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Monsoon Session: MMDR, orangutan to rock Odisha Assembly

ARINDAM GANGULY, OP Bhubaneswar: The seventh session of the 17th Odisha Legislative Assembly (Monsoon Session) begins Tuesday, with the Opposition gearing up to corner the government over the MMDR Amendment Act, flood management, school textbook errors, law and order, agrarian distress, and the trafficking of...

Odisha: CPI(M) to launch statewide campaign against MMDR Act

Bhubaneswar: CPI(M) Odisha State Committee will launch a statewide campaign against the proposed amendments to the mining law, while also raising concerns over flood rehabilitation, textbook shortages and livelihood issues. A two-day CPI(M) Odisha State Committee meeting here decided to launch a statewide campaign against...

BMC

BMC to deploy 200 battery vehicles for waste collection

Bhubaneswar: The Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) will deploy more than 200 battery-operated vehicles across the City for door-to-door waste collection, an official said. The decision was taken at the 44th general council meeting of the BMC, chaired by Mayor Sulochana Das, at Ekamra Hall of...

ONGC strikes gas in Mahanadi basin

New Delhi/Bhubaneswar: Oil and Natural Gas Corp (ONGC) has struck gas in a deepwater well off the eastern coast, with the discovery’s proximity to Odisha potentially allowing faster development if appraisal confirms commercial viability, the state-run explorer said. ONGC made the discovery September 18 at...

Medical representatives protest over job security in Bhubaneswar

Bhubaneswar: A state-level protest by more than 500 medical and sales representatives was held in Bhubaneswar Monday over job security, service conditions and other employment-related demands. The protest was organised by the Odisha Sales Representatives Union (OSRU) at the call of the Federation of Medical...

17 more PG medical seats in six districts

Bhubaneswar: The National Board of Examinations in Medical Sciences (NBEMS) has granted accreditation for postgraduate medical education programmes at several government health institutions in Odisha, opening up 17 new seats in paediatrics, obstetrics and gynaecology, anaesthesiology and medicine. Under the latest recognition, five district headquarters...

 

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