Bhubaneswar: According to the 2011 Indian census, there are 81,44,012 rural homes, of which 29,27,122 (36%) have electricity and 52,890 (48%) do not (64 percent ). Aside from power, bad phone and internet infrastructure in rural regions is a major issue. More than 20% (11,000) of Odisha’s villages lack cellphone coverage (Economic Survey, 2018-19). According…
Bhubaneswar: According to sources from State Health and Family Welfare Department, the pregnant women in Bhubaneswar will get the vaccine twice a week. The vaccination drive for pregnant women will be conducted at the Capital Hospital and all government UPHCs/UCHCs on every Wednesday and Saturday in a week between 11 am to 1 pm. Similar procedure…
Bhubaneswar: The state government has announced today for resuming the regular process of education system which had been halted due to the ongoing severity of the pandemic in the State. The ever debatable question which has been cropping up in every mind is whether the State Government vaccinated all the teachers (taking classes for Std…
Bhubaneswar: In the last two weeks, four government officials have been taken into custody in the charge of deceit and swindling Rs 7,80,000 from the PM Awas Yojna in Kalahandi district. According to sources, under the scheme of PM Awas Yojana, the money was supposed to be given to six suitable beneficiaries of Badpodaguda panchayat…
Bhubaneswar: The COVID- 19 pandemic has distraughted the education system all over the nation and across the globe. The schools and colleges have been shuttered up; the classed inside the classroom have been halted and shifted to virtual mode. The career opportunities are blocked for millions of young mass in the country. Various examinations have…
Bhubaneswar: The Board of Secondary Education (BSE), Odisha, informed that a total number of 15, 155 students have registered for the Class 10 offline examinations scheduled to be conducted from 39 July till 5 August. The students have been notified to do the form fill up for the examination from 5 – 14 July. The…
Bhubaneswar: Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi consults with six state chief ministers of the country today via video conferencing. The Chief Ministers of the states like Odisha, Kerela, Karanataka, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, were interacting with the Prime Minister on the situation and measures to be taken for controlling the third wave. Prime minister…
Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik released Rs. 385 crores as a COVID – 19 assistance for the 26 lakh construction workers in the State. According to an official press release of the Government , every construction worker will get an assistance of Rs 1,500 under this scheme. Likewise, the state government had provided an…
Bhubaneswar: The BMC (Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation) has enforced micro – containment restrictions in two apartment areas in Bhubaneswar after multiple infections were detected at the locality as per reports. People inhabiting in these places have been asked to stay at home. Outsiders have been restricted to enter within the containment outsiders zones. With the daily…
Bhubaneswar: Left parties, the members of CPI, CPI (M), CPIM(L) and Forward Block has called for a six hour bandh in several parts of Odisha. The protesters have blocked the railway tracks and roads for six hours from 6 A.M. to 12P.M. on 15 July. The congress party has come out in support of the…