33 Post Payments Banks in Odisha from Sept 1
Thirty-three branches of India Post Payments Bank (IPPB) would be opened in Odisha on September 1. The Chief Postmaster General in a release informed that the IPPB services would also be launched at 166 access points (Post Officers) on the day. Prime Minister Narendra Modi would launch the IPPB with 650 branches...
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Mahabharata researchers to visit 5 parts of India
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Youth hurt in mobile battery blast in S'pur
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Crorepati woman OFS officer, husband arrested
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Rupani to unveil Surat Odisha Parba
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Puri lawyers observe cease-work
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K'mal lawyers to go on strike
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Odisha farmers cry foul as Bansadhara flows low
Two barrages constructed over the Bansadhara river by the Andhra Pradesh Government at Katragada and Naredi have forced people of Gajapati and Rayagada districts to spend sleepless nights as the water flow in the river has become very less. The Bansadhara river, one of the six major rivers of Odisha and...
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Climate literacy campaign held in Balangir Balangir: The Tiranga Yubak Sangh in association with the National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (Nabard) organised a climate literacy campaign here on Wednesday. Chief guest Balangir Zilla Parishad President Bharti Mahananda inaugurated the programme. Agalpur Degree College Principal Kulamani Meher expressed concern...
Did CM bluff on Block Grant issue last yrij
We’re not beggars sitting here for days; rather, it is you (MlAs, Ministers) who are! You beg us for votes, but once your mission achieved, you go damn selfish,“ said a Block Grant (BG) teacher while addressing colleagues at the Mahatma Gandhi Road here. The United Forum of School and College Teachers...
Rs 1.5 cr more cash for Dutee
Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Thursday announced another cash reward of Rs 1.5 crore for Odisha-born ace sprinter Dutee Chand, who has brought laurels for the nation and the State by clinching two silver medals at the 18th Asian Games. Patnaik also announced that the State Government would bear expenses of...
Suicide of accused: DGP orders CB probe
DGP RP Sharma on Thursday ordered a Crime Branch (CB) probe into the suicide of a theft accused in Mahakalpada of Kendrapada district on August 26, which had triggered protests from the locals. A DSP-rank officer of the Crime Branch has been entrusted with the task to investigate into the incident...
Guidelines issued to prevent honour killings
The State Home Department has issued guidelines/Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) to top-level police officers and administrators for prevention of honour killing. The department has asked the Superintendents of Police of all districts to identify the sub-divisions and villages where honour killings take place and ensure that the officers in charge of...
No MCQ-pattern matric questions from 2020
Following widespread criticism over the alarming deterioration of school education due to introduction of multiple choice questions (MCQs) in the matriculation examinations, the Board of Secondary Education (BSE), Odisha, which conducts the final school leaving examination, has decided to get rid of the MCQ pattern of questions from the 2020...
