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Odisha’s 15 police personnel awarded President’s police medals
15 police personnel from the state have been awarded police medals on the occasion of the Independence Day this year. From President’s Police Medals for Gallantry have been awarded to Pradeep Kapur, Additional Director General Of Police , HRPC, Cuttack. Police Medals for Meritorious Service have been awarded to 12 Odisha Poilce personnel. They are
Union Bank targets Rs 10,000 cr business in Odisha this fiscal
Regional Head of the Union Bank Sachindra Kishore Agarwal today said that the bank having transaction worth Rs 8700 crore including deposits and advance in the State, has a business target of Rs 10,000 crore in the current fiscal. Speaking on the occasion of the shifting of bank’s main branch from Janpath area to Ashok
Reshuffle in IAS cadres, 11 officers assigned with new responsibility
Odisha Government has effected a major bureaucratic reshuffle on Monday. The state government has assigned with new responsibility to 11 IAS officers. IAS D Prasanth Kumar Reddy appointed as new PD DRDA Bolangir, IAS Bijay Ketan Upadhyaya appointed as new PD DRDA Sundargarh, IAS V Jaya Kumar appointed as new PD DRDA Sambalpur, IAS N
Fashion designer Manish Arora feels Indian couture is just bridal wear
Perhaps Manish Arora hasn’t been watching recent fashion in India too closely. Otherwise, he’d have noticed how high-end designers have veered away from an older pattern of creating conventional bridal lehengas, to presenting a wide variety of outfits on the ramps. From serious khadi sarees to daring off-shoulder gowns, flirty baby-doll dresses – even a
Call to preserve Bezbaroa’s Odisha house
Assam Governor JB Patnaik has stressed the need for preserving the residence of Lakshminath Bezbaroa at Sambalpur in Orissa as a cultural centre where research of Oriya and Assamese literature can take place. Patnaik recently visited the office of the Revenue Inspector located at Nelson Mandela Chowk, Sambalpur, which was the home of Sahityarathi Bezbaroa
Meher among stalwarts who saved Odia
The students of Odisha at the preliminary stage tend to forget their mother tongue Odia since most of the parents now prefer English medium schools. This is no doubt a challenge for the State as well as the entire Odia community. Hence, everyone must contribute to strengthen Odia language and Odisha, said Assam Governor Janaki
New railway station inaugurated at Bhawanipatna
The new railway station of Bhawanipatna under Sambalpur division under East Coast Railway was inaugurated and 18438 Bhawanipatna-Bhubaneswar Link Express flagged off from here on Saturday evening dated 11- 08-2012. Lok Sabha member and former railway minister Bhakta Charan Das flagged off the train. According to East Coast Railway, the 18437 Bhubaneswar-Bhawanipatna Link Express will leave
Station inaugurated, express train flagged off
The railway station at Bhawanipatna in Sambalpur division of East Coast Railways was inaugurated and 18438 Bhawanipatna-Rayagada- Bhubaneswar Link Express train was flagged off from here today. The daily express train, flagged off by Lok Sabha member and former minister of state for Railways Bhakta Charan Das, will link Raygada, Vijayanagaram and Berhampur to reach
Wild life adventures in Mahanadi
As part of promotion of adventure sports, tourism and developing self confidence among the rustic youth, especially girls, as many as 24 trainees, including nine girls, have embarked on an expedition under the guidance of the National Adventure Foundation director in the Mahanadi. The voyage was kicked off on August 2 at Sambalpur, which will
R. P. Sasmal assumes charge of Director (Operations), POWERGRID
R. P. Sasmal, has assumed the charge of Director (Operations) of Power Grid Corporation of India Limited (POWERGRID) on 1st August, 2012. Prior to this, he was Executive Director (Operation Services) in the company and he is a graduate Engineer from Sambalpur University, Odisha, Shri Sasmal has more than 30 years of experience in power sector.
Cyclonic circulation triggers heavy rain
The agriculture operations in the state are likely to get a boost as many places received rain under the impact of a cyclonic circulation over the Bay of Bengal in the past 24 hours. Official sources said the total agriculture coverage in the state was reduced by about three lakh hectare by so far compared
Rights body salve to cop torture victim
The Odisha Human Rights Commission (OHRC) has ordered the state government to pay Rs one lakh in compensation to a man who was allegedly tortured in police custody in April. The OHRC, in its August 7 order, has asked the home department to pay the amount to the victim, Biswanath Pradhan, within four weeks. Pradhan’s
Heavy rain disrupt roadways in Sambalpur
Heavy rain in Sambalpur district has cut off Naktideul block from the mainland. Traffic movement on Naktiduel-Kisinda road and Naktiduel-Redhakhol road has been completely disrupted since Thursday evening because of the swelling nullah at Paikmal and Bijagarh. Even road communication between Boudh and Redhakhol has been disturbed by the overflowing rainwater in two nullas at