Category: Odisha

Leading a demonstration in front of Regional Office of the RBI, Ms. Karat said, “public sector banks are giving loans to MFIs at low interest rate. They are jacking up the interest without any cap on interest rate. The SHGs and individual women are taking loan at very high rate of interest.”

The proposed hike of over 200% would place Odisha’s legislators ahead of their counterparts in all other States, a message that reportedly did not go down well with the BJP’s central leadership.

Criminals are becoming fearless while government’s incompetence in preventing crime is instilling fear in the general public, said former CM Naveen Patnaik

It is the government’s responsibility to identify beneficiaries whose eKYC has not been verified, but instead it has completely shifted this responsibility onto the beneficiaries, says activist

As per census outcome, there are currently 47,126 stray dogs in Bhubaneswar – 36 per 1000 human against national average of 11

The overtime work limit has been increased from 115 hours to 144 hours every financial quarter.

The IMD issues orange warning of heavy to very heavy rain accompanied by thunderstorms and lightning at one or two places over the districts of Koraput, Nawarangpur and Nuapada

Heavy rainfall would occur in the districts of Sundargarh, Sambalpur, Deogarh, Keonjhar, Mayurbhanj, Jharsuguda, Angul, Boudh, Sonepur, Malkangiri, Koraput, Nabarangpur, and Kalahandi on September 23

A fresh low pressure area has formed over Bay of Bengal which will trigger rain till August 29, says IMD

Police said the nursing home had misled the family, assuring them it had all necessary facilities for a safe delivery