Tag: National News

Bhubaneswar, May 13: Padma Bhushan Dr K Radhakrishnan, former Chairman, Space Commission and Indian Space Research Organisation Chairman on Saturday said that India, after becoming the first Asian country to orbit a spacecraft around Mars and the first in the world to succeed in the very first attempt, is now on the threshold of climbing […]

Bhubaneswar, Oct 13: Union Petroleum and Natural Gas Minister Dharmendra Pradhan on Wednesday inaugurated the National seismic programe (NSP) at Taranga in Baleswar district in the presence of Odisha Steel and Mines Minister Prafulla Kumar Mallick. The NSP aims to undertake a fresh appraisal in all sedimentary basins across India, especially where no/scanty data is […]

Bhubaneswar, Sep 17: As the tripartite meeting on Mahanadi water sharing dispute failed to make any headway on Saturday, Odisha Government is seriously contemplating to move the Supreme Court for establishment of a Tribunal under the Inter-State Water Dispute Act 1956 for interest of Odisha. Even as Union Water Resources Minister Uma Bharti, who chaired […]

Sambalpur, July 30: Mahanadi is no more a water surplus basin, as being marketed by Governments, but a deficit basin.  According to Ranjan Panda of Mahanadi River Waterkeeper, a study carried out by a team of researchers from IIT Madras and IIT Bombay has now come up with a scientific analysis and found out that […]

New Delhi, July 16: Hero MotoCorp Ltd. (HMCL), the world’s largest two-wheeler manufacturer, has recently launched the new Splendor iSmart 110 – the first motorcycle to be developed completely in-house, with Hero’s own technology. Built on a completely new chassis and frame, the bike is powered by the new 110cc ‘Torque on Demand’ engine that […]

Bhubaneswar, July 7: The Odisha Government is clueless about the whereabouts of wonder boy Buddhia Singh (14), who ran a record-breaking 65 km from Puri to Bhubaneswar, in seven hours and two minutes in 2006 at the age of four and found a place in the Limca Book of Records. He was staying at the […]

Bhubaneswar, July 6: Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik expressed his heartfelt greetings on the joyous and most auspicious day of Rath Yatra and said the car festival is an embodiment of the philosophy ‘Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam’. “The Car festival is an embodiment of the philosophy ‘Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam’. On this day Lord Jagannath comes to mingle with his […]

Bhubaneswar, July 1:  Discovery Channel’s Discover India series will showcase one hour special programme, ‘Spirit of India-RathYatra’ at 9 pm on July 4 (Monday). The programme will bring to its viewers the annual car festival (Rath yatra) and the spectacle of how over one and a half million people congregate for a holy gathering into […]

Bhubaneswar, June 30: Union Mines Secretary Balvinder Kumar on Thursday said that Odisha is soon going to be the Aluminium Capital of India. “With more than half the bauxite reserves of the country and massive presence of Nalco, Hindalco and Vedanta, Odisha is soon going to be the Aluminium Capital of India,” said Kumar. He […]