The Central Institute of Fishery Technology (CIFT), Cochin, had recently issued a notification to close the research centre at Burla in Sambalpur district and had ordered transfer of all its six employees to its headquarters at Cochin. Reacting to the decision of the CIFT, Mishra told newsmen that he would take up the matter with the

Mahanadi Coalfields Ltd – a wholly owned subsidiary of Coal India Ltd – today accused Nalco of not lifting coal allotted to the company. The Sambalpur-based miner felt that Nalco was solely responsible for the coal shortage at its captive generation facilities. The Bhubaneswar-headquartered aluminium major allegedly held MCL responsible for not supplying adequate coal,

On a day when hundreds of farmers staged protest in Sambalpur seeking action against Hindalco, a subsidiary of the Aditya Birla Group, for its alleged negligence resulting in breaking away of its ash pond at Hirakud damaging around 100 acres of standing paddy crop, group chairman Kumar Mangalam Birla avoided the media in Bhubaneswar on

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

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

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

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

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