Tag: Health Minister Pratap Jena

Bhubaneswar: Amid reports of presence of cancer-causing Formalin in fishes in Bhubaneswar and Sambalpur, Odisha Health Minister Pratap Jena today urged people not to panic citing that government has not found any traces of the toxin in the samples sent for testing. Briefing media persons Jena said, “After the Fisheries department detected Formalin in fishes; […]

Bhubaneswar: Odisha government on Tuesday announced a hike in the stipend of pre and para-clinical students of the state-run medical colleges. As per the decision the total stipend has been increased to Rs 48,302 from Rs 39,950 for first year students, to Rs 50,658 for 2nd year and Rs 53,014 for 3rd year. Besides, the […]

Angul: BJP activists today showed black flags to Health Minister Pratap Jena protesting poor condition of healthcare services at several hospitals in the Pallahara Assembly constituency. Hundreds of Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha (BJYM) activists took to streets and tried to stop the carcade of the health minister near Khamar Bazaar here to hold discussion on […]

Kendrapara: Former MLA of Mahanga constituency in Kendrapara district, Bikram Kesari Barma has levelled corruption charges against the current MLA of the constituency and Health Minister Pratap Jena. ”Nowadays the contractors are not doing their work without percentage commission (PC in colloquial terms). During my term, no one took any commission. The MLA himself takes […]