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Niali block stumbled upon the animals resting under the cover of a bush and shrubs

Niali:9/7/17:The residents of Dihasithala village under Sasanapada gram panchayat under Niali block today stumbled upon the animals resting under the cover of a bush and shrubs in an agriculture field. A pack of four to five animals were spotted. However people managed to capture the youngest of the group. The adult animals managed to escape, said local villagers. The animal ...

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Prime Minister to interact with Chief Secretaries of States & Union Territories in New Delhi tomorrow

Newdelhi:9/7/17:Prime Minister Narendra Modi will interact with Chief Secretaries of all States/UTs in the National Conference of Chief Secretaries being organized by the NITI Aayog to further the spirit of cooperative and competitive federalism on Monday, 10th July.. Chief Secretaries from 30 States/UTs along with Planning Secretaries, Finance Secretaries, Health Secretaries, Agriculture Secretaries and Industry Secretaries will attend the Conference. ...

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President of India attends the launch of Swayam, Swayam Prabha DTH Channels

Newdelhhi:9/7/17The President of India, Shri Pranab Mukherjee attended the launch of SWAYAM, 32 SWAYAM Prabha DTH Channels and National Academic Depository at the National Convention on Digital Initiatives organized by Ministry of Human Resource Development, Government of India today (July 9, 2017) in New Delhi. Speaking on the occasion, the President said that the spread of technology, telecom penetration and internet ...

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Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi addresses awareness programme on GST in Hyderabad 

  Hydrabad:9/7/17:The Minister of State for Minority Affairs (Independent Charge) & Parliamentary Affairs Shri Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi today said here that Goods and Services Tax (GST) is a “revolutionary step” taken in the interest of common people and small traders and it will a game changer for Indian economy. Addressing common people and traders at an awareness programme on GST ...

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Confronting the challenge of mounting waste  

  *Sudhirendar Sharma   Mini-mountains of accumulated untreated urban waste are common sights in most big and medium cities and towns in the country.  Waste dumps greet visitors to any city, reflecting the rapidly rising prosperity in each bit of trash at the waste dump. With cities having literally failed to develop effective ways to dispose of their waste, the ...

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Odia playback singer Sona Mohapatra has again added fuel over Sambalpuri folk song ‘Rangabati’

Bhubaneswar9/7/17:: Odia playback singer Sona Mohapatra has again added fuel to the longstanding controversy over Sambalpuri folk song ‘Rangabati’  by raising questions on Twitter regarding Shankar Mahadevan’s performance during opening ceremony of 22nd Asian Athletics Championships here. She said original singer Jitendra Haripal could have been asked to sing the song during the prestigious event instead of Mahadevan. “Did it not ...

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Odia athlete Jauna Murmu disappointed the sports lovers

Bhubaneswar(9/7/17):: Odia athlete Jauna Murmu who had reached the finals of the women’s 400 metre hurdles disappointed the sports lovers in the State by finishing at 6th place at the Asian Athletic Championships being held at Kalinga Stadium here on Saturday. She had entered the finals by clocking 57.96 second in the heats. However, Odia sprinter Amiya Mallick entered into ...

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Infighting in Congress take new mode

Bhubaneswar:9/7/17 The infighting between the Congress MLAs demanding PCC president Prasad Harichandan’s ouster and the latter’s father-in-law Suresh Routray, a senior party leader, is getting uglier by the day. On Saturday, Talsara MLA Prafulla Majhi and Sundargarh MLA Jogesh Singh lashed out at Routray for his remarks against the MLAs. Majhi said, “Who is Sura Routray? Is he a party ...

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Binapani Mohanty: Pata Dei(OdiaShort Story)

Translated from Oriya by Sunita Mishra Nobody had ever seen Pata dei (1) after that fateful night of Dola purnima. It seemed as if the night itself had engulfed her. The moon was spread clear and bright all over the village. After the ritual journey from house to house the deities were being gathered in the field. The air was thick with the swelling ...

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Mamatamaye Choudhary upcoming socio-political novel “Sareeshupa”

Mamatamaye Choudhary upcoming socio-political novel “Sareeshupa” published by Paschima Publications ,Bhubaneswar.Special  Theme of the book centres around displacement and it’s after effects.It challenges the so called authority and the turncoat politicians regarding the ethics of Replacement.How many times a household can be displaced in his entire life span!

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