Monthly Archives: July 2012
100 acres land, Rs 5 crore for Sainik School at Sambalpur
The Odisha government has decided to expedite the process for setting up another Sainik School in the state at Sambalpur. In order to expedite the project, school and mass education minster Pratap Jena reviewed the progress with the officials of Sainik School here today. Around 100 acres of land has been demarcated for setting up
16% less rainfall in 24 districts
The delayed and weak monsoon this year has raised a sense of concern and despair among the farmers in the State. The rainfall on average has been 16 per cent below normal in the State and 24 districts have received deficient rainfall, putting farm activities to doldrums. Though the southwest monsoon that reached Odisha on
Odisha SEZ policy in limbo due to objection to tax doles
Odisha’s proposed Special Economic Zone (SEZ) policy, aimed at attracting investors in non-metallurgical sectors has hit the wall of uncertainty. Though the draft of the policy was framed two years back, it has hardly moved ahead. Sources said, the finance department was not keen on doling out tax sops and incentives in line with the
Anti-malaria fight: Government to revive defunct zonal offices
In its bid to prevent malaria and dengue, the state government has decided to revive the defunct zonal malaria offices (ZMOs) in the state and re-name them as zonal vector borne disease (VBD) offices soon. Currently, the ZMOs at Cuttack, Sambalpur and Berhampur are lying non-operational. While the posts of ZMOs were withdrawn, posts of
Dam water rule may be revised
The state government is considering revising the rule curve (a set of guidelines) to regulate water in the Hirakud dam, official sources said on Saturday. A technical committee, constituted in the wake of alleged mismanagement of Hirakud reservoir waters leading to massive flood in the Mahanadi river in September 2011, has recommended to the state
Companies look to tap demand in tier II & III cities
With the growth slowing down in tier I cities, consumer facing industries such as branded furniture, ceramic tiles, bath fittings and durables, which are directly impacted by prospects of the housing sector, are chalking out expansion plans in tier II towns which continue to grow at a steady pace. At a time when sectors like
Getting Plus II seat in Odisha’s govt premier colleges set to be tougher
Securing a seat in the premier government colleges of the state, particularly in the science stream, will be tougher this year with students securing higher marks on average in the HSC exam. “There will be stiff competition this time since the average marks secured is much higher than last year. Besides, the consistent success rate
Conventional PG courses back in demand at Sambalpur University
Conventional postgraduate courses in Sambalpur University received an unusually high number of applications this year compared to previous years. Self-financed and professional courses, however, continued to evoke poor response. The physics department with 32 seats received the highest 430 applications, compared to 258 in 2011 and 227 in 2010. Similarly, for 28 seats of chemistry
20 junior footballers leave for TFA camp
Altogether 20 junior footballer of the State left from here on Sunday to join Tata Football Academy (TFA) at Jamshedpur for a fifteen day training camp. National players Bijay Kumar and Md Kaushar would conduct the camp at TFA. Before leaving for the camp the players were participated in a six day long practice camp bhubaneswar
Five Person killed in train mishaps in western Odisha
Five persons were run over by trains at level crossings in three different locations in western Odisha on Friday and Saturday. Three persons, Jitendra Bag (20), Bhakta Kalo (22) and Upendra Khadia, (25) from Balanda village of Pandari panchayat in Jharsuguda district’s Belpahar police station area were hit by the Azad Hind Express at Belpahar
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