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Odisha includes additional 5 lakh people under State Food Security Scheme
Updated : 6 years ago IST
Bhubaneswar (Odisha) [India], Mar 22 (ANI): In a bid to ensure food security for the poor amid the coronavirus pandemic, the Odisha Government has decided to enhance coverage of five lakh additional beneficiaries under the State Food Security Scheme (SFSS).
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Odisha govt directs home-quarantine to over 3,000 people, lockdown in vari
Updated : 6 years ago IST
Bhubaneswar (Odisha) [India], Mar 21 (ANI): In the backdrop of coronavirus pandemic, Odisha government has directed over 3,000 people, who have returned from foreign countries, for home quarantine and announced a near complete lockdown in various districts.
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COVID-19: East Coast Railway cancels 72 trains
Updated : 6 years ago IST
Bhubaneswar (Odisha) [India], Mar 19 (ANI): The East Coast Railway (ECoR) on Saturday cancelled 72 mail and express trains as part of measures to prevent the spread of coronavirus.
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Combating COVID-19: 40 pc of Odisha under lockdown for one week
Updated : 6 years ago IST
Bhubaneswar (Odisha) [India], Mar 21 (ANI): In order to prevent the spread of COVID-19, Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik has ordered to put 40 per cent of Odisha including the state capital under lock-down for a week.
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Coronavirus: Odisha's BMC announces odd-even formula for public transporta
Updated : 6 years ago IST
Bhubaneswar (Odisha) [India], Mar 21 (ANI): In view of the coronavirus outbreak, Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) has announced odd-even formula for public transportation. However, there is no bar for plying of private vehicles on any day.
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Odisha Govt requests RBI to ensure availability of sufficient cash in bank
Updated : 6 years ago IST
Bhubaneswar (Odisha) [India], Mar 21 (ANI): The Odisha Government on Friday requested the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) to ensure availability of sufficient cash in currency chests, bank branches and ATMs across the state to meet the exigencies in view of COVID-19.
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BJD MP meets Sitharaman, seeks release of pending performance grants of 11
Updated : 6 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], Mar 20 (ANI): Biju Janata Dal (BJD) lawmaker Amar Patnaik on Friday met Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman along with other party MPs to release the pending basic and performance grants amounting to around Rs 700 crore to Odisha in respect of 114 urban local bodies (ULBs)
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Odisha CM urges PM Modi to scale up testing facilities
Updated : 6 years ago IST
Bhubaneswar (Odisha) [India], Mar 20 (ANI): Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Friday highlighted the urgent need for more testing facilities and requested Prime Minister Narendra Modi during a video conference to scale up both private and public testing facilities and make them free of
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Combating COVID-19: Congregation of more than seven people not allowed in
Updated : 6 years ago IST
Bhubaneswar (Odisha) [India], Mar 20 (ANI):To contain the spread of coronavirus, Odisha government on Friday announced that no congregation of more than seven people is allowed at any place in the state till further orders.
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COVID-19: Naveen Patnaik urges PM Modi to postpone NPR, Census-related wor
Updated : 6 years ago IST
Bhubaneswar (Odisha) [India], Mar 20 (ANI): Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Friday urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to postpone National Population Register and Census-related activities in wake of the COVID-19 scare.
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COVID-19: 23 people under observation in Odisha
Updated : 6 years ago IST
Bhubaneswar (Odisha) [India], Mar 19 (ANI): Twenty-three people have been put under observation under suspicion of having coronavirus, said Subroto Bagchi, chief spokesperson of Odisha government on Thursday.
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Over 2.7 kg brown sugar seized in Odisha, 2 held
Updated : 6 years ago IST
Bhubaneswar (Odisha) [India], Mar 19 (ANI): Two persons were arrested and over 2.7 kilograms of brown sugar seized from their possession in Nilagiri in Balasore district of the state, police said on Thursday.
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