ICU facilities in all districts by 2021
By March 2020, Intensive Care Unit (ICU) facilities would be available at 19 District Headquarters Hospitals; and in the remaining districts, ICUs would come up by 2021. The decision was taken at the first State-level taskforce meeting of the Central Government scheme National Programme for Prevention and Control of Cancer, Diabetes,...
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Complete Indravati right canal expansion soon
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Odisha Maa Gruha to be model for districts in India
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Couple robbed of gold at gunpoint in city
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3.89L PMAY-G houses for Fani victims soon
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Paan, tobacco banned in Jagannath Temple
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SHG women vow to make JSpur liquor free
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Angul comes under CCTV surveillance
In view of the deteriorating law and order situation in Angul, the district police have taken steps to keep the town under CCTV surveillance round the clock. To keep vigil on anti-socials and traffic rule violators, the police have installed 38 CCTV cameras at eight major squares in the town. Besides, a...
RTI Bill opposed in Brahmapur
The Ganjam Soochana Adhikar Milita Manch and the Manav Adhikar Surakshya Manch on Tuesday held a demonstration at Khallikote College Square here opposing the Right to Information (Amendment) Bill, 2019. The associations also submitted a memorandum addressed to the President of India urging him to withhold assent to the Bill and...
Hundreds lose jobs as Khordha crushers shut
The Khordha crusher units’ owners have complained of facing various hardships, for which they have shut down the units since July 27. As a result, hundreds of unemployed youths who engaged their trucks in supplying spalls from the stone quarries, besides workers of the units have lost their livelihood. The association has...
Ganjam lawyers boycott courts
Lawyers of Ganjam district have been boycotting the courts for last four days of every month to press for their demand for establishment of a permanent Bench of the Orissa High Court here. On Tuesday, the lawyers staged a demonstration at the Ganjam Bar Associationoffice and shouted slogans on the third...
Girl, family members slit youth’s throat
A girl and her family members slit the throat of a youth near Darabachha village under the Marshaghai police station in the district on Tuesday. The victim, identified as 25-year-old Raj Kishore Dash of Kanpur village, was initially admitted to the Marshaghai Community Health Centre and later shifted to the District...
Girl killed by nieghbour over chickens’ death
A 14-year-old girl was thrashed to death by a neighbour over a trivial matter at Kumbharapada village under the Hatibari police station in Sundargrah district on Monday. The deceased was identified as Roshni Dungdung. Sources said a heated argument ensued between Roshni’s family and their neighbour Samir Dungdung over the death...
Doctor crunch hits Bargarh hospitals
The State Health Department is in a dock in Bargarh district. Against a requirement of over 219 doctor, only 115 doctors are working now in the district. Similarly, only 35 nurses are working against a requirement of double the number. Even the Orthopedics Department and other important departments have no doctors...
