Diamond deposits found in Nuapada | Bhubaneswar News

Bhubaneswar: Diamond deposits have been found in Nuapada district, and the state govt is examining the technical and financial feasibility of mining them, steel and mines minister Bibhuti Bhusan Jena informed the assembly on Thursday.In a written reply, the minister said diamond-bearing stones have been found at Kalmidadar in Nuapada block of Nuapada district. “Along…

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120 people fall ill eating dalma cooked with dead snake in Kendrapada | Bhubaneswar News

The affected patients at the hospital Kendrapada: Around 120 people, including 40 children and women, fell ill on Wednesday night after consuming ‘prasad’ allegedly cooked with a dead snake in a religious function at Nuagaon village within Pattamundai police station in Kendrapada district.Some devotees were consuming the ‘prasad’ comprising rice and dalma (vegetable curry) when…

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Odisha developers urge govt to reform land conversion framework | Bhubaneswar News

Real estate developers escalate costs and slowing down urban development at a time when other major states are modernising their processes Bhubaneswar: Leading real estate developers in Odisha have urged the state govt to reform its land conversion framework, arguing that the decades-old system is causing project delays, escalating costs and slowing down urban development…

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Retired headmaster, wife & clerk arrested for bungling Rs 5.56cr pension funds | Bhubaneswar News

Bhubaneswar: Odisha vigilance on Thursday arrested a retired headmaster, his wife, and a govt clerk for their alleged involvement in the misappropriation of pension funds amounting to Rs 5.56 crore. The couple’s son, a banker, was taken into custody on Wednesday in connection with the same case.“The prime accused, Pradip Kumar Mohanty and his wife…

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HC vacates interim order, allows partial appointment of doctors | Bhubaneswar News

Cuttack: The Orissa high court has held that the Odisha Public Service Commission’s (OPSC) 2024–25 advertisement for medical officer recruitment breached the 50% ceiling on reservation, while permitting partial appointments to address the state’s acute shortage of doctors.Hearing a writ petition filed by 82 applicant doctors, a single judge bench of Justice Biraja Prasanna Satapathy…

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Koraput gears up to counter heatwave | Bhubaneswar News

Koraput: In view of the anticipated ‘kalbaisakhi’ storms and severe heatwave conditions during April and May, the Koraput administration has geared up to face it under the Odisha State Disaster Management Authority guidelines.At a district-level emergency preparedness meeting on Tuesday, collector (Koraput) Manoj Satyawan Mahajan said preventing heat stroke-related deaths remains the administration’s top priority….

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