Bhubaneswar: 31,28,951 families have been provided with Pucca House since the 2014-15 financial year in rural areas of the state. But there is an estimated 12.25 lakh families in the state who do not have Pucca House yet. They have been excluded from the SECEC survey and have been identified as non-house category. Panchayat Raj Minister Pradeep Kumar Amat said the government was taking steps to provide them with Pucca House very soon
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Bhubaneswar: 24-hour ration rice will be available at many ATMs in the state. The state government is setting up an All Time Grain (ATG). It will be launched in Bhubaneswar as a pilot project and will be opened in all districts and sub-divisions of the state at a later date, said Atanu Sabyasachi Nayak, state food supply minister.
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Indian External Minister Shri S Jaishankar during in his speech at India Africa growth Partnership program organized by CII EXIM Bank Conclave said ” Being a trusted partner in the journey of socio-economic development, India has extended concessional loans of over 12.3 billion dollars to Africa. India and Africa jointly completed more than 197 projects so far, 65 projects are currently ongoing and 81 projects are in the pipeline stage.
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Dubai: 33-year-old Dubai-based woman has sought the registration of an FIR against Shiv Sena MP Rahul Shewale, accusing him of raping her under the pretext of marriage, and also tweeted her complaint to Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde.
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Assam: The State of Assam is badly affected by African swine fever. The State government has identified 72 epicenters in the state. This disease is epidemic & the mortality rate is 100%. People are not willing for culling and this is one of the major problems for us: said Atul Bora, Assam Animal Husbandry Minister More updates is expected soon
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New Delhi: Suspended BJP spokesperson Nupur Sharma cannot be arrested in the nine cases against her over her comments on Prophet Muhammad, the Supreme Court said today. The court asked various states to respond to her request to combine multiple FIRs against her into one. The Supreme Court will take up Nupur Sharma’s request on August 10 and until then, no new cases can be filed. Delhi, Maharashtra, Telengana, West Bengal, Karnataka, Uttar Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir and Assam are the
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Bhubaneswar: CM Naveen Patnaik today reviewed the Covid-19 circumstance of the state and asked individuals to adhere to proper Covid habits throughout the festival period. Odisha CM Mr. Naveen Patnaik suggested everyone should be a lot more attentive during the celebration, mentioning the rise in infections after the Onam event in Kerala. In the review meeting, Mr. Patnaik said that appropriate Covid behavior is important for everybody throughout the festive period. Specifying that the youngsters have not been vaccinated yet,
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Bhubaneswar: Commissionerate police have arrested four interstate ATM robbers. The four ATM robbers were reportedly arrested by a special squad. They were caught red-handed while robbing an ATM in Bhubaneswar. Earlier, the robbers looted more than 30 ATMs from Puri to Baripada. Millions of rupees, devices and cars were seized from them, said DCP Umash’s servant.
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Bhubaneswar: The 28th executive council meeting of the ‘Mo School Campaign‘ was held on Monday under the chairmanship of Shri Satyabrata Sahu, Principal Secretary of Schools and Mass Education. The meeting, which was held in Virtual Mode, The ministry approved projects worth Rs 16.31 crore for 1,238 schools in 25 districts of Odisha. In the last month, 18,000 alumni have joined the ‘Mo School Campaign‘ and also donated Rs 5.43 crore for the development of their respective schools. The highest donation
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Bhubaneswar: As many as 267 new Covid-19 positive cases have been reported from Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) area in Odisha in the last 24 hours, informed the BMC on Thursday. The State Capital recorded 111 Covid-19 positive cases yesterday and 152 cases the day before. Out of the 267 fresh cases in the State Capital, 84 cases were detected among quarantined people and 183 cases were reported from local contacts, said BMC. With this, the Covid-19 tally of the BMC
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