Weekend shutdown enforced in Kendrapara

Kendrapara: The Kendrapara district administration on Thursday extended the weekend shutdown till July 31 to check the spread of Coronavirus even though the district is not among the ’10 Zone-I’ districts, identified by the Odisha Government. “The number of positive cases of COVID-19 has been on rise across the State and there is a risk […]

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IIT-Bhubaneswar holds end‐semester exams online amid Corona pandemic

Bhubaneswar: IIT-Bhubaneswar conducted the end‐semester examinations in the normal comprehensive way in online mode from June 24 to 30 for its final year subjects. A total of 526 students, including BTech (206) Dual Degree (36), M.sc (75), M.Tech (167), PhD (42) appeared the examinations. The  commercially  available  systems  for  online  examinations  are  normally  designed to […]

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Dismissed Inspector arrested for raping minor inside police station in Odisha

Sundergarh: Crime Branch on Wednesday arrested dismissed inspector-in-charge Biramitrapur police station Ananda Majhi for allegedly raping a minor girl inside the police station for several months. “Crime Branch has successfully traced and arrested ex-Biramitrapur police station IIC Ananda Chandra Majhi from forested area under Handapa police station of Angul district,” said DGP Abhay. Earlier in […]

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COVID-19: BMC enlightens senior citizens on Sachetak App functions, benefits

Bhubaneswar: With an aim to protect senior citizens during the COVID-19 pandemic by addressing their various health issues, the Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) organized an awareness programme at Biju Patnaik Park in the Capital City on Wednesday morning to help the elderly population, especially senior citizens to understand the functionality and benefits of the Sachetak […]

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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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Digital Methods To Change The Education System In Post COVID-19 Era

Bhubaneswar: Digital medium can only change the post COVID-19 education system said Chairman of NIOS and faculty at the School of Education at IGNOU, Prof Chandra Bhusan Sharma, while attending the valedictory of event of a webinar organised by the School of Education of Ravenshaw University in Cuttack. The 10 days webinar on “Education In […]

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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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