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The senior Bharatiya Janata Party leader said that the Gandhi family must tell the country for which Congress leader, Sahu was working as an ATM.

"Rs 200 crore has been recovered from the premises of their party MP Dhiraj Prasad Sahu and the counting is still going on. Mohabbat Ki Dukaan Mein Corruption Ka Karobaar Chal Raha Hai (a business of corruption is being run in Mohabbat Ki Dukaan). The Congress high command, (means) the Gandhi family, will have to tell the country that for which Congress leader of the Gandhi family he was working as an ATM," she said.

Income Tax sleuths have recovered more than Rs 200 crore cash from several locations in Odisha and Jharkhand during their raids against Boudh Distilleries Private Limited (BDPL) and entities linked to it.

The residences of Congress Rajya Sabha MP Dhiraj Sahu were also searched.

"Till now the Congress has maintained silence (over the issue). It has also been said in the newspapers that so much looted money was lying in the house of the Congress leader that even the counting machines broke down," the Union Minister said.

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Earlier in the day, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on his X handle, tagging a news report about the I-T department recovering Rs 200 crore in cash from various locations of a business group allegedly linked to Sahu, took a swipe at the opposition party.

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"Countrymen should look at these piles of currency notes and then hear the addresses of its (Congress) leaders on honesty. Every penny looted from people will have to be returned. This is Modi's guarantee," PM Modi said in a post with several emojis. (ANI)

"There will be no large change in the minimum temperature (night temperature) during the next 24 hours, and it will gradually fall by 3-5 degrees Celsius in the next 2 to 3 days at places in the districts of Odisha," Director of IMD, Bhubaneswar HR Biswas, told ANI.

Sundargarh has recorded the lowest temperature of 15.0 degrees Celsius during the last 24 hours.

Crops in various parts of Odisha suffered damage due to heavy rainfall due to Cyclone Michaung.

On December 6, the Odisha Special Relief Commissioner directed district collectors to immediately assess the damage caused to crops due to rains under the influence of Cyclone Michaung. Assistance will be given as per SDRF norms.

In a letter dated December 6, Satyabrata Sahu, IAS, to all collectors said, "I am to say that widespread rain has been observed across that state during the past couple of days under the influence of Cydone "Michaung', which might have caused damage to standing Kharif crops and horticulture crops. To ameliorate the sufferings of the affected farmers, the Agricultural Input Subsidy (AIS), as per the norms of the State Disaster Response Fund, will be provided to farmers sustaining crop losses of 33% and above."

The letter further requested the collectors conduct a field-level crop loss assessment through joint inquiry by the officials of the Revenue and DM Department and Agriculture and FE Department through eye estimation to ascertain the crop areas damaged of 33 per cent and above and submit a ULB/Bock GP/village-wise report as per the format enclosed by December 12.

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"While assessing the extent of crop loss, the land schedule/ROR of affected farmers should be verified from Bhulekh. Collectors will accord approval of crop loss (famer-wise extent of crop area damaged as assessed) and intimate requirement of funds or disbursement of AIS as admissible," the letter stated. (ANI)

CM Naveen Patnaik today inaugurated Pabitra Mohan Pradhan Government Hospital at Talcher in Odisha’s Angul district.
Union Ministers Dharmendra Pradhan and Prahllad Joshi, among others, joined the event via video conference.

Speaking on the occasion, Union Minister Dharmendra Pradhan said," The new hospital at Talcher in Odisha’s Angul district was built by the Government of India's funds and named after freedom fighter & Odisha's former Deputy Chief Minister Pabitra Mohan Pradhan. It would have been better if the hospital was inaugurated as a medical college from the first day."

ଅନୁଗୋଳ ଜିଲ୍ଲା ତାଳଚେର ସ୍ଥିତ ପବିତ୍ର ମୋହନ ପ୍ରଧାନ ହସ୍ପିଟାଲର ଶୁଭାରମ୍ଭ କାର୍ଯ୍ୟକ୍ରମରେ ଓଡ଼ିଶାର ମୁଖ୍ୟମନ୍ତ୍ରୀ, ସହଯୋଗୀ ତଥା କେନ୍ଦ୍ର ସଂସଦୀୟ ବ୍ୟାପାର, କୋଇଲା ଓ ଖଣି ମନ୍ତ୍ରୀ @JoshiPralhad, ଓଡ଼ିଶା ସରକାରଙ୍କ ସ୍ୱାସ୍ଥ୍ୟ ଓ ପରିବାର କଲ୍ୟାଣ ମନ୍ତ୍ରୀଙ୍କ ସହ ଯୋଗଦେଲି । ଲୋକଙ୍କୁ ଉତ୍ତମ ସ୍ୱାସ୍ଥ୍ୟସେବା ପ୍ରଦାନ ଦିଗରେ… pic.twitter.com/W3szE6sQSQ — Dharmendra Pradhan (@dpradhanbjp) December 8, 2023

Minister Pradhan further said, "This hospital has been built in collaboration with Mahanadi Coalfields Ltd (MCL) under the guidance of Prime Minister Narendra Modi to provide better healthcare to the people."

Pradhan thanked PM Modi, Union Coal Minister Prahllad Joshi and MCL for providing financial assistance around Rs 1,600 crore for the construction and other infrastructural development of the hospital. He also expressed gratitude to the State government for taking over the management of the hospital. The day will be remembered by the local people as the hospital is named after its son of soil, he added.

The foundation stone was laid for this hospital on September 3, 2015 in the presence of the Chief Minister and the then Union Coal and Mines Minister Piyush Goyal by the central state-owned enterprises MCL and Coal India. While the old hospital located there had 100 beds, MCL spent Rs 500 crore and expanded it to 330-bed hospital and provided other infrastructure facilities.

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On March 5, 2019, the proposed Mahanadi Institute of Medical Science and Research (MIMSAR) was inaugurated at a cost of Rs 500 crore. Later, the MCL provided Rs 628 crore for management of the hospital for next 5 years.