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Bhubaneswar: Soon after taking command of the State unit of BJP, senior leader of the party Samir Mohanty said his focus is to pave the way for the saffron party to serve 4.5 crore people of Odisha and make the party’s image clean by freeing it from the BJD-BJP ‘Foes Outside Friends Inside’ rhetoric. Mohanty […]

Bhubaneswar: Thick patches of fog will shroud coastal and interior districts of Odisha on January 22 and 23, Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) regional centre in Bhubaneswar informed on Monday. “There are chances of dense fog in some coastal and interior pockets like Deogarh, Angul, Dhenkanal, Balasore, Bhadrak, Kendrapara, Jagatsinghpur, Khurda, Cuttack, Puri, Nayagarh, Sundergarh, Kandhamal, […]

Bhubaneswar: Spoken English programme will be introduced for students from Class I in all schools across Odisha soon, informed State School and Mass Education (S&ME) Minister Samir Dash. A decision regarding this has been taken keeping in view the keenness among parents and guardians of students for English education of their wards. Besides, stress will […]

Jharsuguada: Flight connectivity from Veer Surendra Sai (VSS) Airport in Jharsuguda to Varanasi will commence in the last week of January 2020. Air India’s subsidiary, Alliance Air will run the fight from Jharsuguda to Varanasi via Biju Patnaik International Airport (BPIA), Bhubaneswar from January 31. Similarly, the carrier will also begin Jharsuguda-Kolkata direct flight from […]

Bhubaneswar:  With the clocking in of new year 2020, all room Air Conditioners (ACs) covered under the ambit of Bureau of Energy Efficiency (BEE) star-labelling programme will be mandatorily having a 24 degree C default temperature. The Union Power Ministry has already issued a notification in this regard. The moot point then is does this […]

Bhubaneswar: Millions of Odias were elated to see Air India kick off its direct flight services between Bhubaneswar and Surat on January 20. Barely three days elapsed and then surfaced a tug of war between the BJP and BJD over whose impetus drove AI to commence its operations. It was Odisha Speaker Surjya Narayan Patro […]

Bhubaneswar:  When former British PM Winston Churchill had said politics is not a game, it’s an earnest business, nearly a year after the big bang 2019 elections, how is the political sensex trending in Odisha. Is the ‘business’ of politics in State displaying a bullish or bearish trend? It’s well known that in Odisha’s political […]

Bhubaneswar: From household chores to act as the breadwinner of the family or leading professions, the sky has now become a limit for women and it makes it even bigger achievement when she has to do all that while playing diverse roles in her lifespan. Many iconic women from India like Indira Gandhi, Kalpana Chawla, […]

Bhubaneswar: Odisha is yet to be counted among top-10 job creators in the country. The acuteness of joblessness in the State is well evidenced by the hard numbers. As per the net payroll data released by Employee Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) on Thursday, when the country sees new jobs counting to a high of over […]

Bhubaneswar: In an unfortunate incident, the roof of the under-construction building to link the terminal 1 of Biju Patnaik International Airport with terminal 2 collapsed leaving one person dead and while critically injuring couple of other persons. According to sources, one of the workers got crushed under the collapsed roof and lost his life. The […]

Bhubaneswar: With an objective to transform SCB Medical College and Hospital into a world-class institution, Odisha government on Saturday announced to begin eviction drive for the developmental project from January 27. Cuttack District Collector Bhabani Shankar Chayani today informed that the eviction drive will be launched from Monday and over 300 families likely to be […]

Bhubaneswar:  In the last three years, the caving in of roof of a building under construction at Biju Patnaik International Airport (BPIA) here is the fifth such successive lethal collapse in Odisha. In this mishap, a life was lost and another injured person is still under treatment at the Capital Hospital here. What’s big about […]

Bhubaneswar/New Delhi: Eminent litterateur from Odisha, Manoj Das has been conferred Padma Bhushan, the third highest civilian award in the Republic of India. The Government of India today announced the names of eight Padma Vibhushan awards, 16 Padma Bhushan and 118 Padma Shri awardees. Recognised as the one of the foremost bilingual writer in both […]

Bhubaneswar: The 71st Republic Day was celebrated with patriotic fervour across Odisha on Sunday. Odisha Governor Ganeshi Lal unfurled the Tricolour and took salute of the parade at the State-level parade held at Mahatma Gandhi Marg in Bhubaneswar. Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik also attended the State-level Republic Day celebrations in the Capital city. This was […]

Bhubaneswar:  As the nation celebrated its 71st Republic Day on Sunday, with a grandeur display of the whole might of Indian heritage, culture and military strides, the rolling out of Rukuna Rath tableau from Odisha on the majestic Rajpath in the national capital has brought a paradigm shift in tableau shows. As per governance observers, […]