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Bhubaneswar, February 6, 2018: From the installed capacity of about four million tons per annum of crude steel in the year 1999-2000, Odisha now has 47 steel industries with the total capacity of over 33 million tons per annum which is about one-fourth of the country’s total installed capacity, said Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik here. […]
Continue ReadingBhubaneswar, February 4, 2018: Around 10,000 people from different walks of life on Sunday participated in the “Saksham Cyclothon,” the first of its kind premier Cyclothon event, aimed at making people aware of the need to conserve oil and gas here. Union Petroleum and Natural Gas and Skill Development and Entrepreneurship Minister Dharmendra Pradhan flagged […]
Continue ReadingNew Delhi, February 3, 2018: India’s sole medal winner in the IAAF World Championship, Anju Bobby George on Saturday said that she definitely would want her kids to become athletes. “I definitely would want my kids to become athletes. Though, we haven’t decided on any particular sport, I am sure they will end up making […]
Continue ReadingBhubaneswar, February 2, 2018: Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik Friday hoped for inclusion of more sites of the State in the UNESCO World Heritage Sites. “Bhubaneswar, our Capital city, is a unique confluence of history, heritage and modernity. Known as the Ekamra Kshetra, it has been the cultural seat of the state for centuries, preserving […]
Continue ReadingBhubaneswar, February 1, 2018: The East Coast Railway (ECoR) has decided to restore the services of Rourkela-Koraput-Rourkela Express (18107/18108) temporarily on tri-weekly basis from February, 4. Train Number 18107 Rourkela-Koraput-Rourkela Express from Rourkela will leave on every Sunday, Tuesday and Thursday with effect from February 4, said an ECoR release. Train number 18108 Koraput-Rourkela Express […]
Continue ReadingNew Delhi, January 31, 2018: The National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) has provided toilet facilities at 192 toll plazas across the country. Around 180 more toll plazas will be covered by the end of March, 2019 across India, informed a Ministry of Road Transport and Highways press release. Under the Government of India’s flagship […]
Continue ReadingBhubaneswar, January 29, 2018: From this year, winners of National Bravery Award from Odisha would get cash award of Rs 1 lakh from the State Government, announced Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Monday here. Patnaik met Mamata Dalai and Pankaj Mahanta, who received the National Bravery Awar on Republic Day from Prime Minister Narendra Modi […]
Continue ReadingBhubaneswar, January 29, 2018: The Bharat Raksha Manch held a protest on Monday with the demand for extending the exercise of holding the National Register of Citizens (NRC) in Odisha after the first part of the draft of the NRC for Assam was published on the January 1. The NRC is an exercise that is […]
Continue ReadingNew Delhi, January 27, 2018: More than 17 crore children of less than five years across the country will be given polio drops as part of the Pulse Polio Programme in 2018. President Ram Nath Kovind, launched the programme for 2018 by administering polio drops to children at the Rahstrapati Bhawan, in the presence of […]
Continue ReadingBhubaneswar, January 27, 2018: Cutting across party lines, regions, ideologies and age groups, eminent personalities of the country gathered in Bhubaneswar at the release a pictorial biography of former Odisha Chief Minister and freedom fighter Biju Patnaik titled ‘The Tall Man Biju Patnaik’ on Saturday. Former President Pranab Mukherjee, BJP veteran and former Deputy Prime […]
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