sprinters Dutee Chand and Srabani Nanda along with four members of National women’s hockey team Deep Grace Ekka, Namita Toppo, […]

Cuttack, July 26: A Vigilance (Special) Court here on Tuesday rejected arrested Tripura-cadre Odia IPS officer Joydeep Nayak’s bail plea and allowed the anti-corruption wing of the State police to take the now suspended IPS officer on remand for three days. Nayak was arrested by a special team of the State Vigilance from Ghaziabad in […]