The newly-laid broad gauge rail line of 10.50 km between Sonepur and Khambeswarpalli of Khurda Road-Balangir rail line project was commissioned recently. Commissioner Railway Safety (CRS) inspected the newly-laid rail line on December 29 and sanctioned it for commissioning. CRS inspected the safety parameters of the track, signalling system, bridges and declared 10.50 km line…
Bhubaneswar: Commissionerate Police inaugurated Kalinga Nagar police aid post near SOA’s campus-2 here on Tuesday. Twin-city police commissioner Soumendra Priyadarshi inaugurated the outpost, with additional commissioner Brijesh Kumar Rai, Bhubaneswar DCP Prateek Singh and SOA’s founder-president Prof (Dr) Manoranjan Nayak also present. This area is frequented by many patients because of the presence of SUM…
Bhubaneswar: Sumumnoya-2023, the five-day sports meet held at SUM Ultimate Medicare (SUMUM) came to an end on Monday, with ‘Nebula Nomads’ finishing as winners. The closing ceremony of the first-ever annual sports meet of SUMUM was attended by Tusharkanti Behera, Odisha’s minister of state for Home, Electronics and IT, Sports and Youth Services, who underlined…
Bhubaneswar: After the success of the pilot project in two municipal areas, Mukta soft application will now be implemented in 23 more municipal bodies. For its implementation and making the Mukhyamantri Karma Tatpar Abhijana (MUKTA) more transparent, joint secretary of Housing and Urban Development, Sharda Prasad Panda has written a letter to the concerned civic…
Bhubaneswar: An one-day orientation workshop of MUKTA professionals was held here on Friday to highlight the importance of water body rejuvenation and grey water management. The aim of the workshop was to provide clarity and guidance to MUKTA professionals on effective implementation of these activities in the field. Joint secretary Sarada Panda called for a…
Bhubaneswar: A five-day sports meet of SUM Ultimate Medicare (SUMUM), titled ‘Sumumnoya’, believed to be the first of its kind organised by a corporate hospital in Odisha, kicked off here on Thursday. The meet was inaugurated by hockey Olympian and president of Hockey India Dilip Tirkey who said that it would not only keep the…
East Coast Railway has received two Efficiency Awards, in the field of Commercial and Security segment, jointly with other Zonal Railways. ECoR general manager Manoj Sharma along with principal chief commercial manager VR Lenin received Efficiency Shield for commercial and Sharma along with principal chief security commissioner Alok Bohra received the Efficiency Shield for security…
Bhubaneswar: The Siksha ‘O’ Anusandhan Deemed to be University (SOA) will host the first SOA International Grand Masters Chess Festival on the university campus here from January 28 to February 4, 2024. The tournament, which will have a total prize money of Rs 35 lakh, will be organised by the All Odisha Chess Association (AOCA)…
Bhubaneswar: The neglect meted out to the soil for decades has returned to haunt mankind across the world, speakers said at a programme to mark ‘World Soil Day’ here recently, while calling for urgent measures to promote soil health. The programme, organised at the Institute of Agricultural Sciences (IAS), SOA’s faculty of agricultural sciences, focused…
Bhubaneswar: A three-member delegation from Cameroon, led by Dr Honore Djomo Kamga, king of Bandjoun, visited Siksha ‘O’ Anusandhan (SOA) deemed to be university here for two days to get a first-hand knowledge of operating a medical college with a teaching hospital. He was accompanied by Prof (Dr) Maurice Kengne Kamga, Judge of the International…
