Author: Odisha News Tune

Bhubaneswar, May 5: Continuing its strategy to provide better health and lifestyle practices, the Bhubaneswar Development Authority (BDA) has now got facilities of Open Air Gym at 15 parks across the city. Two years ago, the city had started with one such facility at Buddha Jayanti Park, which later became five. The development authority had […]

Bhubaneswar, May 5: The State Government on Friday increased State Pension for freedom fighters across all categories by around Rs 4,000 each. They will now get nearly double the amount they have been getting with retrospective effect from April 2017. According to a Chief Minister’s Office (CMO) communiqué, those freedom fighters who were jailed during […]

Bhubaneswar, May 4: The Temple City Bhubaneswar has retained its lead in cleanliness front as it has achieved the award among the Fastest Moving City in East Zone under the category of population more than 10 lakh.  BMC Mayor Ananta Narayan Jena today received the award from Central Urban Development Minister M Venkaiah Naidu in […]

Bhubaneswar, May 4: Science Express Climate Action Special (SECAC), an Exhibition on Wheel Train to perform exhibition at four stations, Bhadrak, Puri, Chhatrapur and Kottavalasa over East Coast Railway (ECoR) jurisdiction to create awareness among various sections of society, especially students, teachers and general public about the climate change and similar issues. This Science Express […]

Bhubaneswar, May 2: Odisha Chief Secretary Aditya Prasad Padhi and Inland Waterways Authority of India (IWAI) Chairman Nutan Guha Biswas jointly reviewed the progress of the National Waterway-5 at the State Secretariat here on Tuesday. The Chief Secretary asked the district Collectors of the concerned districts to undertake a survey of the villages along the […]

Bhubaneswar, May 2: Five girl students of Bhubaneswar-based Kalinga Institute of Social Sciences (KISS) have been selected by Tata Steel for ‘All India Tribal Youth Leadership Programme’ to be held at Asia Plateau, Panchgani, Maharashtra between May 5 and 11. They are Parbati Tubid, Itaswari Kumura, Dabaki Naik, Anupama Bhoi and Saraswati Hansdah. All are […]

Bhubaneswar, Apr 30: At a time when Air Asia has started linking the Temple City with a prominent airway gateway of the East, Kuala Lumpur, and Bhubaneswar is hoping to draw more and more tourists from the Buddhist world, an 11-member team from Malaysia comprising staff of the airlines and media representatives, joined the 20th […]

Bhubaneswar, Apr 29: With an aim to reduce migration in the State, the Odisha Government on Saturday signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Tata Trusts. The initiative will be implemented in Bolangir and Nuapada districts initially. More than 20 lakh construction workers and migration workers would be directly accessed through database and the […]

Bhubaneswar, Apr 28: Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Friday launched BANAYANA, the second phase of Odisha Forestry Sector Development Project Phase-II with an ambitious target of achieving sustainable forest and biodiversity management and ensuring improved livelihood for our people living in forest fringes. The Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) supported project is the first 3rd […]

Bhubaneswar, Mar 20: In a major jolt to the BJD Government in connection with the recent amendment to Odisha Zilla Parishad Elections Rules, the State Election Commission (SEC) on Monday argued in the Orissa High Court (HC) stating that once the process of election has started, no Rules governing the said election should be changed […]