Bhubaneswar: A three-day national Dhara event, ‘Samudramanthan’, organised under the aegis of ‘Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav’ in Odisha to focus on the state’s glorious maritime history and create the Vision Document on maritime traditions-2047, kicked off on Tuesday. The programme was inaugurated at the SOA Deemed to be University here with speakers putting light on…
Roop Narayan Sunkar, an officer of Indian Railway Service of Engineering (IRSE) of 1985 batch has joined East Coast Railway (ECoR) as general manager. Prior to the new posting, Sunkar was working as chief administrative officer (construction) of South East Central Railway (SECR) at Bilaspur.He also worked as chief project director (CPD)/bridge work in West…
Bhubaneswar: In the men’s inter-college basketball tournament organised by Utkal University on Saturday, BJB autonomous College beat UN Autonomous College in the final. In the women’s tournament held on Utkal University campus few days ago, DR College, Nayapalli were crowned champions. Vice-chancellor, Prof Sabita Acharya inaugurated the tournament, where eight colleges took part and ten…
The selectors have picked two new players in the 16-member Odisha squad for the Vijay Hazare Trophy. Odisha have included Amin I Khan and Mushtaq Beg for the 50-over domestic tournament, starting in Mumbai from November 12. Squad: Kartik Biswal, Anshuman Rath, Shantanu Mishra, Subhranshu Senapati, Abhishek Raut (capt), Rakesh Pattnaik, Rajesh Dhupar (wk), Jayanta…
Sharad Kumar Srivastava, general manager (I/C), East Coast Railway administered oath on “Vigilance Awareness” to the staff and officers at ECoR headquarters, to eradicate corruption for economic, political and social progress of the country. The Vigilance Awareness Week, is being held between October 31 and November 6. During this time, a massive awareness campaign has…
East Coast Railway (ECoR) has decided to provide AC First Class service in Puri-Durg Express and Hirakhand Express from the first week of March next year. Augmentation of AC First Class service in the above trains will provide benefit to the passengers of Northern AP, South & Western Odisha people. Members of Parliament during the…
Bhubaneswar: In the inter-college women’s basketball tournament organised by Utkal University, DR College, Nayapalli emerged as champions while BJB Autonomous College finished runner-up. The tournament was inaugurated by Dr. Avaya Kumar Nayak, registrar, Utkal University on Thursday. Teams from three colleges under Utkal University participated in the tournament while students from five colleges took part…
General Manager(I/C), East Coast Railway Sharad Kumar Srivastava administered oath to the officers and employees of ECoR to dedicate themselves towards preserving the unity, integrity and security of the nation and act on the vision and actions of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel on Rashtriya Ekta Diwas. Later Srivastava flagged off a bike rally for ‘Run for…
Bhubaneswar: A week-long workshop designed to impart knowledge and training in advanced analytical techniques for characterisation of pharmaceuticals, sponsored by Government of India, commenced at the School of Pharmaceutical Sciences (SPS), faculty of pharmaceutical sciences of Siksha ‘O’ Anusandhan (SOA) Deemed to be University here on Monday. Thirty one candidates representing 22 different universities and…
The petrol price in Bhubaneswar on Thursday was Rs 103.19 while the price of diesel Rs 94.76 per litre. In Cuttack the prices of petrol and diesel on Thursday were Rs 103.54 and Rs 95.10, respectively. Petrol and diesel prices are revised in India on a daily basis. The fuel prices are revised at 6…
