Tag: State News

Minimum amount order Rs 500   Bhubaneswar, August 3: The Odisha State Poultry Products Cooperative Marketing Federation Ltd. (Opolofed) on Monday launched online shopping platform to provide its customers a flexible buying experience of its products such as chicken and egg. Agriculture, Fisheries and Animal Resources Development Minister, Pradeep Maharathy launched the facility in an […]

Bhubaneswar, August 3: The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has served notice to the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Chairman over violation of RBI guidelines on deposit and loan ratio. Acting on a petition filed by Angul-based Human Rights Watch, the commission on July 30 sought an action-taken report within eight weeks. Petitioner and Human […]

— Efforts on to close 4 breaches, three dead so far Bhubaneswar, July 31: Though the flood situation has improved as the rainfall considerably decreased during last three days, about 4.79 lakh people of 593 villages under 15 blocks and one urban local body in five districts, Mayurbhanj, Keonjhar, Jajpur, Bhardak and Baleswar have been […]

Bhubaneswar, July 31: Passengers at the Bhubaneswar International Airport, Bhubaneswar in Odisha can now access Wi-Fi service for free for the first 30 minutes as the facility was formally launched at the airport recently. After free usage limit of 30 minutes, a customer can continue using the service on paid basis. Bharti Infratel Limited has […]

Bhubaneswar, July 31: Odisha Higher Education Minister Pradeep Panigrahy has informed that more than 30,000 Plus II meritorious students passed in 2014 and 2015 would get laptops under the Odisha Government’s free laptop scheme by September this year. According to the Minister, while around 15,203 meritorious students passed in 2014 would get laptops in August […]

— Celebrates 34th foundation day    Bhubaneswar, July 12: The National Bank of Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD) has planned to focus on three areas, increasing ground level disbursement of agricultural term loan, deepening and wider spatial coverage of the ongoing efforts relating to SHGs/JLGs/Producer Organisations as well as setting up of adequate scientific warehouses […]

Bhubaneswar, July 6: With the State Government not responding to the fast-unto-death agitation by the activists of the Odia Bhasa Sangram Samiti at least on humanitarian ground, the Samiti on Monday threatened to take law into its own hands. Samiti activists have resorted to fast-unto-death since July 1 at Mahatma Gandhi Marg near the State […]

Bhubaneswar, June 2: The Odisha Government on Tuesday included eight disasters i.e. lightning, heat wave, whirlwind, tornado, heavy rain, boat accident (other than during flood), drowning (other than during flood) and snakebite (other than during flood) as state specific disasters. People affected by these local disasters with the exception of heat wave would now get […]

Bhubaneswar, May 8: Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Friday met Union Health and Family Welfare Minister Jagat Prasad Nadda at New Delhi and drew the attention of the latter about the need of Super Specialty Institute of Mental Health and Neuro Sciences at Cuttack on the pattern of NIMHANS Bangalore, to cater to the need […]

Bhubaneswar, April 28: Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Monday announced the launching of the scheme ‘Niramaya’, a free medicine distribution scheme in Government Hospitals from May 1. The State Government has made a budgetary allocation of Rs 200 crore for provision of free medicines through Odisha State Medical Corporation (OSMC).  “To support our people […]