Patra said PNG would offer a more reliable, cost-effective and convenient alternative to LPG, which is currently around 13% more expensive than piped gas Bhubaneswar: In a major shift in the state’s cooking gas landscape, food supplies and consumer welfare minister Krushna Chandra Patra on Thursday announced that piped natural gas (PNG) connections will be…
Bhubaneswar: The state govt has begun extensive preparations to ensure smooth and timely conduct of Census 2027, with clear directives issued to all departments and district administrations. Additional chief secretary, revenue and disaster management, Arabinda Padhee, wrote to departmental secretaries, heads of departments, district collectors, municipal corporation commissioners and chief census officers, outlining the roadmap…
Bhubaneswar: The special crime unit (SCU) of city police on Thursday seized two semi-automatic guns, 10 bullets, two magazines and arrested one person after busting an illegal arms racket.Police said the operation was carried out in the afternoon near Hatatola pond in Sundarapada under Airfield police station limits. Acting on a specific intelligence input, SCU…
Koraput: Koraput district administration on Thursday seized 51 cylinders during raids conducted at three different locations. The raid was led by Jeypore tehsildar Sabyasachi Jena, who conducted inspections at two establishments in Jeypore town and one at Bariniput. Official sources said the action was part of administrative steps taken to check the misuse of subsidised…
Bhubaneswar: The jurisdiction of Bhubaneswar-headquartered East Coast Railway has shrunk with the railways ministry deciding to transfer the Ichchapuram–Palasa section of the Khurda Road division to the proposed Visakhapatnam division of the South Coast Railway, according to an official letter issued on Thursday.In a letter to general managers of the ECoR and SCoR, Rameshwar Meena,…
Bhubaneswar: The State Transport Authority (STA), in coordination with Odisha police, has stepped up enforcement drives across Odisha to check vehicles for valid pollution under control certificates (PUCC) following the end of the relaxation period on April 1. Vehicles found flouting emission norms are liable to pay fines of up to Rs 10,000, officials said…
While the first-phase evaluation will continue till April 13, the second phase will be conducted between April 15 and 26 Bhubaneswar: The Council of Higher Secondary Education (CHSE), Odisha, started evaluation of Class XII board exam answer scripts from Thursday in two phases. It will continue till April 26.While the first-phase evaluation will continue till…
Bhubaneswar: HIV-1 viral load testing laboratory of ICMR-Regional Medical Research Centre (RMRC) Bhubaneswar has received prestigious NABL accreditation. It is the only non-NACP (National AIDS Control Programme) laboratory in the country to get this accreditation.The National Accreditation Board for Testing and Calibration Laboratories (NABL) is an accreditation body under the Quality Council of India (QCI)….
Odisha CM Mohan Charan Majhi Bhubaneswar: Confident of BJP’s expanding eastern footprint, chief minister Mohan Charan Majhi on Thursday said after Anga (Bihar) and Kalinga (Odisha), it is now Banga’s (West Bengal) turn, as he campaigned in the poll-bound state.Campaigning in Birbhum district, the Odisha CM asserted that change was in the offing. “People will…
Koraput: At least 16 final year UG students of Vikram Dev University, Jeypore, have secured job offers during a recruitment drive conducted on the university premises on Tuesday.The placement drive organised by the career counselling and placement cell saw participation from leading companies, including Vedanta Limited and Hetero Labs. While Vedanta, which operates in Lanjigarh,…
