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Bhadrak PDS beneficiaries travel 18 km, spend Rs 100 to get 5kg rice
Bhadrak PDS beneficiaries travel 18 km, spend Rs 100 to get 5kg rice

Admitting the problems being faced by the beneficiaries, the concerned retailer has decided to draw the attention of the Civil Supply officer in this connection.

  • Thursday, 27 October 2022
Puri Collector Samarth Verma Among Habishyalis
Outrage over Naveen bhajan by Habishyalis in Puri

The bhajan included all kinds of praise from the saviour of the elderly to ‘Karunasagar’ and Lord Jagannath’s ‘Chalanti Pratima’, forcing the Opposition to allege that the administration has written it in order to create goodwill in favour of the ruling Biju Janata Dal (BJD) ahead of the 2024 elections.

Bhubaneswar Railway Station
Indian Railways to conduct mega safety drive from Oct 28

As per official sources, clear instructions have been issued by the Railway Board to conduct regular patrolling of all tracks and monitoring on day to day basis.

Tribal Museum
Andhra team visits Koraput tribal museum to replicate design for proposed museum

A team from Andhra Pradesh on Thursday visited the tribal museum in Koraput district. They said they were there to get an idea of a tribal museum as their government is going to set up a similar museum in their state spending Rs 35 crore.

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Quack Arrested
Quack In Odisha Running Clinic Illegally For 4 Years Nabbed, Medicines Worth Rs 2 Lakh Seized

A quack allegedly running a clinic unauthorisedly at Kadamdarha village in Deogarh district was arrested on Wednesday. Police also seized medicines worth Rs 2 lakh from the clinic.

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How to detect hidden cameras in your hotel room, check out
How to detect hidden cameras in your hotel room, check out

Couples, especially youngsters who board in a budget hotel are easy targets of such crimes. Lodging offering couple-friendly stays at cheap rates often trap youngsters in form of blackmailing them by recording their intimate videos and threatening to leak them online

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Kandhamal Girl Suffering From Rare Disease Awaits Govt Help

Kandhamal Girl Suffering From Rare Disease Awaits Govt Help

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Sitrang Havoc
Cyclone Sitrang Fury In Bangladesh

Cyclone Sitrang Fury In Bangladesh

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‘BRING BACK DEAD’
Two Odia Migrant Labourers Die In Kerala After Building Roof Collapses On Them

Two Odia Migrant Labourers Die In Kerala After Building Roof Collapses On Them

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Andhra team visits Koraput tribal museum to replicate design for proposed museum
Andhra team visits Koraput tribal museum to replicate design for proposed museum

The five-member team led by chief engineer of Tribal Welfare department Shreenivas reached the tribal museum in Koraput. The team has two professors and two curators. They visited all the galleries of the museum.

2 Odia migrant labourers die in Kerala; families seek admin help to get back bodies  
2 Odia migrant labourers die in Kerala; families seek admin help to get back bodies  

The deceased labourers were working at an under-construction building at Gandhi Square in Ernakulam.

Release of chlorine from a tank, creates panic in Bhopal
Leakage of chlorine from water tank triggers panic in Bhopal, situation under control

District Collector Avinash Lavania, who along with some other administrative officials reached the spot to take stock of the situation, said that due to the release of chlorine gas from the tank, people panicked and they rushed out from their homes.

  • Thursday, 27 October 2022
Accused can’t access case diary, rules Orissa High Court
Drones to monitor illegal prawn ponds in Odisha wetlands

The districts in which the drones will be deployed are Balasore, Kendrapara, Puri and Ganjam.

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Orissa HC seeks affidavit from State Transport Authority on HSRP infra status

Speaking to OTV, Kajol Sahu, the counsel of the petitioner said, “The STA never submitted any written statement to the court about its plans on the HSRP drive. They had verbally said that the entire infrastructure for HSRP registration is at place.”

BJD Minister Pratap Deb, MLA Prasant Behera in trouble over sand smuggling charges
BJD Minister Pratap Deb, MLA Prasant Behera in trouble over sand smuggling charges

The RTI activists have also accused the minister of illegally encroaching Kharasrota river land since 2020 and running illegal brick-kilns.

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