Bijayananda Patnaik popularly known as Biju Patnaik was born in Cuttack, Odisha on March 5, 1916. His father was Laxmi Narayana Patnaik and mother was Ashalata Ray. Although his father was in judicial service, he was a great nationalist and a…
Finally Bhubaneswar police to use Driving License Card Readers to nab violators in city
The Telegraph writes: The driving license card readers would enable the police to find out traffic offences committed by the licence holder in the past and ascertain whether it was suspended for prior violations. It will also help to find out…
Will Night Bazaars be a success in bhubaneswar as BMC planning for it soon
After Raahgiri initiative, Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) is now planning to set up night bazaars in the city. It floated the question to citizens in both Facebook and twitter and received some enthusiastic responses. BMC commissioner, Krishan Kumar, said they…
Get ready to pay fines upto Rs 5000 if garbage found in open near your home
BMC is getting ready to take action against anyone found dumping garbage on roadsides from March 1.From next month, it will impose fines of up to Rs 5,000 on anyone found dumping waste anywhere apart from the designated areas. All households, shops, vending…
Bhubaneswar all set to have Homi Bhabha National Institute off-campus center
The Union Ministry of Human Resource Development, on the advice of the University Grants Commission (UGC), has accorded its approval to the Homi Bhabha National Institute (HBNI), Mumbai, Maharashtra to start an off-campus centre at Bhubaneswar in the name of…
Bhubaneswar and Puri Railway Stations to have Medical Stores by this april
People travelling in trains no longer have to rush out of railway stations to buy medicines in emergency as these will soon be available on the platform.East Coast Railway (ECoR) will open medicine stores at two railway stations (Bhubaneswar and…
Persistent Systems to visit Bhubaneswar to explore possiblity of IT sector investment
Persistent Systems to explore opportunities for IT sector investment in the State, to visit Bhubaneswar this month. In other news at the Make in India week Diversified group ITC is looking to invest Rs. 800 crore in Odisha over the next…
Odisha Investors Meet at Make in India : ITC to invest 800 crore, Japan to help build Smart city
Diversified group ITC is looking to invest Rs. 800 crore in Odisha over the next few years to set up a hotel property and a food processing park in the state, a top official said today. “We are planning to invest…
After Smart Cities selection, Bhubaneswar now wins one of the cleanest cities in India
Union urban development ministry has adjudged bhubaneswar as one of the cleanest cities in the country.The honour,to be made official by Union urban development minister Venkaiah Naidu at an event in New Delhi on Monday, comes after Bhubaneswar topping the list in…
Odisha to commission 10-Mw solar power plant at Boudh District
Odisha government is set to commission 10 megawatt (Mw) of solar power plant in February. “It will be part commissioning of the 20 Mw solar power plant being built by Green Energy Development Corporation of Odisha Ltd (Gedcol) at Manamunda…