Odisha launches online poultry shopping

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 […]

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NHRC notice to RBI Governor over deposit, loan ratio

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 […]

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Free Wi-Fi at Biju Patnaik International Airport for first 30 minutes

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 […]

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Free laptops to Odisha Plus II meritorious students by September this year

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 […]

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NABARD focuses on 3 areas to make farming profitable

— 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 […]

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Odia language lovers threaten civil disobedience

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 […]

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Odisha declares 8 local disasters as State-specific

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 […]

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Free medicine scheme ‘Niramaya’ from May 1 in Odisha

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 […]

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