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Odisha hikes VAT on petrol, diesel
Bhubaneswar, Jan 5: The Odisha government on Tuesday increased by 3 percent the Value Added Tax (VAT) on petrol and diesel inviting strong criticism from the opposition parties and the common people.
With this hike, the price of petrol…
Odisha to host National Level Workshop on elimination of Bonded Labour
Bhubaneswar, Jan 5: A National Level Workshop on elimination of Bonded Labour has been scheduled to be held 12th January, 2016 at Bhubaneswar. A preparatory meeting to this effect was held under the Chairmanship of Chief Secretary Sri…
Vedanta refinery gets pollution board nod for expansion
Bhubaneswar, Jan 5: The Odisha Pollution Control Board (OPCB) has extended, for another five years, the consent to establish period for expansion of Vedanta alumina refinery project which is facing huge losses due to raw material shortages.…
UP, Bihar, Odisha, Maharashtra join discom debt restructure plan
New Delhi, Jan 5 (IANS) Major states - Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Odisha and Maharashtra - on Monday agreed to join the UDAY debt restructuring scheme for state distribution companies (discoms), taking the total of states joining to 15 and…
Congress workers hurl eggs at Odisha Minister’s car
Bhubaneswar, Jan 5: Some Congress workers on Monday allegedly hurled eggs and tomatoes again at the car of Food Supplies and Consumer Welfare Minister Sanjay Dasburma in Odisha's Ganjam district.
These people were protesting alleged…
Odisha Chief Secretary dedicates Jalasampad Annexure building
Bhubaneswar, Jan 4: Chief Secretary Sri Aditya Prasad Padhi inaugurated the newly constructed Jalasampad annexure building in the premises of Rajiv Bhawan on Saturday afternoon. Principal Secretary Water Resources Sri Pardeep Kumar Jena,…
Odisha: Water Resources Dept implements WhatsApp for Project Monitoring
Bhubaneswar, Jan 4: Chief Secretary Sri Aditya Prasad Padhi visited different sections of Water Resource Department in Rajiv Bhawan on Saturday afternoon and reviewed the activities of the department in its conference hall wherein Principal…
‘Congress trying to score political mileage over my statement’
Bhubaneswar, Jan 4: Union Tribal Affairs Minister Jual Oram on Sunday said the Congress was trying to score political mileage over his statement on the CBI probe into the chit fund and mining scam in Odisha, by distorting its meaning.…
Modi not letting CBI probe Odisha government: Congress
New Delhi, Jan 4: The Congress on Sunday accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi of "not letting the CBI investigate charges of corruption" against the Naveen Patnaik government in Odisha.
It demanded a Supreme Court-monitored probe by a…
BJD to protest Polavaram project construction
Bhubaneswar, Jan 2: Odisha's ruling Biju Janata Dal (BJD) on Saturday announced a demonstration in front of Raj Bhavan in the state capital and a 'hartal' in Koraput district on January 7 to protest the construction of the Polavaram…