Governance

Bhubaneswar: Odia IPS officer Utkal Ranjan Sahoo has been made the Director General of Police (DGP) in Rajasthan following the VRS of incumbent Umesh Mishra. As per reports, Sahu will hold additional charge of DGP Rajasthan and also…
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Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government on Friday launched the third phase of its flagship health scheme Biju Swasthya Kalyan Yojana (BSKY) with plan to cover 90 per cent of the state’s population by including all left out rural families. …
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Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Secretary Pradeep Kumar Jena has appealed to the people to organise plastic-free picnics in natural spots across the state. In a press release on Sunday, the chief secretary told the people to be “ambassadors…
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Bhubaneswar: Well-known social scientist and activist Prof Jean Dreze called for a law on healthcare to strengthen public health services in Odisha. Speaking at a round table discussion, organised by Odisha Khadya Adhikar Abhijan and…
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Cuttack: Urgent cases in the Orissa High Court will be moved before before the Acting Chief Justice B R Sarangi during the ensuing winter holidays. “As directed, it is hereby informed that urgent case(s), if any, may be moved before the…
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Cuttack: The Orissa High Court on Friday upheld the merit list of 1,104 candidates published by the Odisha Public Service Commission (OPSC) for recruitment of Assistant Section Officers (ASO). While ruling that there were no…
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Bhubaneswar: The Orissa High Court restricting the Odisha government from creating new districts without its permission has come as jolt to its plan to upgrade Padampur sub-division in Bargarh district to a separate district. A division…
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Bhubaneswar: In a novel initiative to reduce the number of accidents, the Odisha government has decided to make arrangement for offering free tea to drivers of vehicles during night on highways in the state. Giving this information,…
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Bhubaneswar: Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan on Wednesday wrote to his cabinet colleague Mansukh Mandaviya over diarrhoea outbreak in Odisha’s Rourkela. He has sought the Union Health Minister’s personal intervention on the…
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Rourkela: Amid concerns over cholera cases in Odisha’s Rourkela, Principal Secretary of Housing and Urban Development G Mathi Vathanan and Secretary of Health and Family Welfare Shalini Pandit visited the Steel City on Wednesday to assess…
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