Cyclone-battered Odisha has received Rs 500 crore from the Centre as advance assistance for restoration work, a senior official said. Prime Minister Narendra Modi had announced the assistance after conducting an aerial survey of the cyclone-hit districts of Odisha and holding a review meeting here on Friday. In a tweet […]
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Odisha brings ordinances to enable contract farming
Odisha has brought in two ordinances that would allow and facilitate the operation of multiple marketing channels through contract farming joining Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Karnataka and Gujarat who over the last one-and-a-half months have changed their existing agricultural marketing laws for comprehensive reforms in the sector. The Odisha Agricultural […]
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PM Modi to step out after 83 days, his first visit is cyclone-hit Bengal and Odisha
Prime Minister Narendra Modi is going to West Bengal and Odisha on Friday to take stock of the damage caused by Cyclone Amphan, which ravaged the states on Wednesday. PM Modi will conduct an aerial survey of the damage. The Prime Minister is stepping out after almost three months, officials […]
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West Bengal, Odisha flooded as cyclone Amphan wreaks havoc
Cyclone Amphan killed at least 72 people and left a trail of destruction and damage in West Bengal, where rescue teams on Thursday struggled to reach ruined coastal hamlets that bore the brunt of the storm’s fury before it moved on to neighbouring Bangladesh. The toll in India from the […]
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‘More worrying than Covid-19’: Chaos as Cyclone Amphan strikes Bengal, Odisha
Cyclone Amphan roared into West Bengal around 20 kilometre east of Sagar Island in the Sunderbans on Wednesday, packing winds gusting to a top speed of 185 kmph, triggering torrential rain and leaving a trail of devastation across a wide swath of the state, from deltaic regions to the urban […]
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Odisha cop thrashes youth in police station, video goes viral
At a time when the Odisha Police are trying to turn a new leaf through their people-friendly measures during the Covid-19 lockdown, the video of a woman police inspector thrashing a youth inside the police station has put them in a spot. After the video of Sandhyarani Jena, the inspector […]
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Odisha tribal walks 160 kilometres with two kids on sling amid Covid-19 lockdown
Daily wage labourer Rupaya Tudu left his home in Odisha’s Mayurbhanj district to work in a brick kiln in Jajpur district, 160 kilometres away with his family. When he walked back home following the Covid-19 lockdown, Tudu shouldered not just the burden of feeding his family but his two sons on […]
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Cyclone Amphan set to intensify, 12 districts in Odisha on alert
In view of the impending cyclone Amphan, Odisha government has put 12 districts on alert as a precautionary measure after a review meeting chaired by Chief Secretary Asit Tripathy on Friday. –Odisha reviews preparedness While reviewing the State’s preparedness with senior officials and Collectors, Tripathy asked them to be prepared […]
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Odisha announces 10% raise in DA despite Covid-19 pandemic affecting revenue
The Odisha government on Friday raised the dearness allowance of state government employees by 10% at a time when Centre has put on hold the DA increment for lakhs of its employees and pensioners till July 2021 due to the Covid-19 crisis. The DA hike will come into effect retrospectively […]
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Odisha official mocks women migrant workers as they request change in quarantine centre
A Block Development Officer (BDO) in Odisha allegedly abused the migrant workers arriving in the state from Surat in Gujarat. Some women migrant labourers of Banarpal block in Angul district had reached Bhubaneswar by train from Surat on Wednesday morning. They were taken to a government quarantine centre at Barapada […]
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Odisha woman cop praised by superstar Chiranjeevi for going beyond the call of duty
Telegu superstar Chiranjeevi has praised a woman police official in Odisha’s Malkangiri district for helping out a destitute woman. The video of Shubhshree Nayak, the sub-inspector with the Malkangiri police station, feeding the woman on the street during lockdown had gone viral last month. The sub-inspector had fed several other […]