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Fifth Odisha Tele Awards ceremony was held :Chandal Best Tele Film and Sindur Bindu Best serial

Bhubaneswar:21/12/17; The Fifth Odisha Tele Awards ceremony was held at Utkal Mandap here last evening Chandal tele film Director Vishal Pattnaik has coferred by the Guest as his directed telefilm adjudged as best tele film while Best serial Producer Soubhya Laxmi Jena conferred by the Culture Minister ashok Chandra Panda.Tarang  Productions clinching two awards for TV serial ACP Nikita. Actress ...

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GO SWIFT portal has received an Overwhelming Response

Bhubaneswar:21/12/17;Odisha has made a landmark development from a pre-dominantly paper based system to an end-to-end online system for all major clearances and support sought by industrial units during the entire investment lifecycle of their projects. GO SWIFT portal has received an overwhelming response and 3,615 industrial units have come into the fold of GO SWIFT within just 30 days of ...

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Vigilance arrested Dr Rabindra Kumar Jena

Balasore:21/12/17; Vigilance sleuths on Wednesday arrested head of SCB Clinical Hematology Department, Dr Rabindra Kumar Jena, who was absconding on charges of embezzling Odisha State Treatment Fund (OSTF). The anti corruption wing nabbed him near Laxmannath check-gate, on charges of amassing properties disproportionate to his known sources of income, while he was returning from West Bengal. He will be produced ...

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Conjoined twins Ganga-Jamuma passed away

Cuttack:21/12/17 The conjoined twins Ganga-Jamuma of Sarankul in Nayagarh district passed away on Wednesday, informed father of the twins today. Father of the twin girls who were joined at stomach and chest said the duo breathed their last late last night as their heart stopped functioning. Ganga-Jamuna were under strict medical supervision in the ICU of Sishu Bhawan after CT ...

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Gayatri Saraf and Suryamani Khuntia have been selected to receive the prestigious Kendra Sahitya Akademi Award-

Bhubaneswar:21/12/17; Gayatri Saraf’s ‘Itabhatira Silpi’ and Suryamani Khuntia’s ‘Juganta’ have been selected to receive the prestigious Kendra Sahitya Akademi Award-2017. The two Odia litterateurs will be conferred for their outstanding literary works. Saraf will get the award for her short story collection (Itabhatira Silpi), Khuntia will receive for his translation work (Juganta) by the Akademi for the current year. Gayatri ...

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Minister Damodar Rout landed in controversy for his ‘beggar’ remarks on Brahmins.

Puri:20/12/17; Minister Damodar Rout, who is known for his off-the-cuff remarks, has once again landed in controversy for his ‘beggar’ remarks on Brahmins. Protesting his remarks, a group of Brahmins staged a protest against Minister Rout in Puri today demanding his suspension. The activists under the banner of Odisha Vedic Brahmana Parisad and Mukti Mandap Brahman Mahasabha staged a demonstration ...

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Forest officials translocated spotted deer from their habitat in Raj Bhawan to Nandankanan

  Bhubaneswar;2012/17;Forest officials have translocated spotted deer from their habitat in Raj Bhawan to Nandankanan Zoological Park (NZP). The translocation of these mammals was necessitated as deer population had registered sharp rise in the forest cover within the Raj Bhawan. Two female deer species were shifted today to the zoo. They will be kept separately to get acclimatize to the ...

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Odisha Chief Minister inaugurated the Odisha Environment Congress 2017

Cuttack:20/12/17; Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik today inaugurated the Odisha Environment Congress 2017 at Regional Museum of Natural History in Cuttack. Addressing the gathering Naveen said, “I am delighted to be here today to inaugurate the Odisha environment Congress 2017 that is poised to deliberate on Sustainable River Basin Management. I hope that the issues pertaining to the theme will reach ...

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Biju Janata Dal MPs at the Gandhi Statue on Parliament protest on longstanding Mahanadi Issue

New Delhi2012/17;: Maximum members  of Biju Janata Dal (BJD) MPs on Wednesday staged protest here over the longstanding Mahanadi issue and the interests of Odisha. The Parliamentarians held the protest at the Gandhi Statue on Parliament premises outside Central Hall. The campaign named ‘Mahanadi Bachao Satyagraha’ aimed at pressurizing the Central Government to constitute a tribunal to adjudicate the Mahanadi river ...

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Free Dialysis and high-end diagnostic services at Government hospitals for the people from New Year

  Bhubaneswar:20/12/17;Availability of advanced medical facilities nearby and high medical expenses are the two major concerns for people suffering from health ailments and also for their families. Therefore, I am particularly happy that starting this New Year, we are launching new initiatives to take care of advanced healthcare needs of the people for free of cost. These advanced healthcare services will ...

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