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As part of Indian Railways’ efforts to normalise passenger services in a phased manner to the pre-Covid levels of service, the Railways Passenger Reservation System (PRS) will be shut down for six hours during the lean business hours of the night for next seven days. This is to enable upgradation of the system data, updating…
Odisha are out of the Senior Women’s One-Day Trophy after losing their quarterfinal match against the Railways by 149 runs in Bengaluru on Monday. Opting to bat, Railways scored 271 for 9 in 50 overs, with S Meghana scoring 90 and Nuzhat Parween 62. For Odisha, Priyanka Priyadarshini picked three wickets while Rasanara Parwin and…
Bhubaneswar: Physical classes for 6th and 7th standard students resumed in Odisha on Monday after almost a gap of more than 18 months. In view of the Covid-19 outbreak, classroom teaching for classes 6 and 7 students had been suspended since March 2020. The schools reopened for classes 6 and 7 students with strict adherence…
Paralympian Pramod Bhagat received the Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna Award from the President of India. He became the first Odia to get a Khel Ratna. While Tokyo Games’ bronze medallists and Odisha hockey players Birendra Lakra and Amit Rohidas received the Arjuna Award. Double crown East Coast Railway clinched a double crown by winning…
Ministry of Railways has decided to change the mail/express/passenger and holiday special train services to regular train services in phased manner and revert to pre-pandemic ticket fares as Covid caseload in the country come down. After this decision, around 76 mail/express and holiday special trains and 14 passenger trains originating and terminating in East Coast…
Bhubaneswar: Odisha won the International online Popular City Award at the 5th Guangzhou Award for Urban Innovation 2021 on Friday, receiving more than 4.60 lakh votes from across the world. People across the globe selected the Urban Wage Employment Initiative (UWEI) now known as MUKTA programme of Government of Odisha from among 15 other international…
In order to fill up 58 vacancies, Odisha Public Service Commission (OPSC) has invited online application for Post Graduate Teacher posts. Under the OPSC Recruitment 2021 drive, these vacant posts are for science stream teachers in Group B state services for the newly created Kalinga Model Residential Schools and the Biju Pattnaik Adarsha Bidyalaya under…
Bhubaneswar: Vendors on Thursday staged protest near Bhubaneswar railway station after an eviction drive was carried out in the area. Twenty-three polythene and bamboo-shed shops, 28 fast-food counters on trolleys and 32 mobile-vending shops selling fruits and other items were demolished despite heavy opposition by their owners, reported PTI. Also read: Kalinga Rail Heritage Museum…
The Odisha government on Wednesday gave the go ahead to reopen schools in the state for classes 6 and 7 from November 15. However, online classes will continue to remain an option as offline mode of classes won’t be made compulsory for the students. The teaching hours for both classes 6 and 7 will be…
Union railways minister Ashwini Vaishnaw held a high-level review meeting with South Eastern Railway (SER) and the East Coast Railway (ECoR) officials at Jharsuguda in Odisha on Monday. Vaishnaw gave importance to safety issues and suggested several measures to improve passenger amenities over the SER’s jurisdiction. Issues pertaining to infrastructural development works of the railways…
