Tag: State News

Bhubaneswar, Nov 28: Reshma Begum (31), a well-known former footballer of Odisha, has been appointed as the football coach at the Kalinga Institute of Social Sciences (KISS) here. She was appointed after KIIT and KISS founder Dr Achyuta Samanta came to know about her plight and wanted to extend help. Reshma, in her 12 years […]

Bhubaneswar, Nov 24: “Teaching and research constitute the centrality of learning and primacy of knowledge in a university. Almost all rankings use both these as benchmarks for assessing the quality of universities,” said Governor and Chancellor of universities Dr SC Jamir on Thursday. Presiding over the Conference of Vice-Chancellors here at the Raj Bhavan Dr […]

Bhubaneswar, Nov 24: Chief Secretary Aditya Prasad Padhi on Friday directed the concerned authorities to form project specific Special Purpose Vehicle (SPV) for making the railway station multi-nodal hub project of the ambitious Smart City of Bhubaneswar self-sustaining. Reviewing the progress of the project in a high level meeting held at the State Secretariat Padhi […]

Bhubaneswar, Nov 23: A State-wide human chain was organised on Wednesday to commemorate Birth Centenary year of former Chief Minister Biju Patnaik and 80 years of the formation of separate Odisha province.   The human chains were formed throughout the 314 blocks of the State, besides at the State capital Bhubaneswar where Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik […]

Bhubaneswar, Nov 23: Internationally acclaimed women’s rights activist and author Manasi Pradhan has become the first Indian to feature in the prestigious global list of World’s Top 20 feminist author and activist compiled by America’s highest read women magazine “Bustle”. The list includes seven Nobel Prize winners and several Pulitzerprize winners including Naomi Klein, MalalaYousafzai, […]

Bhubaneswar, Nov 23: The State Government has enacted a land regulation to control the disposal of land, building and amenities under IDCO which will make it easy for companies to set up and operate in the State. As per the regulation, IDCO will allot land for establishment of industrial estates, industrial area and industrial units […]

Bhubaneswar, Nov 22: Amid the prevailing cash crunch situation due to demonetisation of high value currency notes of Rs 500 and Rs 1,000, Bank of India (BoI), a premier public sector bank, on Tuesday introduced a special mobile automated teller machine (ATM) for the convenience of the people facing in getting new notes. Bank of […]

Bhubaneswar, Nov 22: Odisha is gearing up to host the Make in Odisha Conclave at Bhubaneswar from November 30 December 2. Nearly 100 companies will participate in the event. The mega investor meet is expected to make the State a manufacturing hub of the East and to be the most preferred investment destination in India. […]

Bhubaneswar, Nov 19: Appropriate policies are needed for accelerated and inclusive agricultural growth, said Dr T. Haque, Chairman of Special Cell on Land Policies, NITI Aayog here on Saturday. He was delivering the 10th Dr Verghese Kurien Foundation Day Lecture at the KIIT School of Rural Management (KSRM). “India’s agricultural sector is ailing for quite […]

Bhubaneswar, Nov 19: Ahead of the 2nd edition of Konark International Cyclothon (KIC) and the ‘Let’s Pedal National Expedition 2016’which will kick off on December 17 in Odisha, a curtain-raiser event was inaugurated in New Delhi on Saturday. Minister of Finance and Corporate Affairs Arjun Ram Meghawal flagged off the cyclothon where more than 100 […]