Bhubaneswar: Sajjan Jindal-led JSW Steel bagged Jajang iron ore block in Keonjhar district by committing to pay 110 per cent of sale value of the ore to the state government. This is the fourth mines the steel firm owned during the ongoing auction. According to...
Bhubaneswar: The state leadership of the BJP, Thursday, opposed the proposed plan of the Odisha government to revise the power tariffs in the state. Odisha BJP vice president Golak Mohapatra, Thursday, cited the examples of other states and claimed that while many neigbouring states are...
She is being called the ‘sexiest athlete’ on planet Earth. But then German sprinter Alica Schmidt herself doesn’t know how and why she got such a tag. The crux of the matter is that Alica regularly shares her pictures on her Instagram account and she...
Bhubaneswar: After unveiling transformative plans for Puri Srimandir and Lingaraj temple in Bhubaneswar, Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik Wednesday approved the redevelopment plan of the periphery of Taratarini temple near Berhampur. Expressing his happiness over the development plan, the Chief Minister directed the officials concerned to...
On the occasion, cheques of Rs 5,000 were presented to cancer patients— Nishamani Sahoo, Bibhutibhusan Das, Menaka Das, Congress Jena and Puttam Singh Kalu—for their treatment Red Swastik Society has been working for cancer-affected and differently-abled persons since the last 18 years and we will...
The 13th edition of the Film Festival will be held from February 7 to 9, 2020, at the Idcol Auditorium in Bhubaneswar and inaugurated by Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik The JDCA Film Forum is a permanent programme initiative for archiving, documenting and screening of films on art....
Bhubaneswar: The agriculture scientists from Krishi Vigyan Kendra (KVK), Khurda which had recommended the name of the progressive farmer from Balianta, Batakrushna Sahoo, for the Padma awards to the Union government, bestowed him with a warm welcome after his return. Padmashri Sahoo hails from Sarakana...
Locally known as ‘Korunga Gumpha’, the cave is about 4 kms from Shankarpur Chowk on the road that connects Athagarh to Dhenkanal The symbols in the short engravings (inside the cave) pertain either to Buddhism or Jainism and are similar to the famous caves of...
Bhubaneswar: After a gap of two years, power tariff in the state may go up from next financial year (2020-21) as power generation and distribution companies have urged the Odisha Electricity Regulatory Commission (OERC) to effect a hike in power tariff. The OERC headed by...
Bhubaneswar: The special budgetary allocation of Rs 825 crore for the fisheries sector, as announced by the Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, can give an impetus to the highly unorganised sector in the coastal state of Odisha, scientists from CIFA said. According to the fish...
After remaining deafeningly silent on a media report casting serious doubts about the fairness and functioning of the Election Commission...
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By Aakar Patel Corruption and bribery are two words that are interchangeable. Or are they? Bribery, in the way that...
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By Dilip Cherian The next big change in India’s babudom may not come through another cadre reform or a new...
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The alleged suicide by a second-year B. Tech student of the prestigious IIT Bombay, one of India’s most premier institutes,...
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