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Revenue secretary inspects healthcare at Khurda DHH

Khurda: State Revenue and Disaster Management department principal secretary Nikunja Bihari Dhal, Wednesday, visited Khurda district headquarters hospital (DHH) and took stock of the healthcare facilities. Dhal interacted with patients and attendants who were in queues at the Niramaya free drugstore and registration counter of...

Inculcating scientific temper with film fest

The festival, which kicked off Tuesday, will continue till November 8 at the Regional Science Centre auditorium in the capital city The motto of organising this film festival is to encourage students to pursue science more seriously and also to give them the idea that...

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SC ruling on Shankaracharya is historic: Gobardhan Peeth

Puri: A day after the Supreme Court issued a set of directions to the state government and the Shree Jagannath Temple Administration (SJTA) for better management of the 12th century shrine and timely performance of rituals, Gobardhan Peeth, the seat of Puri Shankaracharya, Tuesday welcomed...

Ganjam targets dropouts to mitigate child marriage

Bhubaneswar: The district administration of Ganjam has recently been awarded by the state Women and Child Development department for its achievements in restricting child marriages through an innovative approach. The district administration earlier this year had launched a special scheme ‘Nirbhay Kadi’ under which it...

Plea in NHRC for Rs 15L aid to gangrape survivor

Bhubaneswar, Nov 5: A petition was filed with the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) Tuesday seeking justice for a 15-year-old Dalit girl who was allegedly gang-raped at a village under Chandbali police limits in Bhadrak district Monday. In his petition (13579/IN/2019), rights activist Himanshu Sekhar...

ICAR-CIFA training: Pisciculture to enhance farmers’ income

Bhubaneswar: National Fisheries Development Board (NFDB) sponsored a 5-day training program on “Advances in Fish Nutrition and Feed Technology” is being organised by the Fish Nutrition and Physiology Division of ICAR-Central Institute of Freshwater Aquaculture in Bhubaneswar, Monday. Around 25 participants from 8 states of...

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Naveen dismisses 6 govt officers for corruption

Bhubaneswar: Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik Monday dismissed six government officers from service and withheld pension benefits of five others for being involved in corruption, officials said. The action by Patnaik is part of the state government’s zero tolerance towards corruption, they added. The state government...

‘Budgetary allocations for state police lowest in country’

Bhubaneswar: The state government recently sanctioned additional Rs 17.5 crore to the state police department by increasing the annual contingency fund for the police stations across the state. The government took the step to provide better services under the ‘Mo Sarkar’ initiative. The raising of...

 

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