Ganjam

Odisha govt to upgrade 11 airstrips in different districts

June 23, 2013   News

Air connectivity across Odisha is set to get a boost with the state government proposing upgradation of the existing 11 airstrips in different districts. The plan includes installation of communication and surveillance apparatus, increasing the length of runways and construction of boundary walls, sources said. The airstrips are located at Keonjhar, Dhenkanal, Sambalpur, Jeypore (Koraput

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Diabetes footcare centre opens at Khurda DHH

April 4, 2012   News

With the diabetic foot complications assuming alarming proportions, thanks to lack of awareness and under diagnosis, the Kanungo Institute of Diabetes Specialities is all set to establish Diabetes Footcare Centres in the district headquarter hospitals (DHH) of the State to address such problems. The first of the centres became operational at the DHH, Khurda, on

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Maoists free one Italian hostage, no trace of MLA

March 26, 2012   News

The Maoists on Sunday released one of the two Italians they had abducted from the Kandhamal -Ganjam border in Orissa on March 14 Claudio Colangelo walked to safety with a group of journalists who had gone into the forest at the invitation of the insurgents. “I feel good. It’s finished. I am very happy. I

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Innovative practice boon for sugarcane farmers

January 15, 2012   News

Farmers cultivating sugarcane under a new method Sustainable Sugarcane Initiative (SSI) in Nayagarh, Ganjam and Bargarh shared their experience about the method in a recently concluded State level workshop organised by NIRMAN and AgSri. The SSI method was introduced by NIRMAN. Naba Kishor Das (48), a farmer of Khairapati, said that he earned Rs 5,200

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