dec 2021

ODISHA   Sunil Kumar Bansal takes over as new Odisha DGP   Sunil Kumar Bansal, a 1987 batch IPS officer, on Friday took over as the new director general of police, replacing Abhay, and highlighted that corruption-free and people-friendly policing will be his focus areas in 2022. Bansal, who returned to Odisha after nearly 27 years on … Read more

  ODISHA Odisha: Rape cases, robbery & suicides go up in Bhubaneswar   Covid-induced lockdown and weekend shutdown didn’t help contain crimes as rape, robbery, burglary, theft and swindling cases went up in the capital city during January-November this year than the corresponding 11 months in 2020. Suicide cases too saw an upward trend during … Read more

  ODISHA   Plan to reduce poverty to 10% in next 5 yrs: Naveen Patnaik   Chief minister and BJD president Naveen Patnaik  announced his government’s plan to bring down poverty in the state to 10% in the next five years. Addressing party workers across the state through video-conference, marking the 25th foundation day of the … Read more

  ODISHA   After UP, Odisha has highest no. of mentally ill prisoners’     The number of prisoners, suffering from mental illness, has been rising steadily in the state. This was revealed in the Prison Statistics India 2020 released by the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB). With 696 mentally ill inmates in 2020, Odisha stood second … Read more

  ODISHA   Govt reviews logistics at vax sites for 15 to 18 age grp   Health authorities on Monday reviewed the arrangements at vaccination sites, manpower requirement and vaccine stock for immunisation of the 15 to 18 age group “precaution” dose for the 60+ with comorbidities condition, healthcare and frontline workers. The government will … Read more

  ODISHA   Odisha govt to submit fresh rural election quota to SEC soon   Panchayati raj minister Pratap Jena on Tuesday said the process for preparation of a fresh reservation list minus quota for backward classes in the panchayat polls has already been started and the list will be submitted soon to the State Election Commission … Read more

  ODISHA Deaths by accidents in Odisha increase by 16% from last yr   Deaths due to road accidents across the state increased by nearly 16% from January to September this year as against the three corresponding quarters in 2020. This was revealed in the latest data shared by the state crime branch with the … Read more

ODISHA   Odisha announces 960 crore livelihood package under Biju Swasthya Kalyan Yojana   It’s raining sops in Odisha ahead of the panchayat elections, scheduled in February. Chief minister Naveen Patnaik announced Rs 1000 aid each for 96 lakh families covered under Biju Swasthya Kalyan Yojana (BSKY) towards livelihood assistance. The chief minister has directed officials to release the assistance within seven days. … Read more

  ODISHA     Odisha to prepare long-term energy action plan by ’24   To assess the future scenario of different power consuming sectors, the state energy department has decided to prepare a long-term action plan for the next two decades. Officials said German development agency, Deutsche Gesellschaft far Internationale Zusammenarbeit GmbH (GIZ), which has … Read more

ODISHA   Odisha: ‘39,000 from backward classes yet to get PMAY-G houses’   More than 39,000 eligible families from socio-economically weaker section in the state are yet to get houses under Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana-Gramin (PMAY-G), a written reply by Union minister of state for rural development, Niranjan Jyoti, in Lok Sabha shows. In reply to a query by Bargarh … Read more