Make Odisha BJD-free for development: Nadda to BJP workers

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BJP national president JP Nadda on Friday called upon party workers to work hard to make Odisha BJD-free and bring in a BJP government so that the State would see development everywhere after 2024 elections.

Bhubaneswar, Sep 30: BJP national president JP Nadda on Friday called upon party workers to work hard to make Odisha BJD-free and bring in a BJP government so that the State would see development everywhere after 2024 elections.

Nadda was addressing a “Sanjukta Morcha Sammilani” comprising party’s district committee members of seven districts at the Janata Maidan here. He started his speech uttering ‘Jai Jagannath’ and remembering legendary sons and daughters of the soil.

He targeted the Odisha Government over its alleged failures and corruption practices again. He had addressed ‘Trideb Sammilani’ comprising party workers here yesterday.

He said the BJD Government should be thrown out for protection of Lord Jagannath and development of the State.

“We have come to serve people of the country. The BJP has been working for women, youth, students, poor and the hapless. Except one-two States, lotus has bloomed in all other States in the country. I am sure lotus will bloom in Odisha in 2024,” he asserted.

He ridiculed various claims of the State Government alleging that many Ministers in the BJD Government have criminal antecedents and corruption has spread to every sector in the State.

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India Conducts Successful Training Launch Of Short-Range Agni-1 Missile

by Hemanta Pande

Bhubaneswar, Dec 7:The Defence Ministry on Thursday said that a successful training launch of the short-range ballistic missile 'Agni-1' has been conducted, an official said.

The training launch was carried out from APJ Abdul Kalam Island in Odisha.

According to officials, the 'Agni-1' is a very high precision missile system.

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The training launch was carried out under the aegis of the Strategic Forces Command, an official said, adding it successfully validated all operational and technical parameters.(IANS)

Union Minister Dharmendra Pradhan Attends Roundtable Event Of Startup Conclave 2023

by Hemanta Pande

Gandhinagar, Dec 7: Union Minister for Education and Skill Development & Entrepreneurship, Dharmendra Pradhan attended the roundtable event of Startup Conclave 2023 yesterday in Gandhinagar, which is a pre-event of the Vibrant Gujarat 2024 Summit.

The Minister interacted with eminent venture capitalists, unicorns, investors, global accelerators, and industrialists at the event.

Addressing the event, Minister Pradhan said that India’s entrepreneurs have time and again demonstrated that the sky is not the limit and their ideas, imagination and innovation will pave the way for a more sustainable, prosperous and equal world.

Expressing his gratitude to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Minister Pradhan said that the Prime Minister’s policies turned India into the 3rd largest start-up ecosystem.

The Vibrant Gujarat Global Summit, a biennial event was conceptualized in 2003 under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, (then the Chief Minister of Gujarat).

The Education Department, Government of Gujarat, in collaboration with Startup India-Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT); Ministry of Electronics & Information Technology, Government of India (MeitY); and Department of Science & Technology (DST) is organizing the Startup Conclave 2023 today in Gandhinagar, Gujarat, a pre-event of the Vibrant Gujarat 2024 Summit.

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Odisha: ED Files Charge Sheet Against 3 Wildlife Poachers For Trading Of Leopard Skin, Organs

by Hemanta Pande

Bhubaneswar, Dec 7: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Thursday said that it has filed a charge sheet against three alleged wildlife poachers namely Satyaban Sahu, Mahit Bhue and Souki Thethua in connection with the alleged trading of leopard skin and organs.

The ED said that the agency filed the charge sheet under the provisions of Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), 2002.

ED filed the charge sheet against Sahu, Bhue and Thethua of Baragarh district Odisha, in the Court of the Sessions Judge, Khurda at Bhubaneswar-cum-Special Court (PMLA) with prayer for conviction and punishment of the accused persons and also confiscation of proceeds of crime.

The court took cognizance of the charge sheet filed by ED in this case on December 4, the agency said.

The ED case is based on the FIR and charge sheet filed against the accused persons, by the Special Task Force, Crime Branch, Odisha under various sections of the IPC, 1860 and Wildlife Protection Act, 1972.

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"ED investigation revealed that the accused persons were allegedly involved in trading of leopard skin and wildlife articles or organs or trophies since long and one leopard skin, 11 numbers of its nail and four number of its teeth valued at Rs 6.30 lakh was identified as proceeds of crime,' the agency added. (IANS)

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