Purusottam Express to run on diverted route on December 5 & 6

Bhubaneswar: In view of safety related modernisation work at Bhabua Station under Mughalsarai division, Purusottam Express originating from both the directions – New Delhi and Puri – will on diverted route December 5 and 6 (Thursday and Friday). According to a East Coast Railway (ECoR) communiqué, the train will run diverted via Tata-Muri-Barkakana-Garwa Road-Chopan-Chunar stations. […]

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Daily Bhubaneswar-Nayagarh Town Sewa Express flagged off

New Delhi/Bhubaneswar: To achieve last mile connectivity, Railways and Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal on Tuesday flagged off the at least 10 Sewa Service Trains, including Bhubaneswar-Nayagarh Town Sewa Express, from New Delhi Railway Station through videoconferencing in the presence of Union Petroleum and Natural Gas and Steel Minister Dharmendra Pradhan. The Bhubaneswar-Nayagarh Town […]

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Odisha CM urges Centre to release Rs 227-cr pending SRE dues, copter to combat LWE problem

Bhubaneswar: Maintaining that Odisha has been working in close coordination with the Central Government and the neighbouring States to deal with the left wing extremism (LWE) problem firmly, Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Monday urged the Centre to release pending Rs 227 crore under Security Related Expenditure (SRE) Scheme. Participating in the review meeting on […]

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Naveen to meet PM Modi on June 11 amid speculation over LS Deputy Speaker’s post

Bhubaneswar: Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Sunday embarked on a week-long visit to New Delhi to meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi on June 11 amid speculation that the Government may offer the Lok Sabha’s Deputy Speaker’s post to Patnaik’s Biju Janata Dal (BJD). “I will meet PM Narendra Modi on June 11 and discuss about […]

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Vice Admiral G Ashok Kumar takes over as Vice Chief of Naval Staff

New Delhi: Vice Admiral G Ashok Kumar, AVSM, VSM assumed charge as Vice Chief of the Naval Staff on Wednesday. An alumnus of Sainik School, Amaravathi Nagar and National Defence Academy (NDA), Khadakvasla, Pune, Kumar was commissioned into the Executive Branch of the Indian Navy on July 1, 1982. The Admiral has held various challenging […]

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Kulamani Biswal’s three-day literary jamboree concludes

New Delhi: A three-day literary jamboree held at Art Gallery in Siri Fort, New Delhi concluded recently. It was a proverbial aesthetic indulgence with book releases, art exhibition and poetry recitation. Every evening, people thronged the venue and relished and rejoiced in the flavour of the exotic creation of Kulamani Biswal who is a prolific […]

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