Ballast track at Bhubaneswar, Cuttack stations to improve train mobility

Bhubaneswar: The East Coast Railway (ECoR) has replaced the washable apron with ballast track at Bhubaneswar and Cuttack railway stations to improve train mobility. “Utilising the lockdown time, the ECoR is planning and executing long pending maintenance and infrastructure works  without affecting the rail services. Speed restrictions of 15 Kmph on Down main line at […]

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ECoR extends services of 5 intra-State trains in Odisha

Bhubaneswar: The East Coast Railway (ECoR) has extended the services of five intra- State trains till July 31. As per an ECoR statement, Sambalpur-Khurda Road-Sambalpur Tri-weekly Special (08303/08304) will leave Sambalpur at 6 am and from Khurda Road at 4.55 pm on every Monday, Wednesday and Friday up to July 31 except Saturdays & Sundays. […]

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COVID19: BMC trains peer leaders for community awareness

Bhubaneswar: In order to involve peer leaders of Socially Smart Project of Bhubaneswar Smart City Limited (BSCL) as Covid Sachetak, Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) organised a two-day training programme at Saheed Nagar Kalyan Mandap here. The training was provided by officials of BMC and doctors. These peer leaders will form a part of Covid Sachetak […]

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Training of newly selected assistant loco pilots to restart once lockdown is lifted

Bhubaneswar: The East Coast Railway (ECoR) will restart the training of Assistant Loco Pilot (ALP) candidates after the restrictions in force due to lockdown on account of Coronavirus (CoVID-19) pandemic are lifted completely, said an official release. It’s to mention here that notification for ALP vacancies was released in February 2018, taking into account anticipated […]

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235 trains carrying over 2.50 lakh migrants reach Odisha so far

Bhubaneswar: More than 2.50 lakh people have returned to Odisha through 235 Shramik Special Trains till June 12 (Friday), said an official release. The East Coast Railway (ECoR) in a statement said that, it has handled about 558 Shramik Special Trains from its jurisdiction from first week of May. Out of it, ECoR has received […]

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Fighting COVID-19: BMC launches “Sachetak” App for Bhubaneswar citizens

Bhubaneswar: In its ongoing efforts to fight the COVID-19 pandemic, the Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) has developed a mobile application (App) named “Sachetak”, exclusively for the comorbid and elderly citizens of the State Capital. The App is developed by Bhubaneswar Smart City Limited. After downloading the app, the users can register using their mobile number […]

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Five intra-State trains to run from June 8 in Odisha

Bhubaneswar: The East Coast Railway (ECoR) on Tuesday decided to run five intra-State trains from June 8 in Odisha. As per the ECoR statement, Bhubaneswar-Balangir-Bhubaneswar Special, Bhubaneswar- Bhadrak- Bhubaneswar Special, Bhubaneswar- Berhampur- Bhubaneswar Special, Sambalpur-Khurda Road- Sambalpur Special will run five days a week except Saturdays and Sundays. Bhubaneswar-Koraput-Bhubaneswar Special via Angul-Sambalpur-Rayagada will run tri-weekly. […]

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OSBC launches dedicated portal to facilitate home delivery of liquor in Odisha

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha State Beverage Corporation (OSBC) launched a dedicated portal http://www.osbc.co.in to facilitate home delivery of liquor in the State. The Government has allowed online sale of liquor – home delivery of liquor to the existing “ON” & “OFF” Excise licensees in the State. As per the Government decision, As on May 31, 1351 […]

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Centre launches scheme for 100% solarisation of Konark Sun Temple

Bhubaneswar: The Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) has taken up the complete Solarisation of Konark Sun Temple and Konark town. Speaking about the scheme, RK Singh, MoS for Power and MNRE said, “Government of India launched the Scheme with an objective to take forward the Prime Minister’s vision to develop the historical Sun […]

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Central University Common Entrance Test postponed

Koraput: The Central University Common Entrance Test (CUCET) for admission into all UG and PG programmes at Central University of Odisha (CUO), Koraput scheduled to be held on May 30 and 31 and for research programmes on June 6 and 7 were postponed, said an official release. “Last date for submission of online application form […]

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