Bhubaneswar: The railway ministry has allocated Rs70 crore for the Rayagada Railway Division in Odisha under the East Coast Railway Zone, officials said Friday. The establishment of the Rayagada Railway Division is poised to bring significant benefits to the region, enhancing connectivity and fostering economic...
Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government Friday announced a 10 per cent quota and five-year age relaxation for Agniveers in the state's uninformed services. Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi made the announcement before leaving for Delhi to attend the governing council meeting of the NITI Aayog Saturday....
Bhubaneswar: A group of working journalists Friday met Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi and urged the state government to provide pension to scribes. They also requested Majhi to functionalise the journalists' accreditation council and make provisions for an annual pass system to enter the...
Bhubaneswar: Anti-corruption vigilance officers on Friday arrested the chief construction engineer of Lower Suktel project in Odisha's Bolangir on charges of possessing assets 257 per cent more than his declared income. A case has been filed against Sunil Kumar Rout under Section 13(2) r/w 13(1)(b)/12...
Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi Friday approved a proposal to set up two new employees' state insurance (ESI) hospitals in the state. The hospitals will come up in Keonjhar and Sonepur towns, and largely benefit workers and their family members, Majhi said in...
Bhubaneswar: A low-pressure area, the third in a month, over north Bay of Bengal and adjacent coastal areas of Bangladesh and Gangetic West Bengal is likely to trigger heavy rainfall in parts of Odisha over the next four days, weather officials said Friday. Under its...
Bhubaneswar: Odisha's Leader of Opposition Naveen Patnaik wrote to West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Friday, seeking her intervention to ensure a smooth supply of potatoes to Odisha where prices have skyrocketed. In the letter, Patnaik said that due to rains, there has been a...
Bhubaneswar: Opposition Biju Janata Dal (BJD) and Congress Friday criticised the BJP government in Odisha alleging severe mismanagement of the Rath Yatra of Lord Jagannath held in Puri this month. Initiating a debate on an adjournment motion in the Assembly, Congress Legislative Party (CLP) leader...
Bhubaneswar: With potato prices touching Rs 50 a kilogramme due to "inadequate" supply from neighbouring West Bengal, the Odisha government Friday said it was contemplating to procure potato from Uttar Pradesh. This was stated by Food Supplies and Consumer Welfare Minister Krushna Chandra Patra after...
Bhubaneswar/Baripada: The Economic Offences Wing (EOW) of Odisha Crime Branch arrested a fraudster involved in the illegal withdrawal of over Rs 9 crore from the account of District Mineral Foundation Trust of Zilla Parishad in Mayurbhanj through clone cheque fraud, a source said Friday. The...
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