Here is what he talked about in a recent interview to Business Standard: In Odisha, I want to create the country’s largest ‘university town’ on the lines of Boston. I am putting 75 per cent of my personal wealth into…
Odisha CM proposes Azim Premji to build Wipro Learning Center in Marine Drive
Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patanaik on Monday proposed Wipro chief Azim Premji to set up a Global Training Centre at Puri- Koark Marine drive for which land has been identified. During discussion with the Wipro chief, he also proposed him…
Air Costa gets pan-India licence permit, to start from bhubaneswar next year
Vijayawada-based regional carrier Air Costa today said it has received a clearance from the civil aviation ministry for a pan-India flying permit and now plans to go national from the summers next year. The No Objection certificate (NOC) will enable…
Do you rent your house and still pay residential holding tax in bhubaneswar? BMC to take help from police
Bhubaneswar municipal corporation has decided to take the help of police to identify residents who have rented out their houses but continue to pay holding tax by showing them as residential buildings.BMC has taken the decision to increase its collection from…
Odisha creates 2-lakh acre landbank ready for industrial purpose
Odisha government has identified about 200, 000 acres of contiguous land that will facilitate industries to set up their projects without any land acquisition hurdles. “Initially 400,000 acres land were identified out of which 200,000 acres were contiguous patch which…
Gangadhar Meher University campus all set to be Wifi Enabled by January 2016
Entire Gangadhar Meher University campus will turn into a Wi-Fi zone by January 2016. Odisha government has sanctioned Rs 20 lakh to make the 38-acre campus WiFi enabled. Started in 1944, the institution offers undergraduate, postgraduate, MPhil and pre-doctoral courses besides the self-financed and…
Bhubaneswar Smart City Draft Plan : Here is what feedback people gave
If you have not seen the proposal, check here
Bhubaneswar Smart City Proposal now live in My Gov – Seen yet?
The draft proposal prepared for Bhubaneswar is placed in the public domain for citizen’s inputs. For a better understanding, a presentation of the Smart City Proposal explaining the vision, pan-city proposal and area based development has been shared at the…
Odisha gets its third LV Prasad Eye Institute in Berhampur
LV Prasad eye institute at Berhampur will be overall the 15th secondary centre of LVPEI, a not-for-profit, comprehensive eye care institution. LVPEI’s endeavour is to provide high-quality, low- cost, self-sustaining permanent eye care infrastructure in under-served areas of the country. Therefore,…
No Helmet No Petrol : Cuttack getting ready to follow Bargarh Model from new year
Cuttack Police is planning to introduce No Helmet, No Petrol rule from upcoming New year. Few months back Bargarh police introduced the concept on September 1 with good success.