Modern Burn Centre to be inaugurated at AIIMS-Bhubaneswar on convocation event on Jan 7

Bhubaneswar, December 4: The AIIMS Bhubaneswar will celebrate its 4th annual convocation on January 7. To witness the great day, a state-of-the-art Burn Centre at AIIMS will be dedicated to the public by Union Minister of Health and Family Welfare Dr. Mansukh Mandaviya, said AIIMS Bhubaneswar Executive Director Prof (Dr.) Ashutosh Biswas on Wednesday here. […]

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Netherlands team arrives in Bhubaneswar for Odisha Hockey Men’s World Cup 2023 

Bhubaneswar, January 4: The Netherlands Men’s Hockey team, three-time champions of the Men’s Hockey World Cup, arrived in Odisha on Wednesday for the FIH Odisha Hockey Men’s World Cup 2023 Bhubaneswar-Rourkela, and were accorded a warm welcome at the Biju Patnaik International Airport here. The Netherlands, led by Thierry Brinkman, will complete their final preparations […]

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Odisha Govt announces free rice scheme for one year; to cost exchequer Rs 185 crore

Bhubaneswar, January 3: Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Tuesday announced to provide rice free of cost to State Food Security Scheme (SFSS) beneficiaries for one more year from January 2023 to December 2023. The announcement was made in the wake of the Union Cabinet’s decision to distribute free food grains to 81.35 crore beneficiaries of […]

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Dharmendra to inaugurate Kala Utsav 2022 on Tuesday

New Delhi/Bhubaneawar January 2, 2023: Kala Utsav 2022 will be organised by the National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) and Department of School Education and Literacy, Ministry of Education, from 3-7 January 2023, at Regional Institute of Education (RIE), Bhubaneshwar. The inaugural ceremony of Kala Utsav will be held on Tuesday at 10 […]

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Gang that cheated 50,000 job seekers across India busted by Odisha EOW, prime accused held from UP

Bhubaneawar, December 31: The Economic Offences Wing (EOW) of the State Crime Branch arrested Zafer Ahmed, the mastermind of job fraud, who allegedly duped over 50,000 job aspirants in five States including Odisha, from Aligarh Uttar Pradesh. The accused was reportedly duping job aspirants in at least five States – Gujarat, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, West […]

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Tiger skin seized, one held in Nabarangpur

Nabarangpur, December 31: Nabarangpur police has seized a tiger skin worth lakhs of rupees in international market and arrested an alleged poacher from Papadahandi area, informed DSP Chandrasekhar Hota here on Saturday. Acting on a tip-off, a team of Papadahandi police led by Sub-Inspector Sibji Panda arrested one Kamal Kumar Mohanty (30) from near Papadahandi […]

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CM inaugurates PGIMER at Capital Hospital, 24 students get admission in six disciplines 

Bhubaneswar, December 30: Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Friday inaugurated the new Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education & Research (PGIMER) at Capital Hospital here. Inaugurating the institute, the Chief Minister said that it will play a significant role in providing quality education and expert healthcare to people in the capital and the State. Studies […]

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5G by January 26 in Odisha: Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw

Bhubaneswar, December 29: Railways, Communications, Electronics & Information Technology Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw on Thursday said that 5G internet services will be launched in Odisha before January 26 next year. Vaishnaw was addressing a programme organised to lay the foundation stone for the redevelopment of Bhubaneswar railway station here, also attended by Union Education Minister Dharmendra […]

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Angul-Balram rail link opened, to enable 40K ton more daily coal despatch

Angul, December 29: The coal evacuation process from Talcher coalfields got a major boost on Thursday with inauguration of 14-km-long Angul-Balram rail link with Union Minister of Coal & Mines Pralhad Joshi inaugurating the link in the presence of Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw and Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan here. The link would now enable […]

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Foundation stone for Rs 308 crore Bhubaneswar Railway Station Redevelopment project on Friday 

Bhubaneswar, December 28: The foundation stone for Redevelopment of Bhubaneswar Railway Station project will be laid on Thursday at Bhubaneawar station here. The project is proposed to be completed within 24 months at an expenditure of Rs 308 crore. Three Union Ministers – Dharmendra Pradhan, Ashwini Vaishnaw and Prahlad Joshi – will grace the occasion. […]

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