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Cuttack: For the development, management and operation of Vehicle Location Tracking (VLT) application, the State Transport Authority, signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) on Thursday. The agreement was signed by  Dhananjaya Senapati, Additional Commissioner Transport (Technical) and Pradeep Kumar Mallick, General Manager, BSNL, Cuttack. Under the Nirbhaya Scheme for…

Bhubaneswar: Its mid-October and the coastal states of the eastern region of the country are bracing up to encounter a possible cyclone that is brewing up in the Bay of Bengal. As per the forecast of India Meteorological Department (IMD) a cyclone is likely to form over west-central Bay of Bengal after October 22. A…

Bhubaneswar: India’s First Aluminum Freight Rake was flagged off by Railway minister Ashwini Vaishnaw at Bhubaneswar Railway Station on Sunday. A single rake of Aluminum Freight Train can save over 15,000 tonnes of CO2 over its lifetime. It is an ambitious plan to modernise freight transportation and enable large carbon savings for Indian Railways. Stating…

Bhubaneswar: The annual terracotta exhibition ‘Mruttika’ commences at the Ekamra Haat in Bhubaneswar today. The exhibition will continue from 15 October to 22 October where  artisans, SHGs, Co-operative societies are displaying and selling their products. Over 125 stalls have been made and around 250 artisans are participating in the exhibition from 26 districts such as…

Bhubaneswar: Offline ticket sales for the FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup India 2022 are underway in Bhubaneswar, Goa and Navi Mumbai. 16 countries will take part in the World Cup scheduled from October 11 till October 30 and will be played in the three venue. Football fans in Bhubaneswar can purchase offline tickets from the…

Bhubaneswar: Eleven cities from Odisha have bagged national awards in the Swachh Survekshan- 2022 and Indian Swachhata League. Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation, Berhampur Municipal Corporation, Puri Municipality, Paradeep Municipality, Bargarh Municipality, Basudevpur Municipality, Bellaguntha NAC, Bijepur NAC, Binika NAC, Chikiti NAC, Junagarh NAC are the 11 ULBs of Odisha that bagged the Swachh Survekshan 2022  award…

Ahmedabad: Odisha Women’s Rugby team clinched the first gold medal on Friday at the 36th National Games. The girls dominated the match from the beginning and defeated Maharashtra with a huge margin of 22-0. They were unbeaten in six games to become the national champions.

New Delhi: Veteran actor Asha Parekh will be conferred with the prestigious Dada Saheb Phalke award for 2020. Parekh’s name was announced on Tuesday for the highest recognition in the field of Indian cinema by the Union Minister for Information and Broadcasting Anurag Thakur. The award will be presented during the 68th National Film Awards…