Odisha's Director General of Police (DGP), R P Sharma, came up with the suggestion on Tuesday during the first quarterly meeting of the state level security committee for the railways here.
As many as 64 people had died and over 1.4 lakh hectare crop area affected due to cyclone Fani in Odisha, the Home Ministry said on Tuesday.
Addressing the inaugural session of the 16th Odisha Legislative Assembly, the Governor said the government will provide interest free crop loans to small and marginal farmers up to Rs 1 lakh.
The saffron party has emerged as the second-largest party in the 145-member assembly by securing 23 seats.
The decision was taken at a meeting of party MLAs to select BJP legislature party leader here. The meeting was also attended by party's central observer Saroj Pandey and Union Ministers Dharmendra Pradhan and Pratap Sarangi.
The cheque was handed over by JSPL Chairman Naveen Jindal to state Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on June 22, the company said in a statement.
BJD president Naveen Patnaik declared party's IT Cell Chairman Amar Patnaik and spokesperson Sasmit Patra as party's nominees for the Upper House of Parliament.
The Council of Higher Secondary Education, Odisha (CHSE) has announced the Odisha 12th Result 2019 for Arts, Commerce stream today at the website -- orrisaresults.nic.in.
Odisha Class 12 Result 2019: The Council of Higher Secondary Education, Odisha (CHSE) will announce the Odisha 12th Result 2019 for Arts, Commerce stream today at 3:30 pm at the website -- orrisaresults.nic.in.
Panic gripped the people after a mild earthquake was felt in several parts of western Odisha on Wednesday.
A local court on Wednesday sentenced 18 people to life imprisonment for killing a 40-year-old man, accusing him of being involved in anti-social activities, 12 years ago.
OJEE Result 2019 | Odisha Joint Entrance Examination (OJEE) Cell has declared the Odisha JEE Result 2019 at the official website ojee.nic.in. Candidates appeared for the OJEE 2019 can check their score online and offline mode.
The decision is taken in view of the rising encephalitis deaths in Bihar after Health experts suspected that the deaths of children in Bihar’s Muzaffarpur were linked to toxins present in the popular fruit.
A room christened 'Bapuji Kakhya' in the school as a mark of honour to the 'father of the nation' was also found ransacked, with cigarette butts and empty liquor bottles strewn around, a police officer said.
Candidates should note that the official date for the announcement of result is yet to be notified. The 12th board result for Arts and Commerce will be declared on the official website chseodisha.nic.in.
Patnaik also sought the allocation for 5 lakh permanent houses to replace the habitations damaged in the cyclone.
Candidates who had appeared for the CLAT exam 2019 should check the official website clatconsortiumofnlu.ac.in for details.
"As you know, we have been hit by a recent cyclone which has done a great deal of damage. I have asked for Rs 5,000 crore for rehabilitation and restoration work." Naveen Patnaik said.
The monsoon is unlikely to hit Odisha in the next four-five days and no specific date has been announced about its arrival, H R Biswas, Director of the Meteorological Centre said.
7 people, who sustained serious injuries in the mishap, were taken to the district headquarters hospital, while three others have been shifted to another facility in Cuttack.
