Sportstar honours Odisha with Decade’s Best State for Promotion of Sports

Bhubaneswar, March 28: In yet another achievement for Odisha, renowned sports magazine Sportstar on Sunday honoured Odisha with Decade’s Best State for Promotion of Sports for the period from 2011 to 2020. Odisha received the Sortstar Aces Award that honoured the Giants of the Decade. Renowned Hockey star MM Somaya handed over the award to […]

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DAV CSpur students become National Champion

Bubaneswar, March 27: In the recently published prestigious Vidyarthi Vigyan Manthan (VVM) and Sarabhai Promotion Orientation Test (SPOT), students of DAV Public School, Chandrasekharpur have excelled in both the tests, including the national champion in SPOT. Nabendu Kumar Mohakud, a Class-IX student secured the topmost position in senior category in SPOT conducted by Vikram Sarabhai […]

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Power tariff to be hiked by 30 paise per unit in Odisha from April 4

Bhubaneswar, March 27: The Odisha Electricity Regulatory Commission (OERC) on Saturday approved electricity tariff increase of 30 paise per unit. However, the tariff for people living below poverty line (BPL) and irrigation consumers have remained unchanged, said an official release. According to an OERC statement, the revised tariff will be effective from April 4. The […]

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CRUT’s MoBus service gets SMART SPV Award

Bhubaneswar, March 26: The Capital Region Urban Transport (CRUT), the Special Purpose Vehicle (SPV) of the Odisha Government, which runs MoBus has been adjudged winner at 6th Smart Cities India Awards 2021 in the ‘Smart SPV/Municipal Corporation’ award category. On behalf of CRUT, General Manager Dipti Mahapatro received the award at Pragati Maidan in Delhi […]

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ECoR to run 3 more MEMU trains in Odisha

Bhubaneswar, March 26: The East Coast Railway (ECoR) on Friday decided to run MEMU trains between Puri-Cuttack and Cuttack-Paradip and between Bhadrak-Cuttack. The Puri-Cuttack MEMU (68416) from Puri will leave at 8 AM from April 12 and will reach at Cuttack at 10.45 AM. In the return direction, Cuttack-Puri MEMU (68415) from Cuttack will leave […]

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Odisha’s Kalinga Stadium to host AFC Women’s Asian Cup India 2022

Bhubaneswar, March 27: Kalinga Stadium in Odisha’s capital city Bhubaneswar will host AFC Women’s Asian Cup India 2022. The Asian Football Confederation (AFC) and the AFC Women’s Asian Cup India 2022TM Local Organising Committee (LOC) on Friday confirmed the Kalinga Stadium along with two other host cities and stadiums – D.Y. Patil Stadium in Navi […]

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Re-Development of Kalinga Studio envisages 12,000 job opportunities

Bhubaneswar, March 25: Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Tuesday laid the foundation stone for the re-development of Kalinga Studio with all the state-of-the-art infrastructure envisaging employment for around 12,000 people. “With the completion of this project, the entertainment industry will receive a massive boost promoting art, culture and heritage along with cinema, and also create […]

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14 coal blocks from Odisha to be auctioned in 2nd tranche of commercial coal mine auction

Bhubaneswar/New Delhi, March 25: Total 14 coal blocks from Odisha will be auctioned as the Central Government on Thursday offered 67 coal mines for sale, launching the second tranche of commercial coal mining auction and termed it a step towards ‘Aatmanirbhar Bharat’. Union Coal Minister Pralhad Joshi launched the auction process in a programme held […]

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Odisha CM writes to Union Power Minister RK Singh against closure of TTPS

Bhubaneswar, March 24: Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Wednesday wrote to the Centre against closure of TTPS of Talcher Thermal Power Station (TTPS). He requested the Centre to address the concerns related to closure of Talcher Thermal Power Station (TTPS) and take steps for early execution of the Stage-III project. In a letter to […]

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