Bhubaneswar: Amidst Omicron surge across the country, the Odisha government on Friday completely banned Zero night celebration across the state. Issuing fresh guidelines to avoid mass gathering of people during Christmas and New Year, the State Government completely banned Zero Night celebrations in hotels, clubs, restaurants, parks, convention halls, Kalyan Mandaps across the state. “No…
Bhubaneswar: In order to boost up rural connectivity, Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik laid down the foundation for 55 Bus Stands in 22 districts of the state today. These Bus Stands will be set up at block levels taking into account several factors like distance from district headquarters, economic activity, places of tourist interest, existing communication…
Bhubaneswar: The first cases of Omicron detected in Odisha on Tuesday. As per reports two forign returnees had tested COVID-19 positive and their samples were sent for genome sequencing for the Omicron variant to the Institute of Life Sciences (ILS) and the reports came positive. Of the two patients, one man returned from Nigeria and…
Bhubaneswar: Taking a significant step to improve the healthcare system, Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik launched Mukhyamantri Vayu Swasthya Seva (Air Health Services) at the Biju Patnaik International Airport on Monday. In the first phase the air health services have been launched for four districts Malkangiri, Nabarangpur, Nuapada and Kalahandi. Similarly other districts will be covered…
Bhubaneswar: A heritage access event for visually impaired students was organised at the heritage monument sites of the old town in Bhubaneswar on Sunday. An initiative by Sahapedia and Centre for Youth and Social Welfare (CYSW), where visually impaired students got direct experience of the architectural marvel of Kalinga architecture through ‘Touch’. Students visited the…
Bhubaneswar: Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik inaugurated O-Hub, a flagship initiative of Government of Odisha to support Start-up formation and subsequent scale-up. The incubation hub is located in the Special Economic Zone, Patia Bhubaneswar & offers 1,50,000 square feet area with state-of-the art facility, plug-n-play infrastructure to support star-tup activities within the state. This initiative would…
Bhubaneswar: Making waste collection a better citizen driven initiative, Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) has made a mandatory provision of sector map in each SAFEI GADI. Since functioning of Micro Composting Centres (MCCs) in the city partitioned vehicles specially designed for collection of dry and wet waste are covering the identified areas. The SAFEI GADIs are…
Cuttack: The Orissa High Court on Monday put on hold the State Film Awards ceremony scheduled to be held on December 14-15. The single judge bench of Justice Arindam Sinha directed the State government to re-evaluate all categories of the award. A petition was filed by Odia film director Bobby Islam, alleging ‘favouritism’ by the…
Bhubaneswar: Denizens can now get online permission for hosting marriage functions, funeral rites, thread ceremonies among others in Bhubaneswar. The Bhubaneswar Smart City Limited (BSCL) has developed an online module to issue permissions by the Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) through which such permissions can be obtained through a completely automated system from the comfort of…
Bhubaneswar: Popularly known as Nanda Master, Padma Shri awardee Nanda Prusty passed away today. He was struggling with cough and fever since last month. He tested Covid positive and on November 4 he was shifted to SUM hospital in Bhubaneswar from Kalinga Nagar Tata Medical Covid Hospital, Jajpur. He was honoured with the Padma Shri…
