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Bhubaneswar, Aug 10: Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Wednesday gave his nod to a proposal of Student Traffic Volunteer Scheme (STVS) in the twin city of Bhubaneswar and Cuttack. The scheme would involve university and college students as volunteers to assist traffic police in managing vehicle flow on the roads of Cuttack and Bhubaneswar during […]

Bhubaneswar, Aug 9: Koraput-based Central University of Orissa (CUO) Vice-Chancellor Prof Sachidanada Mohanty would accompany the President of India Pranab Mukherjee as part of a five member education delegation on a State Visit to Cyprus, Luxembourg and Germany from September 14 to 20.  The delegation will explore avenues for strengthening educational and cultural ties with […]

Bhubaneswar, Aug 5:  The Aluminium Association of India (AAI) would host a three-day international conference on Aluminium (INCAL) in Bhubaneswar from February 15 to 17, 2017. More than 1,500 exhibitors and 2,000 delegates with logistic support from Reed Exhibitions of Germany would attend the event. “Odisha has emerged as the aluminium capital of India with […]

Bhubaneswar, Aug 5: Alan Gemmell OBE, Director, British Council India announced a series of interesting new projects that the council will be working on in the next couple of years. The Country Director on Friday launched the ‘2017 UK-India Year of Culture’ campaign in Bhubaneswar. He laid emphasis on the need to promote cultural exchange […]

Jajpur, Aug 4: A two-member team of the Union Ministry of Tribal Affairs (MTA) on Thursday visited Nagada in Jajpur district to assess the situation of the village, where 19 malnourished Juang children died in last four months and expressed its unhappiness over non-distribution of land pattas to the residents under Forest Rights Act (FRA). […]

Bhubaneswar, Aug 4: Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Governor Dr Raghuram G Rajan on Thursday launched a web portal sachet.rbi.org.in in order to check unlawful money collection activities by unscrupulous money collection companies. The website will help people obtain information about entities allowed to collect deposits. Rajan launched the website at the RBI headquarters in […]

Bhubaneswar, Aug 3: In a move that could unnerve the Naveen Patnaik Government, members 16 Opposition parties buried their differences to put up a united front against Chief Minister Patnaik’s ‘illogical’ dealings involving Mahanadi water dispute issue and gathered at an all-party meeting convened by Congress leader and Leader of Opposition in the Assembly Narasingha […]

Bhubaneswar, Aug 3: Andhra Bank, Bhubaneswar zone would conduct two separate camps for One Time Settlement (OTS) of loans at its zonal office here at Baramunda on Thursday and Friday. While the first camp is scheduled to be held on Thursday, the second camp will be held on Friday, stated a bank statement. On Thursday, […]

Bhubaneswar, Aug 2: A total of 137 dairy farms were established by inducting 3,419 cross bred cows in the dairy sector in Odisha with a project cost of Rs 1,816.16 lakh between 2008-09 and 2015-16 through APICOL. The farms were established as per the State Agriculture Policy by the Fisheries and Animal Resources Development Department, […]