Bhubaneswar:10/5/23: After the successful trial run of the Vande Bharat Express from Howrah to Puri, speculations are rife regarding the regular operations of the much-awaited train services. Moreover, Prime Minister Narendra Modi is likely to visit Odisha for flagging off the Vande Bharat Express, informed state BJP general secretary, Prithviraj Harichandan today. However, the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) was yet ...

Bhubaneswar: A total 68.12 per cent of the 2.21 lakh voters exercised their franchise till 5 pm on Wednesday in the Jharsuguda assembly seat by-election in Odisha which was held peacefully, state chief electoral officer Nikunja Bihari Dhal said. The polling percentage is, however, set to increase as about 3500 voters were seen waiting in the queues in  some urban ...

Bhubaneswar:10/5/23: As many as seven places in Odisha recorded above 42 °C day temperature or above on Wednesday, informed the Bhubaneswar Meteorological Centre. Today, Jharsuguda was the hottest place in the state with 42.9 °C followed by Sambalpur 42.6 °C, Boudh 42.4 °C, Talcher 42.2 °C, Angul 42.1 °C, and Sundargarh & Bolangir 42 °C each. Other places which recorded ...

To meet the larger vision of achieving Zero Carbon Emission Goal, Ministry of Ports, Shipping & Waterways has launched ‘Harit Sagar’ the Green Port Guidelines. The guidelines were launched by Shri Sarbananda Sonowal, Union Minister for Ports, Shipping & Waterways and AYUSH in the august presence of Shri Shripad Y. Naik, Union Minister of State for Ports, Shipping & Waterways ...

Bhubaneshwar, 10/5/23: A delegation of 45 students from diverse higher education institutions from Odisha such as IIT Bhubaneswar have today departed for MNIT Jaipur, Rajasthan, as part of the government’s ambitious cultural and educational endeavour the ‘Ek Bharat Shreshtha Bharat YuvaSangam’ programme. While the nodal institute of Odisha is IIT Bhubaneswar, the nodal institute of Rajasthan is MNIT Jaipur. The student’s ...

Bhubaneswar:9/5/23: A regional Workshop on status of People with Disabilities and Road to Inclusive Development has been held today at Hotel Mayfair, Bhubaneswar. Supported by National Centre for Promotion of Employment for Disabled People (NCPEDP), New Delhi this programme was organized by “Swabhiman” for the first time; an Eastern India consultation on the above subject. “Swabhiman” is a cross-disability, rights-based ...

Bhubaneswar:9/5/23: Bihar CM Nitish Kumar and his Odisha counterpart Naveen Patnaik, who met today here at latter’s residence, have declined any discussion on united alliance or political scenario. “We were old friends and colleagues ever since we served in Vajpayee’s Cabinet. Ours is a known friendship, and we were colleagues many years ago. No discussion was held on any alliances ...

Bhubaneswar:9/5/23: Odisha Health and Family Welfare Department has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Health System Transformation Platform (HSTP) for strengthening and carrying forward the process of transformation in health services. Speaking on the occasion, Secretary Health and Family Welfare Smt. Shalini Pandit said, “Odisha is making rapid advances in providing universal health coverage to its entire population”. ...

Bhubaneswar:9/5/23:Department of Telecommunication (DOT) has conceptualized and implemented AI (Artificial Intelligence) based facial recognition tool called ASTR for Telecom SIM Subscriber Verification with a vision to analyze, identify and weed out fake/forged, non-bonafide mobile connections for curbing the menace of Cyber Crimes. It analyzes the combined subscriber database of all the Telecom Service Providers (TSPs) and detects non-bonafide mobile connections. ...

Bhubaneswar:8/5/23: The Odisha Government on Monday approved 11 projects with investment intents of Rs 2,840 crore in its 117th SLSWCA meeting under the chairmanship of  Odisha Chief Secretary Pradeep Kumar Jena. The State Level Single Window Clearance Authority committee held today approved 11 industrial projects worth Rs 2840.73 crores that would generate 3721 employment opportunities for the people of Odisha. 9 of these proposals converted from ...