Tag: Bhubaneswar

Bhubaneswar: Setting a big example that disability is not a hindrance in achieving success in life, city-based girl Rushali Jena on Monday received the ‘Role Model Award’ from Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu at a special event on the occasion of International day of Persons with Disabilities in New Delhi. Various disabled children, Individuals, Institutions, […]

Cuttack: Continuing its crackdown on illegal drugs trade, officials of the Excise department seized nearly 60 gms of brown sugar after a raid in Cuttack today. The price of the seized contraband item is worth nearly Rs 6 lakh, informed sources. Acting on a tip-off, a team of excise sleuths conducted a raid in Jagatpur […]

Bhubaneswar/Cuttack: As many as 370 residents of the twin cities of Bhubaneswar and Cuttack were booked by the Commissionerate Police for violation of the Supreme Court directive on bursting of firecrackers on Diwali. Cases have been registered against 140 persons while Rs 1.15 lakh fine was collected from 230 persons for bursting crackers beyond the stipulated time […]

Bhubaneswar: Asia’s first international sports literary meet- Ekamra Sports Literary Festival 2018 was inaugurated by CM Naveen Patnaik in Bhubaneswar today. Noted sports writers, journalists and critics from across the globe will participate in the two-day unique literary event. Athlete Ben Johnson, swimmer Stephanie Rice, wrestler Yogeshwar Dutt, Bajrang Punia, Javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra, cricketer […]

Bhubaneswar/Cuttack: Apart from his excellent acting skills Ollywood superstar Anubhav Mohanty wins hearts of millions by his chivalry nature and humanity. In a very touching gesture, Mohanty visited the house of a physically challenged boy named Sipun on his parent’s request in social media. According to sources, Sipun’s parents cannot afford to bear the medical […]

Bhubaneswar: Vigilance sleuths on Thursday raided the residence of a Regional officer of the State Pollution Control Board Kalinganagar, Jajpur in Bhubaneswar on charges of amassing assets disproportionate to his known sources of income. The officer, identified as Hadibandhu Panigrahi, was caught by vigilance officials while he was returning after allegedly taking bribes from a […]

Bhubaneswar:  Sangram Aich, husband of Tanuja Aich, who was found dead inside a car parked at Sriram Nagar of Bhubaneswar, was arrested by police in Kolkata yesterday. Sangram who was absconding since Tanuja’s body was recovered on Monday, has been brought on transit remand by Commisionerate Police. Post-mortem report of Tanuja revealed that she suffered […]

In a first, students of the Odisha University of Agriculture and Technology (OUAT) can be seen working on agri fields alongside farmers.The students are on a ten-week long village stay programme to help them get familiar with the socio-economic conditions of the farmers, diagnose their field problems and suggest remedial measures.

Smart city Bhubaneswar leads the country when it comes to disrespecting elders, revealed the National Report on Elder Abuse -2018 released last week . As many as 82 % elders in the city feel that they are “disrespected,” the survey revealed. The capital city came second in “prevalence of elder abuse in the society”. A good 87% respondents from Bhubaneswar who took part in the national survey admitted, “yes it happens”.

Even as ‘Smart City Bhubaneswar promises core infrastructure, decent quality of life and clean environment to its denizens, there are several milestones that the city is striving to meet to get qualified under the globally accepted Smart City norms.

Bhubaneswar: Artists can bring the past alive in the present. Such is the magic in their hands that they can even make non-living sketches appear hyper-realistic. Micro-artist Susrita Samantaray from Bhubaneswar is doing exactly that and her efforts to make various old monuments and temples of Odisha popular through her sketches, have made her a […]

Bhubaneswar: The Indian Sport Climbing squad for the upcoming Asian Games to be held in Indonesia from August 18 was announced by the Indian Mountaineering Foundation in Bhubaneswar on Wednesday. This is the first time that a sport climbing squad will represent India in the prestigious championship. The team comprising Karnataka’s Bharath Pereira, Manipur’s Maibam […]

Bhubaneswar: With intense heat wave conditions prevailing across Odisha, the authorities of Nandankanan Zoological Park have come up with special measures to keep the animals ‘cool’ this summer. Almost all enclosures at the zoo are now covered with hay stacks and proper water facilities have been made inside the enclosures to keep the animals hydrated. […]

Bhubaneswar: A brilliant hat-trick by Nicolas Fedor and a last moment goal by skipper Sunil Chhetri, all coming in the second half, took ISL runner’s up Bengaluru FC (BFC) into the finals of Super Cup Football Tournament as they defeated Kolkata-based I-League side Mohun Bagan by 4-2 goals. Both the sides started off with aggressive […]

Bhubaneswar: FC Goa thrashed Jamshedpur FC by 5-1 goals in an all-ISL team clash in the quarter-final round of the Super Cup Football Tournament being played at Kalinga Stadium in Bhubaneswar. Hugo Boumous’ two goals in the second half of the game and a goal each by Brandon Fernandes, Ferran Corominas and Manvir Singh propelled […]