CM Naveen Patnaik inaugurates 2 irrigation projects worth Rs 1,508 cr
Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik Friday inaugurated two irrigation projects worth Rs 1,508 crore in Mayurbhanj district, which will provide irrigation facilities to more than 27,000 hectares of land, benefiting more than 2.5 lakh farmers. Patnaik visited the district...
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Dharmasala/Chandikhole: Acting on complaints about large-scale irregularities committed in some drinking water projects in Jajpur, Lokayukta started an investigation. Lokayukta looked into two drinking water projects built under Basudha scheme at Gengutia and Bharatpur under Dharmasala block. Deputy director of...
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CM Naveen Patnaik inaugurates 2 irrigation projects worth Rs 1,508 cr
Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik Friday inaugurated two irrigation projects worth Rs 1,508 crore in Mayurbhanj district, which will provide irrigation facilities to more than 27,000 hectares of land, benefiting more than 2.5 lakh farmers. Patnaik visited the district...
Odisha reports 583 Covid cases, 1 death
Bhubaneswar: Odisha reported 583 new Covid-19 cases, including 126 children Friday, pushing the tally to 13,21,780, a health department bulletin said. The Covid-19 death toll rose to 9,154 as a 75-year-old man succumbed to the pathogen in Kendrapara district, it...
Hundreds of Aadhaar cards found buried in Gajapati village
R Udayagiri: Hundreds of Aadhaar cards were found buried and dumped in the open without being delivered to beneficiaries at Darab village of Jiranga panchayat under Mohana block in Gajapati district, Thursday. As per reports, a villager first spotted some...
Lokayukta starts probe into two drinking water projects
Dharmasala/Chandikhole: Acting on complaints about large-scale irregularities committed in some drinking water projects in Jajpur, Lokayukta started an investigation. Lokayukta looked into two drinking water projects built under Basudha scheme at Gengutia and Bharatpur under Dharmasala block. Deputy director of...
Orissa High Court orders govt to pay Rs 10 lakh compensation for schoolgirl’s death
Cuttack: The Orissa High Court directed the state government Thursday to pay Rs 10 lakh as compensation to the father of a seven-year-old girl for her "avoidable" death due to a wall collapse at a school in Keonjhar district nine...
Odisha govt to distribute national flag free of cost among people
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Banda boat tragedy: Nearly 25 missing, 3 bodies fished out; search operation on
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Read moreCattle smuggling case: CBI summons 2 doctors on bed rest advice to Anubrata Mondal
Kolkata: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) probing the cattle smuggling case in West Bengal has now summoned two doctors attached to Bolpur Sub- Division Hospital in Birbhum district in connection with the 14-day bed rest medical advice, which Trinamool Congress leader Anubrata Mondal tried to use as shield to escape the central agency summons for interrogation. The first doctor is Chandra Adhikari, attached to Bolpur Sub-Division Hospital, who reportedly went...
Read moreDVAC raids ex-AIADMK legislator Baskar’s premises
Chennai: The Department of Vigilance and Anti Corruption (DVAC) bureau was conducting raids and searches at 26 premises of former AIADMK MLA, KPP Baskar since Friday morning. The former MLA is a close associate of the AIADMK interim general secretary and former Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu, Edappadi K. Palaniswami. Sources told IANS that the raids were being conducted at places linked to the MLA and his wife. The DVAC, according...
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CM Naveen Patnaik inaugurates 2 irrigation projects worth Rs 1,508 cr
Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik Friday inaugurated two irrigation projects worth Rs 1,508 crore in Mayurbhanj district, which will provide irrigation facilities to more than 27,000 hectares of land, benefiting more than 2.5 lakh farmers. Patnaik visited the district for the first time following Droupadi Murmu's swearing-in as 15th President of India. Murmu is a native...
Odisha reports 583 Covid cases, 1 death
Bhubaneswar: Odisha reported 583 new Covid-19 cases, including 126 children Friday, pushing the tally to 13,21,780, a health department bulletin said. The Covid-19 death toll rose to 9,154 as a 75-year-old man succumbed to the pathogen in Kendrapara district, it said. The state had logged 530 infections and a fatality Thursday. Sundargarh district reported the highest number...
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Banda boat tragedy: Nearly 25 missing, 3 bodies fished out; search operation on
Banda (UP): Around 25 people are missing since the boat capsize in the Yamuna river here a day back and three bodies have so far been fished out, officials said Friday. NDRF and SDRF personnel were conducting a search operation, and divers have also been called in from Prayagraj to assist, they said. At least three people,...
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