Government

Security measures have been beefed up across Odisha ahead of the 71st Independence Day celebrations, said DGP KB Singh on Sunday.

Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Saturday expressed his grief following the series of deaths of children at the Baba Raghav Das Medical College and Hospital in Gorakhpur in Uttar Pradesh over the last few days.

Tribal-dominated Nagada, which had hit the headlines for the death of children due to malnutrition, received daily bus services on Friday.

The Odisha government has estimated the total cost of damage due to flood in five districts at Rs 218.72 crore.

The cabinet approved the promulgation of two ordinances for conferment of land rights to people living in slums in Notified Area Councils (NACs) and Municipalities of the state and property rights to those living in Municipal Corporation areas.

The Orissa High Court on Thursday directed the state government to issue a notification for holding the second Odisha Joint Entrance Examination (OJEE) by August 5 to fill up the vacant posts in several engineering and management colleges in the state.

The Odisha cabinet on Wednesday approved a proposal assuring cash incentives to attract more doctors from outside and within the state for four new government medical colleges.

Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Saturday granted Rs 1 crore from CMRF for the operation of the conjoint twins from Kandhamal at AIIMS, New Delhi.

The Board of Bhubaneswar Smart City Limited (BSCL) on Friday approved the bidder RKD Construction Pvt. Ltd. for implementation of the Smart Janpath Project for the redevelopment of Janpath Road.

All applications for building plan approval will now be received by the Bhubaneswar Development Authority only through online mode via e-BPAS (Building Plan Approval Automation System) from August 1 this year.