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Bhubaneswar:21/8/17″ In an effort to address the shortage of doctors and improve healthcare services, the Odisha government on Monday handed over appointment letters to 581 doctors for posting at different health centers across the State. Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik distributed the letters to the doctors for regular appointment during a function held at the Rabindra Mandap here. “Healthcare has been ...

Newdelhi:21/8/17:The BJP is evolving a strategy to win majority of Assembly and Lok Sabha seats in Telangana, on the lines of party president Amit Shah’s ‘Mission 2019’ at national level, including a plan to defeat Hyderabad MP Asaduddin Owaisi, says a party functionary. As part of the “Mission 80” strategy, the BJP is eyeing to win 80 of the total ...

Newdelhi:21/8/17:President Ram Nath Kovind today arrived in Leh on a day’s visit to Jammu and Kashmir. This is his first visit outside Delhi after assuming office earlier this month.Jammu and Kashmir Governor NN Vohra, Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti, senior ministers, Indian Army chief General Bipin Rawat and other civil and military officials received Kovind at the Leh airport.The President, who ...

Washinhton:21/8/17:Chip giant Intel on Monday announced the roll-out of its 8th Gen Intel Core processors for a range of mobile processors designed for thin and light Notebooks and 2-in-1s. The first wave of 8th Gen Intel Core processor-powered devices featuring i5/i7 processors will come to market beginning September. Built for smooth 4K video streaming and virtual reality (VR) experience, the ...

Tamilnadu:21/8/17:The AIADMK General Council  expellled  V.K. Sasikala, a close aide of the late J. Jayalalithaa, as General Secretary, a senior leader owing allegiance to former Tamil Nadu Chief Minister O. Panneerselvam said on Monday. Former minister and party veteran C. Ponnaiyan also expressed confidence that the AIADMK government would run its full course of five years and no MLA would ...

Bhubaneswar:21/8/17: In the wake of Centre’s proposal of mid-term general elections, BJD supremo and Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Sunday said that his party is prepared to face elections anytime. Simultaneous polls have worked in favor of BJD, he said. CM, who arrived here from Delhi yesterday, clarified that the BJD would hold its policy of equidistance from the BJP ...

Bhubaneswar: 21/8/17:Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik today announced to upgrade the Jeypore Sub Divisional Hospital in Koraput district to District Headquarters Hospital. “The Sun Divisional Hospital at Jeypore is upgraded and given the District Heeadquarters Hospital status,” Patnaik said media persons here at Naveen Niwas. It was a long-standing demand of residents of Jeypore town and the CM made the ...

Balasore:21/8/17: Asserting their right for improved classroom teaching, tiny tots today rose in protest to stage dharna in front of their school in a remote village in Odisha’s Balasore district. With parents and guardians rallying behind their wards, protesting children skipped classes in a show of disapproval to the gross deficiencies in the required number of teachers of the Baharda ...

Rourkela21/8/17: Litterateurs in Rourkela steel city paid glowing tributes to Gangadhar Meher, legendary poet of yesteryears. The Cultural Academy, an organization espousing art and cultural acitivities, observed its 26th edition of  ‘Kabya Kabita Diwas’ yesterday in its premises on the occasion of the 156th birth anniversary of famous Odia poet. To commemorate the personality this Cultural Academy took up a discussion ...

Bhubaneswar:21/8/17: The union Ministry of Petroleum & Natural Gas has invested Rs 2500 crore in LPG related infrastructure in Odisha. To keep pace with increasing demand, the distribution network has also been augmented from existing network of 582 LPG distributors to nearly 1000 distributors with addition of 400 new LPG distributorships through a transparent process of selection, the Union Minister ...