Miscellaneous News Updates

As per the admissible rules/provisions, the additional pension shall be payable from first day of the calendar month in which it falls due and not from the date of completion of 80 years of age.

The NCS said the quake occurred at 4.32 a.m. on Saturday with latitude 32.87 degrees north and longitude 75.46 degrees east.

Besides, the Chief Secretary stressed on the reuse of plastic waste in road construction and cement making.

Union Minister of State for Chemical and Fertilizers Bhagwanth Khuba on Friday hit out at Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik, alleging the latter is doing unnecessary politics.

As per the information available with the State government, 22,57,000 aspirants have registered themselves for jobs.

Jeypore-based Surya Mahal is gradually losing its sheen thanks to lack of maintenance by the State government.

Villagers of Daruthenga panchayat on the outskirts of Bhubaneswar have been blocking solid waste disposal trucks of BMC for last 14 days demanding immediate bio-mining of the waste dumped there. 

What aspects should be emphasized while reporting and presenting sensational news? What information should not be made public? How to choose words? A media workshop was organized by UNICEF Odisha to highlight all these issues. Delegates at the workshop on Gender Sensitive Reporting and Writing opined that media reports should challenge gender roles.

BJP’s National Vice-President Baijayant Panda visited flood-affected villages in Kendrapara district. He met flood victims in Marshaghai and Derabis areas and discussed their problems. Later, he visited neighbouring villages like Jalapoka, Sisua, Sathilo, Purushottampur, Ayatpur, Balisingh, Diha Balarampur, Talagan and Karandiapatna.

This is a video released by the Maoist to instil fear in the minds of people whom they want to subvert. The purported video is from a praja court hearing somewhere in the dense forests of Telangana. The person blindfolded & with hands tied behind back had shunned the Maoists and surrendered to police to join the mainstream. 

A pregnant woman in labour was forced to walk as roads were submerged in flood-hit region of Baliapal block in Balasore district. Amid the flood, the roads became unmotorable, leaving her with no choice but to walk all the way up to a vehicle. In a desperate attempt to reach hospital on time, she had to walk through the knee-deep flooded lane, barely conscious.

Iconic Riverfront Atal Bridge To Be Inaugurated In Ahmedabad, Gujarat – Bridge’s A Beauty

Panda met flood victims in Marshaghai and Derabis areas and discussed their problems.

This blunder came to the fore after Geography teacher of Mahadeiput High School Jogesh Khora caught it and informed departmental authorities and school headmaster in this regard. 

A woman from Malkangiri district is now running from pillar to post seeking justice after her husband allegedly stole one of her kidneys. The woman identified as Ranjita Kundu alleged that her husband, Prashant Kundu and his sister tricked her into having a Nephrectomy after taking her to a hospital in Bhubaneswar on the pretext of having blood test.