Bhubaneswar: Orissa POST, the only homegrown English newspaper Saturday awarded its readers who came onboard for the ‘My Paper Bag Challenge, launched by this newspaper to work towards creating sustainable alternatives to single-use plastic. Out of thousands of winners who created carry bags by using...
Read moreBhubaneswar: In a bid to regenerate fast-depleting groundwater and resolve issues of urban flooding, the Bhubaneswar Development Authority (BDA) has planned to launch Rainwater Harvesting (RWH) in Biju Patnaik Park. Inviting online bids for the same from agencies to install RWH systems in the park...
Read moreBhubaneswar: Social media is abuzz with debates and discussions about sporting events and public expectations ahead of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. However, many sports enthusiasts and players in the city feel that a lot more is needed to encourage sportspersons, especially to boost indoor games....
Read moreBhubaneswar: Hours after a portion of the link building at the Biju Patnaik International Airport collapsed, major political parties in the state indulged in blame-game Saturday for the mishap. BJD termed the incident as unfortunate and advised BJP not to indulge in politics over the...
Read moreBhubaneswar: The Commissionerate Police Saturday booked another accused in connection with the Market Building violence under the National Security Act. Earlier, the police had booked three persons under the NSA Thursday. They are: Chandan Das, Biswanath Pradhan and Pratyush Kanhara. The Commissioner of Police issued...
Read morePuri: Activists of various outfits and political parties Saturday staged a sit-in at the office of chief district medical officer (CDMO) here to protest attack on the member of a social organisation. The agitators alleged that some employees at the CDMO’s office attacked social outfit...
Read moreBhubaneswar: The Central Electricity Service Utility (CESU) has snapped power supplies to 13,368 defaulting consumers in the past nine days after it started a drive to collect arrears and disconnect supply lines to defaulters. According to official sources in the CESU, it has collected Rs...
Read morePuri: Ahead of annual Rath Yatra festival of Holy Trinity -- Lord Balabhadra, Lord Jagannath and Devi Subhadra—in Puri, preparation has started for construction of their chariots. In the first phase, the temple administration Saturday received the first consignment of logs needed for Chariot construction....
Read moreBarang: There’s a piece of good news for animal lovers. If things go well, Nandankanan Zoological Park (NZP), on the outskirts of Capital city here, will soon have white rhinoceros. “We’ve put forth a proposal at the zoo managing committee meeting to bring white rhinoceros...
Read moreCuttack: If everything goes as planned, National Accreditation Board for Testing and Calibration Laboratories (NABL) will assess the quality and standard of laboratory tests being performed at the state-run medical college and hospitals (MCHs) in Odisha. State-run MCHs, including SCBMCH, will have a tie-up with...
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The appointment of 1984-batch IPS officer AP Maheshwari as the new Director-General of the CRPF came as a surprise to...
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As one gets closer to the day of the Union Budget, one’s expectations from it are soaring. In all likelihood,...
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Children use role-play to deal with complicated situations and to understand them better. Young children act out real or imagined...
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi is known to have had his own style of connecting with the masses. If anything, he...
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