Bhubaneswar: The Ministry of Railways has announced the operation of 315 special trains to and from Puri to facilitate the smooth travel and convenience of pilgrims during the Car Festival of Lord Jagannath (Rath Yatra), scheduled from 6th July to 19th July 2024. This year’s Gundicha Yatra will be celebrated over two days, prompting the…
Muscat: In a spectacular performance during their final Pool B match of the FIH Hockey5s Men’s World Cup Oman 2024, the Indian Men’s Hockey Team achieved a resounding 13-0 victory over Jamaica in Muscat, Oman.
Global cricket fans have reason to celebrate as the International Cricket Council (ICC) announces Olympic legend Usain Bolt as an ambassador for the upcoming ICC Men’s T20 World Cup, scheduled to be held in the West Indies and USA from June 1-29, 2024. Bolt’s appointment as ambassador for the T20 World Cup underscores the monumental…
New Delhi: In a significant step towards ensuring safer workplaces for women, the Ministry of Women and Child Development has launched the SHe-Box portal, an online system aimed at enhancing the implementation of the Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition, and Redressal) Act, 2013 (SH Act). The SHe-Box portal serves as a centralized…
Bhubaneswar: The East Coast Railway Bharat Scouts & Guides is currently hosting a State Level Rovers & Rangers Meet at its headquarters in Bhubaneswar, bringing together enthusiastic volunteers from various divisions across the region. Participants from the Khurda Road, Sambalpur, and Waltair Divisions, along with teams from the Headquarters, Mancheswar Carriage Repair Workshop, and the…
Bhubaneswar: In a concerted push to strengthen the irrigation infrastructure and ensure efficient water management across the state, the Odisha government has outlined a roadmap to construct 80 new Minor Irrigation Projects (MIPs) and 3,000 Check Dams over the next five years. Presiding over a high-level review meeting held at the Department of Water Resources…
Bhubaneswar: Odisha will host the BRICS Technical Meeting of the Disaster Risk Reduction Working Group from June 3 to 5 at the Taj Puri Resort in Puri under India’s BRICS Presidency, bringing together delegates and disaster management experts from several member nations. The international conference will witness participation from representatives of Brazil, Egypt, Ethiopia, Indonesia,…
Bhubaneswar: The Bhubaneswar Development Authority (BDA), in collaboration with the Forest department, has transformed 89.05 acres of barren revenue forest land into a vibrant urban forest named ‘Anandabana’ in the Kalinganagar area of the Odisha capital. Anandabana, a fusion of ‘Ananda’ (happiness) and ‘Bana’ (forest), is divided into two patches connected by a foot overbridge,…
Bhubaneswar: In a bid to bolster the state’s agricultural infrastructure and reduce post-harvest losses, the Department of Agriculture and Farmers’ Empowerment convened a key discussion with members of the Odisha Cold Storage Association and aspiring cold storage entrepreneurs. The meeting, chaired by Dr. Arabinda Kumar Padhee, Principal Secretary of the department, was held at the…
New Delhi: In a step towards adopting sustainable waste management practices, Odisha’s Minister for Housing & Urban Development, Dr. Krushna Chandra Mahapatra, today visited the advanced Waste-to-Energy Plant at Okhla, managed by the Municipal Corporation of Delhi. The facility, a significant milestone in urban waste management, currently processes nearly 2,000 metric tonnes (MT) of municipal…
