Odisha asks schools to apply brakes on unfit buses

Cuttack, April 24: Expressing deep concern over the plying of school buses flouting road safety norms in the State, the State Transport Authority (STA) has appealed to schools to check the fitness of vehicles ferrying children and abide by Motor Vehicle law. The appeal came after nearly 1,100 vehicles engaged in transporting school students in […]

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Self-defence training launched at Ayeba Higher Secondary School

Kendrapara, April 17: With an objective of addressing fear and to empower the girls to defend themselves in any set of circumstances, a self defence training programme was inaugurated on Saturday at the Government Science Higher Secondary School at Ayeba in Kendrapara district. Inaugurating the programme, institute Principal Dr. Binayak Prasad Pradhan said that self-defence […]

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Odisha: Chief Secretary visits Swabhiman Anchal

Malkangiri, April 15: Chief Secretary Suresh Chandra Mahapatra on Friday visited different places in Swabhiman Anchal of Chitrakonda, once considered a hot bed of Maoists. He visited the area on the second day of his two-days tour to Malkangiri. Mahapatra reviewed field level implementation of the Swabhiman Anchal special packages announced by Chief Minister Naveen […]

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Ispat Express to be extended up to Kantabanjhi from tomorrow

Bhubaneawar, April 11: The East Coast Railway (ECoR) has decided to extend the services of 12871/12872 Howrah-Titilagarh-Howrah Ispat Express up to Kantabanji from Tuesday (April 12). According to an ECoR release, on the inaugural run of the extended portion, this train will leave from Kantabanji at 10 AM as a Special Train and will arrive […]

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AIIMS Bhubaneswar organises Cyclothon to promote cleanliness

Bhubaneswar, April 11: To encourage and motivate people for adopting cleanliness as an integral part of their life AIIMS Bhubaneswar organised a Cyclothon. As a part of Swachhata Pakhwada campaign (1st-15th April), the national institute organised the Cyclothon in collaboration with Bhubaneswar Smart City Limited (BSL). More than 270 staff and medical students of AIIMS […]

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Special drive launched against heavy vehicles in Odisha

Bhubaneswar, April 8: The State Transport Department has seized 98 hyva, tipper, dumpers and other such similar category vehicles for allegedly plying floating the MV rules in the State in the last 12 hours, informed an official release on Friday. Notably, the Enforcement Squad of the Transport Department has launched a massive drive against vehicles […]

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Three-day national seminar on fruit production begins in Bhubaneswar

Bhubaneawar, March 24: A three-day national-level seminar on ‘Fruit production in Eastern Tropical Region of India: Challenges and Opportunities’ began here on Thursday. Being organised by the Central Horticultural Experiment Station (ICAR-IIHR), Bhubaneawar in collaboration with SPH, the seminar will conclude on March 26. The main objective of the seminar was to devise a roadmap […]

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Chief Secretary-led panel visits Samablpur, reviews SAMALEI Project progress

Bhubaneswar, March 21: As directed by Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik, a high level delegation led by Chief Secretary Suresh Chandra Mahapatra and Secretary to CM (5T) V K Pandian, Works Department Secretary VV Yadav and other senior officials on Monday visited Samaleswari temple in Sambalpur and reviewed the progress of Samaleswari Temple Area Management and […]

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Maha Shivratri 2022: Odisha sand artist creates Shiva sculpture with 23,436 Rudrakshas

Puri, March 1: On the occasion of Maha Shivratri, renowned sand artist Sudarsan Pattnaik has created a sculpture of Lord Shiva adorned with 23,436 rudrakshas at Puri beach here. The 18-feet-wide and nine-foot-high sand art was erected on Monday. The artwork was completed in six hours while 12 tonnes of sand has been used for […]

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Fit India Quiz preliminary results out, CS’Pur DAV student gets top spot

Bhubaneswar, January 28: Abhipsa Pati, a Class-XI Student of DAV Public School, Chandrasekharpur here bagged the second position in the Preliminary round and entered to the next elite round in the 1st Fit India Quiz, India’s biggest Sports and Fitness Quiz organised by the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports, Govt of India. Sports Authority […]

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