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The Odisha Government on Saturday effected a major bureaucratic reshuffle. While Rural Development Principal Secretary Madhusudan Padhi was appointed as the new Transport Commissioner, OMFED Managing Director Chandra Sekhar Kumar has been assigned as the Principal Secretary of Revenue.

The Odisha government in association with Energy Efficiency Services Limited (EESL) has distributed over one crore LED bulbs in the state under UJALA scheme.

The Odisha government on Friday effected a major reshuffle at IAS level. The government transferred 16 IAS and 2 OAS officers including Collectors of nine districts.

The Odisha government on Friday ordered a probe into the media reports that ‘plastic eggs’ are sold in markets in the state capital.

Tata Steel in association with The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI), on Friday launched a Green School Project to create awareness about environment issues on school campuses in the operational areas of the company.

Nepal President Bidhya Devi Bhandari, who offered prayers at Jagannath Temple in Puri on Friday, assured that she would take up the shortage of 'kasturi' (musk collected from a stag's navel) with her country's government.

Odisha has registered a sharp fall in mining revenue in 2016-17, which is lowest in last five years. Mines Minister Prafulla Mallick said the state has registered a sharp fall in mining revenue in 2016-17 against the targeted revenue.

Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) Lakshya of the Indian Air Force (IAF) on Friday crash landed at Chandamuhi village under Baliapal block in Balasore district.

Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Friday inaugurated a state-of-the-art 4D-SFX theatre at State Maritime Museum Complex at Jobra in Cuttack.

Medical Council of India (MC) has approved for increasing the MBBS seats to 250 at SCB Medical College and Hospital in Cuttack, said an official on Friday.