Bhubaneswar: In a global recognition for “MUKTA” – the urban wage employment scheme under the 5T initiative, the Housing & Urban Development department of the state government is selected as one of the winners of the 2021-2022 World Resources Institute (WRI), Ross Centre Prize for Cities. The winners were announced at Prize for Cities event…
Train services in the South Central Railway jurisdiction has been affected by flood situation and water-logging on railway tracks. Keeping in view the safety of train traffic and passengers, couple of trains have been cancelled or partially cancelled. 22871 Bhubaneswar-Tirupati Express from Bhubaneswar on Sunday (Nov 21), will remain cancelled. 12845 Bhubaneswar-Yesvantpur Express from Bhubaneswar…
Bhubaneswar: The 154th birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi was celebrated at East Coast Railway (ECoR) headquarters here on Monday. The principal heads of departments, senior officials and staff of ECoR led by its additional general manager Sharad Kumar Srivastava paid floral tributes to the father of the nation. To mark the occasion, ECoR had organised…
Mumbai: The Mumbai Railway Police have recovered 1,018 stolen mobile phones worth more than Rs 1.80 crore and returned them to their owners, officials said on Wednesday. The recovery was made during a special drive conducted in two phases. In the first phase, held in June and July, police traced 684 mobile phones valued at…
Led by Sandeep Pattnaik, Odisha have picked up a 22-member squad for the upcoming BCCI U-25 One-day Trophy to be played from 20 November to 26 November, in Rajkot. The Team will travel to Rajkot on November 12 and will play against Vidarbha, Hyderabad, Andhra, Madhya Pradesh and Karnataka in the Elite-A Group. The team…
New Delhi: More than 10,000 runners, including army officers, soldiers, athletes, fitness enthusiasts and civilians, participated in the ‘Shauryaveer – Run for India’ held in the national capital on Sunday to commemorate the 79th Shaurya Diwas. The event, celebrating the courage and sacrifice of India’s Armed Forces, was flagged off by Chief of Army Staff…
Union minister of Railways Ashwini Vaishnaw flagged off Visakhapatnam-Koraput-Visakhapatnam daily passenger special train from Koraput railway station. The regular run of this train will commence on April 23 from Visakhapatnam and on April 24 from Koraput. The train will leave Koraput at 08.10 am daily and will reach Visakhapatnam at 05.35 pm. On the return…
The selection trials of Odisha senior and junior girls teams for the upcoming National Championships are in full flow at the Kalinga Stadium in Bhubaneswar. The senior and junior National Championships are to be held at Jhansi and Simdega respectively, later this month. The selection committee includes chairman, OHPC, former India captain and Olympian Dilip…
The petrol price in Bhubaneswar on Sunday slightly decreased and the rate was Rs 112.39 while price of diesel was Rs 102.14 per litre. In Cuttack the prices of petrol and diesel on Sunday were Rs 113.01 and Rs 102.74, respectively. Petrol and diesel prices are revised in India on a daily basis. The fuel…
Bhubaneswar: Siksha ‘O’ Anusandhan (SOA) Deemed to be University here on Thursday signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Jio Platforms Ltd (JPL) for establishment of a 5G Lab and collaboration towards exploring other opportunities including building new technologies such as optical communication and 6G. A separate MoU was also signed during the programme between…
