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Bhubaneswar:12/8/17; The death toll due to Swine Flu further rose to nine with death of one more person at the SCB Medical College and Hospital in Cuttack. However, out of the total nine swine flu deaths in Odisha, five have been reported from the SCB Hospital. One Pravat Kumar Parida, a native of Salipur in Cuttack district succumbed to the ...

Bhubaneswar: 12/8/17: Union Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu on Saturday flagged off the extension of the Rourkela-Jammu Tawi-Rourkela Express up to Sambalpur through video conferencing from New Delhi. Prabhu also launched free Wi-Fi services at Palasa and Srikakulam station and inaugurated Pasasengers waiting room and dormitories at Parvatipuram station under the East Coast Railway jurisdiction. On the inaugural run, the train ...

Bhubaneswar:12/8/17: Amid talks of a leadership change in the Odisha unit of the Congress, a three-member team of observers appointed by the All India Congress Committee (AICC) chief Sonia Gandhi, on Saturday met district presidents to try and revive the party’s political fortunes in the state. The observers are taking stock of the political situation as the state unit of ...

  New Delhi, Aug 12/8/17:: Government today sacked filmmaker Pahlaj Nihalani as Censor Board chief, replacing him with adman and Bollywood lyricist Prasoon Joshi. It also reconstituted the board , including as it’s members actress Vidya Balan , actor turned politician Vani Tripathi Tikoo and filmmaker Vivek Agnihotri. Joining Prasoon Joshi on the Censor Board will be Ms. Gautami Tadimalla, ...

Mumbai:12/8/17:At a review meeting on Haj 2017 and 22nd annual Haj orientation camp organised for Haj pilgrims at Haj House, Mumbai, Shri Naqvi said that from the next year, Haj will be organised according to the new Haj policy only. A high-level committee constituted to frame the new Haj policy is in final stage of shaping the policy and it ...

  coimbatore;12/8/17:To take forward the initiative of Hon’ble Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi for a New India movement from 2017 – 2022, a  Sankalp Se Siddhi  (Attainment through Resolve)  Programme was organized at  Sri Ramalinga Sowdambigai College of Science and Commerce, Onappalayam, Coimbatore on 12  August, 2017.  Minister of State for Culture and Tourism (Independent Charge), Dr. Mahesh Sharma graced ...

Newdelhi:12/8/17:Union Environment, Forest and Climate Change Minister, Dr. Harsh Vardhan, launched ‘Gaj Yatra’ here today, a nationwide campaign to protect elephants on the occasion of World Elephant Day. The campaign is planned to cover 12 elephant range states. Addressing the gathering on the occasion, Dr. Vardhan urged the people to prepare a strategy for a more even distribution of the ...

Berhampur:10/8/17:Manoj Kumar Moharana from Polsara block of Ganjam district has laid claim to fame by stuffing the ends of 21 lit candles in his mouth. The 23-year-old Mathematics post-graduate student from Berhampur University has entered into records with prestigious India Book of Records recognising it as a rare feat. Moharana had exhibited his through an official demonstration on May last ...

Cuttack:108/8/17: In view of clashes and violence occurred in previous years during students’ union polls at the premises, the authorities of Odisha’s premier educational institution Ravenshaw University have decided to constitute students’ council abolishing the present electoral process. “There will be no concept of students’ union polls in Ravenshaw University. Instead of it, a students’ council will be set up,” ...

Malkangiri:10/8/17:The drug peddlers have resorted to inventive ploy to escape detection. With today’s seizure of nearly 200 kilo gram of cannabis from an oil tanker in Malkangiri, the devious design by the peddlers to disorient the enforcement agencies has come to the fore. Acting on a tipoff, an oil tanker was intercepted and around 200 kilo gram of cannabis worth ...