Tag: State News

Bhubaneswar: The Xavier University, Bhubaenswar on Monday officially inaugurated its Ph.D programme.  The event was formally started by Professor. Sandip Anand, who welcomed all the esteemed dignitaries and invited them to perform the ceremonial lighting of the lamp. Among the notable guests were the Higher Education, Science and Technology Minister Dr Pradeep Panigrahy, Employment and […]

Bhubaneswar: After successful implementation of the ‘108’ ambulance service in the state, Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Friday launched ‘102’ ambulance service under National Ambulance scheme (NAS), on the occasion of observance of Population Fortnight Campaign. A total of 118 ‘102’ ambulance with Basic Life Support Ambulances (BLS) were dedicated in the first phase. In […]

Bhubaneswar:   In a major step towards development of road infrastructure in the State, Odisha Government has developed Odisha Road Network Data Base on the basis of GIS mapping, traffic survey, socio-economic data and field level road inventory collected both form primary and secondary sources. The technical consultant Arckitechno engaged for the purpose, made a […]

Bhubaneswar: To restore the livelihood of the survivors of Cyclone Phailin and its subsequent floods, ActionAid with its local partners extended livelihood support in 92 villages in Ganjam, Puri and Mayurbhanj districts in Odisha through its post Phailin disaster response programme. With the financial support from European Commission Humanitarian Aid and Civil Protection (ECHO), ActionAid […]

Bhubaneswar: After posting excellent result in Class XII examinations conducted by the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE), KiiT International School (KiiT-IS) has achieved 100% result in International Baccalaureate Diploma results of 2014. The School offers International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme (IBDP), Geneva as an international curriculum. In fact, it has the distinction of being the […]

Phulbani: Acting on complaints of some investors, the Kandhamal police on Saturday night arrested eight employees of a chit fund company on the charge of collecting money promising high returns to them in the district. “Basing on an FIR lodged by one woman investor Mini Nayak and others a raid was conducted at the offices […]

Bhubaneswar: Nine students of various city based schools on Sunday were felicitated for successfully participating in an interschool drawing competition ‘Paint Your planet.’ DRM Infrastructure, a real estate company of Bhubaneswar felicitated winners. The competition was held on the occasion of World Environment Day on June 5 to 14, wherein around 200 children from different […]

Bhubaneswar: In a bid to provide pure drinking water to the city slum dwellers, the Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) is all set to introduce pay and use water ATM service in five places in the city soon. “In the first phase the water ATMs will be installed in Saliasahi, near Rajiv Bhavan behind the Secretariat, […]

Bhubaneswar:  Odisha Soochana Adhikar Abhijan (OSAA) is all set to organsie a state-level convention on ‘Whistleblower Protection Act, 2011” on July 8 at Soochana bhavan here. Eminent social activist Aruna Roy and National Campaign for People’s Right to Information (NCPRI), a national level civil society forum, convenor Nikhil Dey will attend the seminar. After a […]

Sunabeda: Young India Fellowship awardees, poet and human rights activist Samarendra Patravisited King’s Public School of Semiliguda on Friday and interacted with the students of the School on various issues. He encouraged children to study well and be a good citizen of this great country. He also administered an oath to the students to sacrifice […]