Tag: National News

Bhubaneswar: Minister of State for Petroleum and Natural Gas (Independent Charge) Mr Dharmendra Pradhan has stressed upon the Indian view of ‘Vasudev Kutumbakam’ while exhorting world leaders to ensure that no one should be left behind in the journey of growth and progress due problem in energy front.  Addressing the 21st World Petroleum Congress on […]

Bhubaneswar: A charter flight carrying a group of 12 members (passengers) and three crew members from Spain landed here at the Biju Patnaik International Airport on Saturday marking the first International operation from the Airport after its declaration as an International Airport. The Charter was originated from Spain and reached Bhubaneswar on Saturday via Jaipur, […]

Bhubaneswar: SAAT-2014, the national-level test for admission of students into different courses run by eight institutes under the SOA University here, will be held at over 60 centres spread across 40 cities in the country on May 10. The test for admission into various programs in undergraduate and post-graduate courses will be held in 18 […]

First time in Indian Port Sector  Dhamra/Bhadrak: Dhamra Port has become first among the Indian ports to berth a parcel size vessel of 207785 DWT (dead weight tonnage), which has added another feather to the cap of this deep sea modern port in the eastern coast of the country.  The vessel named ‘Macau Mineral’ is […]

Bhubaneswar: Zenith’s Labyrinth, a project developed by Grade 8 students of KiiT International School, bagged the second prize worldwide in the Space Settlement Design Contest for School Students organized by National Space Society of USA in association with NASA.   Six students-Aman Patnaik, Abhishek Mahapatra, Sai Krishanth P.M., Nitish Mohanty, Satwik Gadnayak and Saurik Mishra-had […]

Bhubaneswar: Union Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD) has placed KIIT University in the list of Category ‘A’ Deemed Universities on the basis of high-level Tandon Committee recommendations. KIIT University was conferred the coveted Category ‘A’ tag among all Government and self-financing Deemed Universities of the country by MHRD. Within only five years of its […]

Bhubaneswar: A few days after noted Ollywood actress Aparajita Mohanty joined the Congress party, veteran Odia film star Bijay Mohanty on Wednesday formally joined the grand old party here at the party office in the presence of PCC president Jaydev Jena, newly elected Rajya Sabha member Ranjib Biswal and many of his supporters. “I had […]

Bhubaneswar: Union Minister of Health and Family Welfare Ghulam Nabi Azad on Wednesday formally dedicated the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS)-Bhubaneswar to the public here at Sijua. Speaking at the inaugural ceremony, Azad said it will help greatly to the people from various regions with its 978 bedded capacity. “At least 4189 posts […]

Slams Cong, BJD Bhubaneswar: Coming down heavily on BJD Government in Odisha Congress-led UPA Government for their failure on all fronts, BJP Prime Ministerial candidate and Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday urged the people of Odisha to elect BJP candidates in all the 21 Lok Sabha seats in the State. “During last 14 […]