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Bhubaneswar, May 12: For the first time in its history, the Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) has collected Rs 100.13 crore as revenue, including Rs 35.07 crore Holding Tax, which is also the highest so far. Out of the total collection of Rs 100.13 crore, the various tax components include, Holding Tax Rs 35.07 crore, Users […]

Bhubaneswar, May 12: Puri-Somnath (Gujrat) Special which will be launched on Saturday will have stoppages at Srikakulam Road and Palasa stations. The train will run via Ahmadabad, Nagpur, Raipur, Rayagada and Vizianagaram connecting two religious destinations in east and west parts of the country and also connecting Arabian Sea and Bay of Bengal.  Somnath-Puri Special […]

Bhubaneswar, May 7: After months of speculation, Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik finally reshuffled his Cabinet by inducting 10 fresh faces and elevating two Ministers of State (MoS), including a tribal face to the Cabinet rank on Sunday. Earlier on Saturday, ten Ministers, Pradip Kumar Amat, Debi Prasad Mishra, Lal Behari Himirika, Jogendra Behera, Pushpendra Singhdeo, […]

Bhubaneswar, May 7: Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Sunday formally announced hosting of 22nd Asian Athletics Championship at Kalinga Stadium Bhubaneswar from 6-9 July 2017 and unveiled the mascot and logo for the event in the presence of athletic champions PT Usha and Anju Bobby George. “The premier athletics championship coming to Bhubaneswar in itself […]

Bhubaneswar, May 6: Apollo Hospitals Group would set up a state-of-the-art cancer institute in Bhubaneswar. The proposed Rs 100 crore project would be completed in 18 months. Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik laid the foundation stone for the same on Saturday in the presence of Apollo Hospitals Group vice-chairperson Preetha Reddy. The proposed five-storey to which […]

Bhubaneswar, May 5: Bollywood singer Shaurin Bhatt will enthrall the audience at the popular street fest Patha Utsav on Sunday even as the festival will have its usual activities and awareness programmes by the regular participants to educate the public, which mainly comes to the Janpath to involve them in concepts based on non-motorised transport […]

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 […]