When I talk about Bhubaneswar, I tend to get nostalgic. I guess, its pretty normal. I usually don’t get so emotional about Calcutta. However, Calcutta gives home a second name. While Bhubneshwar is absolute joy, Calcutta is a relief. While…


When I talk about Bhubaneswar, I tend to get nostalgic. I guess, its pretty normal. I usually don’t get so emotional about Calcutta. However, Calcutta gives home a second name. While Bhubneshwar is absolute joy, Calcutta is a relief. While…

In a bid to digitalise financial transactions, Bhubaneswar Smart City Limited (BSCL) will develop a platform – Common Payment System (CPS) – where citizens will make cashless payment for services. CPS is a key initiative under the Smart City proposal’s…

The development authorities here have decided to demolish 195 apartment and high-rise buildings that have come up on government and private land without the approval of regulatory bodies. Housing and urban development minister Puspendra Singh Deo, in a written reply…

Bhubaneswar has turned empty walls of public lavatories into canvases for paintings, urging people to stop open defecation altogether. Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) has taken an innovative art route to give powerful message to stop open defecation at the same…

Demonetisation has led to a significant drop in the number of land registrations in Odisha. According to the figures available with Inspector General of Registration (IGR) office here, since November 9 to December 6, atleast 13407 registrations of immovable property…

Grundfos and eKutir launched their unique mobile water purification in Bhubaneshwar today. This first-of-a-kind system was inaugurated the Honourable Minister of Law and Panchayat Raj, Government of Odisha, Mr. Arun Kumar Sahoo. The mobile water purification unit based on solutions…

Even as Odisha received dozens of industrial proposals in different sectors during the recently concluded Make in Odisha conclave, the State’s largest ever meet to attract fresh investment, one offer that stood out amongst the lot was the proposal for…

Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) has decided to phase out traditional street lights in the third phase of installation of energy efficient LED lights in the city. At present, around 20,000 LED street lights have already been installed in two…

Meera Mohanty of Economic Times writes : Shapoorji Pallonji has agreed to buy a 51% stake in Odisha’s Gopalpur port. Orissa Stevedores Ltd (OSL), one of the three original promoters, will hold the remaining 49%. This comes as OSL’s founder…

The Bhubaneswar Smart City Limited today signed an MoU with the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) to take forward in Odisha the ‘New Urban Agenda’ adopted a month ago by the UN member states at Quito, Ecuador. The Quito Declaration…