The markets in Eastern and North-Eastern India are growing at a faster rate than other parts of the country and Odisha provides industries with the best facilities to set up units to cater to these markets, he added.
Odisha has already organised road shows in Mumbai, inviting investments in IT, metal downstream, renewable energy, chemicals, plastics and advanced electronic manufacturing sectors.
As many as eight police personnel suffered injuries in the incident, of which two had to be taken to a government hospital nearby, one of the officers stated.
Pattnaik claimed that Maharaja of Punjab Ranjit Singh had donated the diamond to the Puri Lord after he won a battle against Nadir Shah of Afghanistan.
They are recruited as contractual government employees for a period of six years drawing a paltry salary despite their high educational qualification, the association said.
The accused, who hails from Badarpur area of Delhi, has been residing in north Odisha city, he said.
The system, active over the northwestern Bay of Bengal off north Andhra Pradesh and south Odisha coasts, is expected to trigger intense spells of rain in Odisha.
State Congress president targeted BJD and BJP alliance and said that they are supporting each other just to rule the state.
Amid the rising incidence of suicides in Odisha, Bhubaneswar Commissionerate Police organized a one-day workshop on Suicide and Law enforcement for its officers and Special Police Officers (SPO ) to investigate such cases thoroughly, and with empathy.
The rainfall is likely to be accompanied by lightning in some pockets in the next 24 hours.
Besides, the Rule Curve created for flood management at the Hirakud reservoir was not followed properly and the people had to face devastation as a result of it, he said.
Villagers of Daruthenga panchayat, a few kilometres from the city, stopped trucks from dumping waste at nearby Bhuasuni as a 22-year-old man died after he was knocked down by a truck near the site earlier this month.
The death toll, too, mounted to 9,172 after a 65-year-old woman succumbed to coronavirus in Sundargarh district, it said.
The Congress leader pointed out that as many as 10 lakh people in 15 districts were affected in the twin floods, which also damaged crops over nearly 20 lakh hectares.
According to the letter, the overall availability of DAP during the Kharif season as on July 31, was 69 per cent against the pro rata requirement with a shortfall of 46,877 MT.
Baripada Pocso court judge Sumita Jena also imposed a fine of Rs 5,000 on Ramsingh Munda, special public prosecutor Abhina Pattnaik said.
The two were admitted to a local hospital, from where they were shifted to a hospital in Phulbani as their condition was critical.
The train services were affected on Monday night after five wagons of a Vizianagaram-bound cement-laden train derailed at 8.30 pm.
Their probable impact areas included Chhendipada, Kaniha, Jarpada ranges of Angul forest division, and Reamal range of Deogarh forest division, Sahu said.
