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Bhubaneswar, Nov 13: The 15th Anjali National Children’s Festival will begin from Monday. The five-day festival will be held at the Adivasi Exhibition Ground here. The theme for this year is ‘Celebrating childhood.” The programme will end on November 18.  Three teams from SAARC (Sri Lanka, Nepal and Bhutan), 12 teams from outside Odisha, and […]

Bhubaneswar, Nov 13: Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik will inaugurate the three-day children’s festival Suravi -2016 on Monday here at the Unit-IX Boys’ High School.   Preparations are in full swing by the School and Mass Education Department and Odisha Primary Education Programme Authority (OPEPA) to make the three-day extravaganza a success one. The event will […]

Bhubaneswar, Nov 12: As part of Navy Week celebrations, two warships of the Eastern Fleet namely INS Rajput and INS Kora were opened for visit by children and the public at Paradip for last two days. A large number of public from all walks of life visited the ships and were taken on a guided […]

Bhubaneswar, Nov 12: A total of 5,047 students of 2015-16 graduating batch of KIIT University received their degrees at its 12th annual convocation in the presence of Nobel laureate Professor Sir Richard John Roberts.  Among them, 52 students got PhD degrees in various disciplines. The University conferred Honoris Causa Degrees of DSc and DLitt on […]

Bhubaneswar, Nov 11: For the better convenience of passengers, Railways have advised all daily commuters to purchase season tickets to avoid getting tension of purchasing ticket just before every journey. It have offered Accidental Insurance of Rs 4 lakh to the season ticket holders. Problem of availability of change and stand in the long queues […]

Bhubaneswar, Nov. 11: Eminent experts on medico legal issues will be debating a myriad topics surrounding the doctor-patient-healthcare provider relationship at a national conference on ‘Ethics and Medico Legal Issues’ at the SOA University here on Saturday. “The rapid introduction of innovative medical technologies, increased awareness about legal rights and obligations and rising healthcare costs […]

Bhubaneswar, Nov 10: The State Plan budget utilisation up to October, 2016 has touched around 46 percent of the budget provision thereby marking an increase of around 18.37 percent compared to the utilisation during 2015-16. This was revealed at a meeting of all Secretaries held under the chairmanship of Chief Secretary Aditya Prasad Padhi at […]

Bhubaneswar, Nov 10: Bakul Foundation and Uber have come together to help the citizens of Bhubaneswar in spreading smiles among underprivileged children this Children’s Day. Many citizens of the city have been contributing books, clothes and toys to Bakul over the years that has helped it set up libraries and toy banks for children in […]

Bhubaneswar, Nov 8: The Jharsuguda Airport will be made operational as the second commercial airport of Odisha by May 2018, said Airports Authority of India (AAI) Chairman Dr Guruprasad Mohapatra. “Initially, there were problems in the smooth conduct of work due to land acquisition. But now the problem has been sorted out and work is […]

Bhubaneswar, Nov 8: Airports Authority of India (AAI) Chairman Dr Guruprasad Mohapatra on Tuesday informed that the AAI will spend Rs 2,500 crore in the next two-three years for its proposed land-side development project at the Biju Patnaik International Airport (BPIA) here thereby providing employment facilities to nearly 85,000 persons. He said the AAI has […]