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Odisha govt to set up 100-bed COVID hospital at VIMSAR
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Sambalpur (Odisha) [India], September 6 (ANI): Odisha government has decided to set up a new 100-bed COVID-19 hospital at VIMSAR, Burla to cater to the growing need of the patients in Western Odisha.
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IMD warns of flood-like situation in Odisha, Chhattisgarh after heavy rain
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Raipur/Bhubaneswar (Chhattisgarh/Odisha) [India], August 27 (ANI): Heavy rains are likely to occur in parts of Chhattisgarh and Western Odisha during the next 24 hours and may create a flood-like situation in the Mahanadi basin, HR Biswas, Director of the India Meteorological Department in B
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3-day Nuakhai festival celebrated in Odisha
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Sambalpur (Odisha) [India], Aug 24 (ANI): Three-day Nuakhai festival was celebrated in Western Odisha on Monday. As a tradition, people worship deities as a mark of gratitude for bumper crop and good rain.
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Vice President congratulates people of western Odisha for getting new LPG
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi[India], Dec 27 (ANI): Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu could not travel to Balangir in Odisha on Friday to inaugurate an LPG bottling plant due to inclement weather but conveyed his good wishes to the people through an audio message and said that access to clean energy was an integr
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Odisha farmers oppose centralised token system for paddy procurement, BJP
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
Bhubaneshwar (Odisha) [India], Nov 19 (ANI): Farmers in Odisha's Sambalpur, Bargarh and other districts across Western Odisha on Tuesday intensified their agitation opposing the centralised token system for paddy procurement.
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Activists demand Western Odisha as separate state with 'Kosli' as official
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi (India), Sept 26 (ANI): Activists from Western Odisha demanded a separate state for the region with the constitutional status to their mother language 'Kosli'.
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Odisha CM appoints BJD's Subas Chouhan chairman of WODC
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
Bhubaneswar (Odisha) [India], Sept 19 (ANI): Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Wednesday appointed Biju Janata Dal (BJD) leader Subas Chouhan as chairman of Western Odisha Development Council (WODC).
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Western Odisha celebrates famous agrarian festival 'Nuakhai'
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
Sambalpur (Odisha) [India] Sept 3 (ANI): Festive spirit gripped western Odisha today as people from all walks of life celebrated Nuakhai, the agrarian festival, which is observed to welcome the new rice of the season with much zeal and zest here on Tuesday.
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Considering seriously to contest Assembly poll from western Odisha: Chief
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
Bhubaneswar (Odisha) [India], Mar 17 (ANI): Leaders of Biju Janata Dal (BJD) from western Odisha met party supremo and Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Sunday, requesting him to contest the election from their region.
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PM Modi to address public rally in Odisha in January
Updated : 7 years, 5 months ago IST
Khurda (Odisha) [India], Dec 23 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi will address a mega public rally on January 5 in Odisha's Baripada followed by another visit to Western Odisha on January 16.
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Maha Bandh over permanent HC bench disrupts train services
Updated : 7 years, 5 months ago IST
Balangir (Odisha) [India], Dec 4 (ANI): A 24-hour Maha Bandh was held here on Monday over the establishment of a permanent bench of the Odisha High Court.
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"Maha Bandh" brings normal life to a grinding halt in western Odisha
Updated : 7 years, 5 months ago IST
Sambalpur (Odisha) [India], Nov 29 (ANI): The 48- hour "Maha Bandh" called by the lawyers in Odisha has hit the normal life in the western region of the state.
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