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Konark Festival Audience were left spellbound by intense performances in the genre of dance-drama

Konark: 3/12/18;The audience present at Konark Festival were today left spellbound by intense performances in the genre of dance-drama. A presentation in Odissi dance was performed by a troupe from Guru Kelu Charan Mohapatra Odissi Research Centre, Bhubaneswar. The dance drama Leela Madhuri enacted by Odissi Research Centre depicted love and courtship between Radha and Krishna. The choreography was based on ...

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Odisha Government signed a loan agreement with ADB to train 1.5 Lakh youngsters in the state

New Delhi:3/12/18: The Odisha Government on Monday signed a loan agreement with the Asian Development Bank for USD 85 million to train 1.5 Lakh youngsters in the state. With this assistance, youths in the age group of 15-34 years will be given skill development training to make them competent to get better work and higher paying jobs, a statement said. ...

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MoU was signed between MSME Department of Odisha and Quality Council of India

Bhubaneswar:3/12/18: An MoU was signed between MSME Department of Odisha and Quality Council of India for implementation of Zero Defect Zero Effect (ZED) Certification Scheme for MSMEs of Odisha in a workshop of ZED Scheme held here today. The MoU was signed by L.N. Gupta, ACS, MSME on behalf of MSME Department and Ravi P. Singh, Secretary General, QCI in ...

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Magical bird paradise Mangalajodi

Only 75 minutes away from Bhubaneswar, near Tangi, lies the magical bird paradise of Mangalajodi. Located at the north-eastern edge of Chilika lake, this 10 sq km patch of marshland has remained in the shadow of its famed parent lagoon.  Mangalajodi is one of thelargest of the 132 villages that stand on the banks of Chilika Lake. With three lakh ...

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Naveen Patnaik launched PEETHA

  Bhubaneswar:3/12/18:As part of commitment to 3T-Technology, Transparency and Teamwork, Chief Minister i Naveen Patnaik has announced PEETHA-People’s Empowerment-Enabling Transparency and Accountability of Odisha Initiatives to create awareness and improve transparency in distribution of various government schemes. The scheme will run as sub-scheme of AmaGaonAmaBikas programme and as part of scheme, camps will be organised at Gram Panchayat level from 15th to 20th of every ...

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Odisha government received a jolt after the Supreme Court rejected review petition to stop Polavaram project

Bhubaneswar:3/12/18: The Odisha government on Monday received a jolt after the Supreme Court rejected its review petition to stop the ongoing work on Polavaram project in Andhra Pradesh. A three-member bench of the apex court, while hearing the petition, refused to order a stay on the ongoing work of the project. The bench, on the other hand, directed the Centre ...

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Biju Patnaik International Airport will have its third terminal at an estimated cost of Rs 930 crore

Bhubaneswar:3/12/18: In view of increase in number of air passengers, the Biju Patnaik International Airport (BPIA) here will have its third terminal soon, informed Ministry of Civil Aviation Joint Secretary Usha Padhee after a meeting in New Delhi today. The third terminal will be constructed at an estimated cost of Rs 930 crore, Padhee said The terminal-III with advanced facilities ...

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Normal life came to a grinding halt due to 24-hour bandh in Balangir

Balangir:3/12/18: Normal life came to a grinding halt here today due to 24-hour bandh by the lawyers’ association and Central Action Committee (CAC) demanding a permanent High Court bench in the district. The shops, educational institutions and commercial establishments remained closed since morning due to the shutdown.The ‘rail roko’ agitation by the lawyers at Balangir railway station halted train movements ...

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Odisha Chief Minister felicitated the participants of Hausla 2018

Bhubaneswar:3/12/18: Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik today felicitated the participants of Hausla 2018 — The National Festival for Children of Child Care Institutions (CCIs) — here at the state secretariat. The Odisha CM highly praised the children of CCI’s for performing exceedingly well in various events of and bringing laurels to the state. Patnaik announced a cash prize of Rs 50000 ...

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President of India pays floral tributes to Dr Rajendra Prasad on his birth anniversa

NEWDELHI:3/12/18:The President of India, Shri Ram Nath Kovind, paid floral tributes to Dr Rajendra Prasad, the first President of India, on his birth anniversary at Rashtrapati Bhavan today (December 3, 2018). The President, family members of Dr Rajendra Prasad as well as officers and staff of the President’s Secretariat, paid floral tributes before a portrait of Dr Rajendra Prasad in ...

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