BHUBANESWAR: Odia filmstar and former Biju Janata Dal (BJD) MLA Akash Das Nayak has joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in a ceremony held at the party headquarters in Bhubaneswar on Sunday. The event was attended by Odisha BJP state president Manmohan Samal. Akash Das Nayak said, “I have joined BJD for the development of…
BHUBANESWAR: Amid speculation that he will contest for Lok Sabha from Sambalpur, Union education minister Dharmendra Pradhan attended a ‘Chasa’ community meeting in Deogarh on Saturday. Deogarh is part of Sambalpur parliamentary constituency.Dharmendra belongs to Chasa, an OBC community. He attended two get together programmes at Tileibani- one organised by Chasa community and another by…
BHUBANESWAR: The Odisha government has received demands from the public for the creation of 28 additional districts in the state, as revealed by Revenue Minister Sudam Marndi in the state assembly on Wednesday.“The state government will make a proper decision at the appropriate time regarding the demands after considering all parameters. A petition related to…
BHUBANESWAR: Governor Raghubar Das, in his maiden address in the assembly on Monday, highlighted state govt focus on religious institutions as well as other achievements, drawing criticism from Congress legislators, who staged a walkout on the first day of the Budget session. “I would like to express my unequivocal appreciation to my govt on the…
BHUBANESWAR: The new air traffic control (ATC) tower at Biju Patnaik International Airport here will have an observatory called current weather instrument system (CWIS) which is integrated with the runway visual range (RVR). The ATC controller can view minute details of dynamic weather and RVR through the CWIS console installed on the top floor of…
BHUBANESHWAR: At a time when there is so much buzz around enforcing plastic ban in towns and cities, a village in Nuapada has hit upon a unique idea to shun the use of plastic containers in social functions, conventions and meetings.Residents of Kurrumunda village in Bhaleswar gram panchayat have created a bartan (utensil) bank which…
BHUBANESWAR: The state cabinet on Saturday approved the addition of 200 more electric buses to the fleet of Mo Bus by the Capital Region Urban Transport (CRUT) to strengthen urban mobility in the capital region of Bhubaneswar. It also approved the bidding process for implementation of the LED public street lighting project in 110 urban…
BHUBANESWAR: The ministry of civil aviation has taken several measures to reduce congestion at airports across the country including the city airport here said Union civil aviation minister Jyotiraditya M Scindia in New Delhi on Friday. According to the presentation of the ministry, Bhubaneswar airport has seven departure entry gates now against six such gates…
