Temples, hotel evicted near Bhubaneswar railway station

Bhubaneswar: The joint team of Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC), Bhubaneswar Development Authority (BDA), General Administration Department and East Coast Railways officials on Saturday demolished two temples, a hotel and many shanties paving the way for the expansion of the platform under integrated development plan.  “We cleared the encroachments on two routes starting from the booking […]

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Odisha’s first TOEFL centre opened in KIIT

Bhubaneswar: Longstanding aspirations of young students and professionals of Odisha was realised as the state’s first TOEFL (The Test of English as a Foreign Language) center was launched in KiiT International School. Students and professionals of the State aiming for higher education in foreign universities need not go to Kolkata or outside Odisha now for […]

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ICICI launches ‘creative masters’ for social cause

Bhubaneswar: ICICI Bank Ltd, the country’s largest private sector bank, has launched ‘Creative Masters,’ a unique online drawing competition where participants can draw a depiction of a social cause such as education for less privileged children, save a girl child or support the elderly. Spanning over nearly two months, the programme aims to connect with […]

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Engineering students arrested for possessing illegal guns

Bhubaneswar: The Bhubaneswar-Cuttack Commissionerate Police late on Thursday night arrested five youths, mostly engineering students, aged between19 and 21 years and recovered three pistols and live cartridges and bikes from their possession near the Kalinga Vihar electric substation under the Tamando police station.    “Following the loot of Rs 11 lakh from the accountant of […]

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Dhamra Port confers ‘Prakruti Sathi’ awards to school, colleges for greenery

Dhamra (Bhadrak): On the occasion of World Environment Day observance on Thursday, Dhamra Port conferred the ‘Prakruti Sathi’ (Friend of the Environment) award to ten educational institutions of the district who have maintained greenery in their campuses and are working for awareness spreading in the field. The ‘Prakruti Sathi’ Award was instituted by the company […]

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SUM Hospital chosen by ICMR for hospital based cancer registry

Bhubaneswar: The Institute of Medical Sciences and Sum Hospital, run by the SOA University, has been chosen by Indian Council for Medical Research (ICMR) to start a Hospital Based Cancer Registry (HBCR) programme. The IMS and Sum Hospital is the first in Odisha to be chosen by the ICMR for such a programme. This is […]

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Eco Saver’s, PECUC observe world environment day

Bhubaneswar: Eco Saver’s Youth network, Bhubaneswar in collaboration with People’s Cultural Centre (PECUC), Rotary Club of Heritage, Bhubaneswar and SOS village, Bhubaneswar observed world environment day at SOS village and planted 50 fruit bearing trees in the campus. More than 60 youths and children from SOS village participated in the drawing competition on the theme […]

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New MSME Minister reviews department works

Hails on-line registration system Bhubaneswar: Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME), Pension and Public Grievance Minister Jogendra Behera has reviewed the work process of his department and its subsidiary institutions on May 31. Behera lauded the on-line registration system to aware entrepreneurs and set up of enterprises. But, the Minister expressed concern over less budget […]

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Biju Patnaik Int’l Airport all set to observe World Environment Day

Bhubaneswar: The Biju Patnaik International Airport, Bhubaneswar is all set to celebrate the World Environment Day on June 5. It is one of the principal vehicles through which the United Nations (UN) stimulates worldwide awareness of the Environment and enhances public attention. On the occasion, a day long programme including distribution of saplings, meetings, signature […]

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