Odisha

Bhubaneswar: Odisha has been reckoned as the best state in rural skill development both at the national and international level. The Central Government has recognized Odisha as the “Best Skilling State”. Europe India Foundation for Excellence has also awarded Odisha as the ‘Best State in Rural Skill Development’ in global skill development meet organised at [...]

Bhubaneswar: Catering to the needs of commuters, Odisha Government’s special purpose vehicle (SPV) Capital Region Urban Transport (CRUT) is all set to introduce Odia newspapers for the passengers of Mo Bus service. “At Capital Region Urban Transport (CRUT) being aligned to citizens’ demand is our priority. As promised, in the second phase of ‘Newspaper on [...]

Bhubaneswar: Railway Protection Force (RPF) of East Coast Railway (ECoR) celebrated its 35th Raising Day at its headquarters at Bhubaneswar. The Raising Day is celebrated to commemorate the valiant efforts of RPF in various fields connected with Security. Gracing the occasion, General Manager, East Coast Railway Vidya Bhushan, exchanged the salute with the RPF contingent [...]

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik is all set to launch the ‘Mo Sarkar’ initiative on the occasion of Gandhi Jayanti tomorrow. The initiative aims at brining more transparency in governance. As part of the initiative, the Chief Minister and other ministers will take feedback from common people on the quality of service and response [...]

Kolkatta: Union Home Minister and BJP president Amit Shah reiterated on Tuesday that the National Register of Citizens (NRC) will be implemented in West Bengal and that all infiltrators will be thrown out of the country. Before implementing the NRC in Bengal, the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill will be passed to accord Indian citizenship to all [...]

Bhubaneswar: The East Coast Railway (ECoR) has decided to set up a Polycrack Plant at the Carriage Repair Workshop in Mancheswar here in city. The foundation stone of the proposed plant was laid by ECoR General Manager Vidya Bhushan today. The ECoR said that lots of non-ferrous scrap is being generated in the Carriage Repair [...]

Bhubaneswar: Stepping up the steps to eliminate the brokers around the RTO office, the Central Enforcement Monitoring Committee (CEMC) today demolished illegal makeshifts located around the RTO-II in Chandrasekharpur area here in city The move came after Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik had given a direction to the concerned authorities to keep the middlemen at bay [...]

Bhubaneswar: In a significant move towards providing better banking services, the working hours of all the public sector banks across Odisha is now from 10 am to 4pm from October 1. According to Atul Kumar Goel, , Managing Director & Chief Executive Officer, State Level Bankers Committee (SLBC) , the bankers’ panel has approved uniform [...]

Bhubaneswar: Following the decision of the Government of India to ban single use plastic from Gandhi Jayanti this year, Odisha Government has decided to implement the ban strictly. Th”e Forest and Environment Department has issued a Notification in this regard which contains the detailed modalities. According to the Notification, plastics are non-biodegradable and cause threat [...]

Bhubaneswar: Odisha has registered a surplus rainfall of 9.9% for the period from 1st June, 2019 to 30th September, 2019.