Governance

Bhubaneswar: Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Saturday inaugurated 59 lift irrigation projects in 13 districts. About 80,000 hectare of dry land will be irrigated through these facilities that have been constructed under the Parvati…
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Bhubaneswar: Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Saturday approved a proposal to build seven multi-purpose cyclone shelters in seven gram panchayats under four blocks of Puri district at a cost of Rs 14 crore. During the district visit of…
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Bhubaneswar: The Naveen Patnaik government in Odisha on Friday announced that the beneficiaries under the State Food Security Scheme (SFSS) will continue to get free rice of 5 kg per person every month for another five years. The state…
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New Delhi: A woman judge’s letter to the Chief Justice of India (CJI) seeking permission to commit suicide has gone viral on social media. In the two-page letter, the woman judge asked for the CJI’s permission to end her life following the…
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Cuttack: The Orissa High Court on Wednesday directed Puri Municipality to pay Rs 10 lakh compensation to family of a four-year-old boy, who was killed by a pack of stray dogs on December 1, 2016. The tragic incident had occurred when…
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New Delhi: The Supreme Court has upheld abrogation of Article 370 which it said was a temporary provision in Jammu & Kashmir. Pronouncing the lengthy and unanimous verdict, Chief Justice of India (CJI) DY Chandrachud rejected the…
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New Delhi: The Reserve Bank of India monetary policy committee (MCP) has decided to keep the policy repo rate unchanged at 6.5 per cent, governor Shaktikanta Das announced on Friday and attributed it to declining inflation. The repo…
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Bhubaneswar: The State Level Single Window Clearance Authority (SLSWCA) of Odisha on Thursday approved 19 transformative projects worth Rs 4,804.35 crore, further strengthening the state’s position as an investment destination. The…
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Bhubaneswar: Odisha Cabinet on Tuesday approved the proposals for a utility corridor in Gopalpur and two industrial plants in Cuttack and Sambalpur. The Cabinet meeting, chaired by Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik, approved 10 proposals…
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Bhubaneswar: Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Thursday launched health infrastructure projects worth Rs 1,140 crore in Odisha. The chief minister inaugurated 103 projects in health sector worth Rs 140 crore and laid foundation stone for…
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