Special train between Khurda Road-Udhna in Surat from July 5

Bhubaneswar, June 30: One pair of special trains will run between Khurda Road and Udhna (near Surat) in Gujrat from July 5 to avoid heavy wait lists in western India bound regular trains. According to an East Coast Railway (ECoR) statement, (08585/08586) Khurda Road-Udhna-Khurda Road Special via Vizianagaram and Titilagarh will leave Khurda Road at […]

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Vedanta dedicates second COVID Hospital in Odisha’s Deogarh district

Bhubaneswar, June 29: Vedanta Aluminium, India’s largest producer of aluminium and its value-added products, has dedicated second COVID facility to the people of Odisha, developed at Eklavya Model Residential School, in Deogarh. With the new COVID facility at Deogarh, and a similar one at Kalahandi, Vedanta has added 300 critical care beds to bolster Odisha’s […]

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Senior Indian Postal officer Suvendu Swain assumes charge as new CPMG, Odisha

Bhubaneswar, June 29: Suvendu Swain, an officer from Indian Postal Services of 1990 batch assumed the charge of Chief Postmaster General (CPMG), Odisha Postal Circle on Monday. Swain has served the Department in different States namely Madhya Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir, North East, Delhi, Tamil Nadu, Bihar and Uttar Pradesh in different capacities before being […]

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Prof Bansidhar Majhi appointed VSSUT Vice Chancellor

Bhubaneswar, June 28: Prof Bansidhar Majhi has been appointed as the new Vice Chancellor of Veer Surendra Sai University of Technology (VSSUT), Burla. Currently, Majhi is working as Director, IIITDM, Kancheepuram in Chennai. Governor and Chancellor of Universities Prof Ganeshi Lal appointed Majhi as the VSSUT VC for a period of three years. “In exercise […]

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New Generation Agni P Ballistic Missile fight tested successfully off Odisha coast

Balasore, June 28: The Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) successfully flight tested a New Generation Nuclear Capable Ballistic Missile Agni P from Dr APJ Abdul Kalam island off the coast of Odisha in Balasore at 10.55 AM on Tuesday. Various telemetry and radar stations positioned along the eastern coast tracked and monitored the missile. […]

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Webinar held on ‘Mishra Shala Sri Ganesh: A Museum of Dying Tradition’

Cuttack, June 27: A webinar was held on ‘Mishra Shala Sri Ganesh’ – a museum of dying tradition -recently with distinguished persons like senior administrators, intellectuals, artists and litterateurs on its panel of guests. ‘Mishra Shala Sri Ganesh’ is a museum of fanciful made-up wooden memorabilia of the missing lifestyle of bygone days. “When we […]

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Incoming calls at BMC’s 1929 24×7 Call Centre surpass 1 lakh mark in Bhubaneswar

More than 32K doctors’ consultation made so far by June 24 Bhubaneswar, June 25: Setting yet another milestone in serving the people of the Temple City and its outskirts, suffering from COVID-19 pandemic, the 1929 24×7 City Call Centre at the Bhubaneswar Operations Centre of the Smart City office, has received incoming calls of more […]

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IPS Reshuffle: Yeshwant Jethwa new Vigilance Director

Bhubaneswar, June 24: The Odisha Government on Thursday effected a reshuffle of senior IPS officers in the State. According to a Home Department notification, 1994-batch IPS officer Sanjeeb Panda has been appointed ADG Crime Branch. He has been also been assigned additional charge of CMD, Odisha State Police Housing and Welfare Corporation (OSPHWC). Panda was […]

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COVID-19: Odisha CM launches healthcare facilities in 8 more distrticts

Bhubaneawar, June 24: Strengthening medical infrastructure to save precious lives from COVID-19 pandemic, Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Thursday inaugurated healthcare facilities and laid foundation for medical oxygen storage and generation plants at different hospitals across the State. The Chief Minister CM inaugurated 12-bed Special Neonatal Care Unit & OPD Complex at City Hospital in […]

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