Odisha Will Turn Economic Hotspot
Jharsuguda: Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas & Steel, Dharmendra Pradhan today addressed a webinar on “CA: The Catalyst—learning, unlearning and relearning” at VSM series organized by Rourkela, Sambalpur and Jharsuguda branch of ICAI. Union Minister Mr.Pradhan while speaking at the event, said that Odisha is uniquely poised to become the global economic hotspot. He said that with rich mineral resources,...
OMBADC Projects On Track
Bhubaneswar: The projects under Odisha Mineral Bearing Areas Development Corporation (OMBADC) being implemented through various departments have been put on fast track with Chief Secretary Asit Tripathy taking a review of the projects and setting time line for completion against each one in a high level meeting held in Lokseva Bhawan. Development Commissioner Suresh Chandra Mohapatra, ACS Health & Family...
RT PCR Test@Rs.100
Bhubaneswar: State Government has decided to reduce the Cost of RT-PCR Test by the Private Laboratories to help the citizens in Novel Corona Virus (COVID-19) Pandemic. ACS Health and Family Welfare, Pradipta Kumar Mohapatra has issued a notification in this regard on 21 December, which will help out the citizens going for RT-PCR Test. State Government has re-fixed the maximum price...
BJD Rank And File Happy
Bhubaneswar: The Governing BJD’s rank and file has reasons to be happy as party President and Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik has given importance to them in the Government. Mr.Patnaik while addressing the BJD’s State Council Meeting here Monday asked the ministers to interact with party’s district functionaries during visit and act on their constructive suggestions. The Chief Minister also sought suggestions...
Naveen Favors Public Scrutiny
Bhubaneswar: Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik has announced the property statements of all the elected people’s representatives including him and the Government officials of all levels, will be put in public domain for scrutiny. Noting that corruption is the biggest hurdle before the development, the Chief Minister while addressing the Governing BJD’s State Council meeting here, said: “Submission of the property...
Sexual Assault And Murder; SIT
Nayagarh: Special Investigation Team (SIT) of Crime Branch under Odisha Police on Monday said the five-year-old Nayagarh girl was victim of “sexual assault” and murder. SIT Chief Arun Bothra revealed it a day after the arrest of an youth from the victim’s village. “The SIT has sufficient evidence against the youth arrested on Sunday. He was also interrogated by the Nayagarh...
Tassar Lifeline For Tribal
Keonjhar: Development Commissioner Suresh Chandra Mahapatra has appreciated the efforts of the district Administration of Keonjhar, which has taken an initiative to provide sustainable livelihood for the mining affected people through the Tassar Silk Park. While appreciating the quality products, Mr.Mahapatra advised to open sales centers in Keonjhar and Bhubaneswar so also tie up is needed with Corporate Sector, so...
Assembly Goes Paperless
Bhubaneswar: All the proceedings of the Odisha Legislative Assembly (OLA) will be digitized, thanks to support extended by National Institute of Smart Government (NISG). Speaker, OLA Surjya Narayan Patro chaired a high level meeting held here on 21 December to chart out the Road Map for Digitization of the process. Secretary OLA, Dasarathi Satapathy,Deputy Director Assembly Library, Aarati Mishra, Joint Secretary...
IMMT Cares Nabarangpur
Bhubaneswar: The Farm Based Science &Technology Intervention for Socio-Economic Development in the Aspirational District of Nabarangpur, Odisha is a high value project, said Prof. Suddhasatwa Basu, Director, Institute of Minerals and Materials Technology (CSIR-IMMT). Nabarangpur is one of the Ten Aspirational Districts in Odisha, which is monitored by NITI Aayog for its Socio-Economic Development. Farmers in the backward district will reap...
Sagarmala Boosts Coastal Shipping
New Delhi: Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways (MoPSW) has been working continuously for the promotion of Coastal Shipping under Sagarmala Program. The Sagarmala program is the flagship program of the Ministry to promote port-led development in the country through harnessing India’s 7,500 Km long coastline and potentially navigable waterways. MoPSW has identified Domestic locations namely Hazira, Okha, Somnath Temple, DIU,...