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Odisha Chief Minister launched an innovative Social Media Grievance Handling Mechanism

Bhubaneswar:13/12/17; Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik, on Wednesday launched an innovative Social Media Grievance Handling Mechanism that the state government hopes will rejuvenate the government-public interface. The government said it would create a strong bond of trust between the government and the people. The mechanism includes a Web Portal as well as a Mobile App. It is an internal mechanism ...

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IMA Sword of Honour Winner Accorded Grand Reception

Bhubaneswar:13/12/17;The welcome banner of Air Force Association Odisha Branch, Armed Forces Veterans of Odisha and Indian Ex-Services League Odisha waited at the Biju Patnaik International Airport (BPIA) much before the Indigo flight 6E 211 landed at the runway of the Temple City. Well-wishers from all walks of life, retired officers from armed forces and their families, own family members and ...

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Odisha Chief Minister demanded constitution of Tribunal to resolve Mahanadi dispute

Bhubaneswar:13/12/17;Chief Minister Shri Naveen Patnaik wrote to Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi for constituting Tribunal as per section 4(1) of Inter-State River Water Disputes Act, 1956 to resolve Mahanadi dispute. Key issues raised by him in the letter: o After assuring Hon’ble Supreme Court of constituting a Tribunal to resolve the dispute, Centre changed its stand completely by stating that the Tribunal can’t be ...

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BPO Promotion Schemes Put Small Towns on Global Digital Map

  Newdelhi:13/12/17;The Ministry of Electronics and IT has been working to translate Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi’s vision of Sabka Saath, Sabka Vikas, through digital inclusion. Digital India program was launched by the Government to ensure digital service delivery to the common people as well as to create new opportunities in the digital economy. Schemes such as BPO Promotion and Common ...

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PM addresses inaugural session of 90th Annual General Meeting of FICCI

Newdelhi:13/12/17;The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi, today addressed the inaugural session of the 90th Annual General Meeting of FICCI. He recalled that around the time of FICCI’s founding in 1927, Indian Industry had united against the Simon Commission that was constituted by the then British Government. He said that Indian Industry had joined all other sections of Indian society, in ...

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Union Home Minister conduct a meeting for Central assistance to States affected by natural disasters

Newdelhi:13/12/117:he Union Home Minister, Shri Rajnath Singh chaired a meeting of the High Level Committee (HLC) here today for Central Assistance to the States of Manipur, Mizoram in the wake of flood, landslides and to Kerala in the wake of drought (rabi & kharif) of 2016-17. The Union Minister for Finance and Corporate Affairs, Shri Arun Jaitley, Union Minister of ...

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BJD will celebrate its 20th foundation day on 26 December at Talabania

Bhubaneswar:12/12/17; Odisha’s ruling Biju Janata Dal (BJD) will celebrate its 20th foundation day on 26 December at Talabania in Puri district. In a press release BJD State Secretary Bijay Nayak said a State-level convention would be held at Talabania. Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik has already written to all the district, block and town presidents of the party across the State ...

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Major fire broke out at the refinery of Indian Oil Corporation Limited in Paradip

Paradip12/12/17;: A major fire broke out at the refinery of Indian Oil Corporation Limited in Odisha’s Paradip today resulting in panic among the denizens of the town. According to reports, the fire mishap took place at a power sub-station unit of the refinery at around 10.20 am. Dense smoke in large scale was seen billowing out of the sub-station. On being ...

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Odisha:15 member squad to represent in 79th Cadet & Sub Jr. National and Inter-State Table Tennis

Bhubaneswar:12/12/17;15 member squad to represent #Odisha in 79th Cadet & Sub Jr. National and Inter-State Table Tennis Championship 2017 from 14-19 Dec at Goa .

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Four footballers from Odisha are going to represent India in the SAFF

Bhubaneswar12/12/17;: Four footballers from Odisha are going to represent India in the SAFF Under-15 Women’s Championship-2017.     Sarita Soreng, Susmita Tanty, Bannya Kabiraj and Niketa Bishi of the state will be part of team India in the tournament scheduled to be held from December 17-24 in Dhaka, Bangladesh.Notably, SAFF Women’s Championship, also called the South Asian Football Federation Women’s Cup, is ...

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