Deadline for linking of Aadhaar with PAN extended till March 31, 2018

Bhubaneswar, December 8, 2017: The Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) has extended the deadline for linking of Aadhaar with PAN till March 31, 2018.  “It has come to notice that some of the taxpayers have not yet completed the linking of PAN with Aadhaar. Therefore, to facilitate the process of linking, it has been […]

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Toyota to be costly by 3% next year

Bhubaneswar, December 8, 2017: Toyota Kirloskar Motor likely to hike prices across its models by up to three percent from January 2018.  The company considered the price rise after reviewing input and freight costs periodically, which is also a general industry phenomenon. “There has been an increase in the cost of manufacturing of vehicles. Frequent fluctuation […]

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IMD sounds heavy rain alert in Odisha till Sunday

Bhubaneswar, December 8, 2017: India Meteorological Department (IMD) predicted heavy to very heavy rainfall over Odisha on Saturday and Sunday under the influence of a deep depression over central Bay of Bengal. The depression over southeast and adjoining central Bay of Bengal moved further north-northwestwards with a speed of about 20 kmph during past six […]

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Business leaders offer Rs 500 crore for ‘Clean Ganga’

Bhubaneswar, December 7, 2017: Captains of Indian trade and industry have committed a support of nearly Rs 500 crore for the development of amenities like ghats, river fronts, crematoria and parks at various places along River Ganga as part of the Namami Gange Mission. Many business leader after holding an interaction with Union Water Resources, […]

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Depression over Bay of Bengal likely to turn into deep depression in next 24 hours

Bhubaneswar, December 7, 2017: The depression over southeast Bay of Bengal is likely to intensify further into a deep depression during next 24 hours, warned IMD. The depression over southeast Bay of Bengal and neighbourhood moved north-northwestwards with a speed of about 20 kmph during past six hours and lay centred at 11.30 am about 840 km […]

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SMART-SUT in Bhubaneswar

Bhubaneswar, December 6, 2017: The futuristic project SMART-SUT (Smart Cities-Sustainable Urban Transport) will be implemented in three cities – Bhubaneswar, Coimbatore and Kochi- in the country.  It forms part of the focal area of Indo-German bilateral technical cooperation “Sustainable Urban and Industrial Development’’. The project will prepare a comprehensive mobility plan (CMP) for the metropolitan […]

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Sustainable urban transport project for Bhubaneswar

Bhubaneswar, December 6, 2017: The Housing and Urban Development Department of the State Government and Bhubaneswar Development Authority (BDA) in collaboration with German funding agency German Corporation for International Cooperation or GIZ, will prepare a city-wide, holistic master plan for non-motorised transport (NMT) focussing on low-carbon urban transport. Based on this eco-friendly master plan, measures […]

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Smart Bhubaneswar: Safety, security for fairer sex

Bhubaneswar, December, 6, 2017: A workshop on Safety of Girls and Women was organised today jointly by Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) and Bhubaneswar Smart City Limited (BSCL) in collaboration with UNFPA as part of Socially Smart Bhubaneswar initiative. Representatives from BMC, BSCL, Bhubaneswar Development Authority (BDA), UNFPA India, State Commission for Women, District Child Protection […]

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Centre wants business leaders to invest in infra sector

New Delhi, December 6, 2017: Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Wednesday held his third pre-Budget Consultation meeting with representatives of Indian Trade and Industry in here asked business leaders for making investments in infrastructure sector to build a stronger India. Highlighting the importance of investment in infrastructure sector, the Finance Minister said the Government […]

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Taking healthcare to new heights

Bhubaneswar, November 5, 2017: Odisha Government on Tuesday signed four memorandum of understandings (MoUs) with four most reputed healthcare institutes in order to facilitate advanced healthcare services to the people of the State. Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik presided over signing of MoUs between Health and Family Welfare Department and four top health institutions of the […]

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