The total value of Naveen Patnaik's assets has swelled by Rs 4 crore from Rs 7.98 crore to Rs 12.06 crore between 2009 and 2014. This increase is because of appreciation of property value instead of acquisition of any new property.
Of 22 eligible voters in the village, 19 persons -- 12 women and 7 men -- attended the gram sabha, despite heavy rains to voice their opposition to the project. Tadijhola, located on the foothills of Niyamgiri, is predominantly inhabited by the milkmen community.
Tour operators in Odisha are set to suffer losses as tourists and pilgrims have started cancelling their bookings to various destinations in north India following the devastating floods in Uttarakhand.
The job fair was jointly conducted by the State Employment Mission and the Koraput district administration recently.
GPL, a consortium of three companies, had signed a memorandum of understanding with the state government in 2006 to develop the defunct seasonal port at Goplapur into an all weather port at an investment of about Rs 2500-crore (Rs 25-billion) in phases.
The hotels and restaurants of all categories in Puri have been packed till the end of the nine-day festival, while several organisations have erected makeshift accommodations to give shelter to the devotees and tourists coming from across the country and abroad.
Several lakhs of devotees across the country and abroad will throng the holy town to participate in the annual Rath Yatra.
The Maoists have already blown up as many as 16 telecom towers in different places of these districts, thereby disrupting the mobile telephone services.
The public sector oil company aims to rationalize its operations across the country and has decided to close the very old and small depots on grounds of safety. Meanwhile, the company has decided to set up a modern depot at Jharsuguda in western Orissa at an investment of about Rs 100 crore (RS 1 billion). The proposed depot would have the capacity of around 60,000 kilo litre.
"Despite the marriage season being on, almost all gold ornament shops have reported a sharp fall in their sales," said P Satya Narayan Senapati, president, Berhampur Jewellery Association. At the peak of the marriage season, the gold trade in Behrampur reached around Rs 1 crore (Rs 10 million) per day earlier. Given the uptrend and volatility in the price of gold, there is scanty demand for the yellow metal and only need-based buying by the customers.
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