Tag: Odisha
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Customers complain of no cash in Odisha
ATMs that were supposed to bring relief to cash-strapped citizens following the demonetisation of higher currency notes, ran dry at most places across Odisha for the second consecutive day on Saturday. Serpentine queues were witnessed outside automated teller machines in the twin city – Bhubaneswar and Cuttack, and angry exchanges ensued as the machines failed …
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November 12, 2016 -
Odisha welcomes SC verdict on entry tax
Welcoming the Supreme Court judgement on the case to levy Entry Tax by states, the Odisha government on Saturday said it would earn Rs.1,500 crore from different companies. “In pursuance to interim orders of the Supreme Court of India and High Court of Orissa, some dealers have paid 50 per cent of Entry Tax due …
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November 12, 2016 -
Odisha welcomes SC verdict on entry tax
Welcoming the Supreme Court judgement on the case to levy Entry Tax by states, the Odisha government on Saturday said it would earn Rs.1,500 crore from different companies. “In pursuance to interim orders of the Supreme Court of India and High Court of Orissa, some dealers have paid 50 per cent of Entry Tax due …
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November 12, 2016 -
Odisha hopes to attract investment during ‘Make in Odisha’
Odisha hopes to attract massive investment in several sectors including smart city.
November 11, 2016 -
Odisha hopes to attract investment during ‘Make in Odisha’
Odisha hopes to attract massive investment in several sectors including smart city.
November 11, 2016 -
Demand for separate state gains momentum in Odisha
With the clamour for a separate Titlagarh district gaining momentum,the local people have started holding motorcycle rallies, post card campaigns.
November 10, 2016 -
Demand for separate state gains momentum in Odisha
With the clamour for a separate Titlagarh district gaining momentum,the local people have started holding motorcycle rallies, post card campaigns.
November 10, 2016 -
Heavy rains likely in Odisha
Surface wind with speed of 45-55 kmph and gusting up to 65 kmph would prevail along and off the Odisha Coast.
November 3, 2016 -
Odisha sounds alert over bird flu
All the poultry farms and bird sanctuaries have been advised to take all precautionary measures.
November 2, 2016 -
Malkangiri mayhem
The Left radical insurgency has suffered a major setback in one of its nerve-centres - the district of Malkangiri in Odisha.
November 2, 2016 -
Andhra Police on alert over shutdown call by Maoists
Security forces were put on alert in many areas on the Andhra Pradesh-Odisha border in view of a 24-hour shutdown called on Thursday in five states to protest against the killing of 30 Maoists last week. Communist Party of India-Maoist has called for the shutdown in Andhra Pradesh, Odisha, Telangana, Chhattisgarh and Maharashtra against what …
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November 2, 2016 -
Mahanadi joust
The bitter irony posed by nature&’s bounty is palpable from Farakka in West Bengal to Cauvery in the South via the Mahanadi that flows through Odisha and Chhattisgarh. And it is the construction of dams and barrages and the release of water that is the thread Rs now increasingly furious Rs that determines the flow. …
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September 27, 2016 -
393 elephants died in Odisha in 5 years
As many as 393 elephants have died in the past five years in Odisha, Forests and Environment Minister Bikram Keshari Arukh said on Tuesday. The minister did not elaborate how the pachyderms died. However, according to a senior official of the forest department, several elephants suffered unnatural deaths owing to poaching, poisoning, train and road …
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September 27, 2016 -
Odisha to implement roof-top solar projects in major cities
The Odisha government has planned to implement roof-top solar projects across all major cities in the state, a minister said on Tuesday. The Green Energy Development Corporation of Odisha Limited (GEDCOL) would implement the project in urban areas of the state, Energy minister Pranab Prakash Das told the state assembly while replying to a written …
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September 27, 2016 -
Efforts on to harness Lamatpur’s tourism potential
Tucked amidst hills, forest, waterfalls and numerous streams, Lamataput is a scenic place in the tribal-dominated Koraput in Odisha which is a preferred tourist destination. Official data shows that out of 1,169 foreign tourists who visited the district in 2015, as many as 638 visited the Duduma waterfalls in Lamatapur. However, private travel operators claim …
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September 27, 2016 -
13 teenagers rescued from traffickers
Thirteen teenagers, including two girls, have been rescued from the railway station here while allegedly being trafficked from Odisha, an NGO claimed on Sunday. The children aged between 14 and 16 years are from Ganjam, Gajapati and Kandhamal districts. They were waiting to go to Goa, Surat, Bengaluru and Mumbai, where they would have worked …
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September 25, 2016 -
Odisha to have more rains
With the south west monsoon active over the state, rain soaked Odisha is likely to receive further downpour at many places during the next 24 hours due to a well marked low pressure area, IMD said. The system created over north coastal Andhra Pradesh and adjoining areas of Chattisgarh and Telangana now lies over Telangana …
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September 24, 2016