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Bhubaneswar: The Odisha Cabinet presided over by Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik approved several key proposals including approval of a special incentive package for Electric Vehicle and component manufacturing projects by JSW Group, one of India's largest conglomerates. As many as 14 proposals related to 12...

Bhubaneswar: Film Society Bhubaneswar Monday returned with its 13th edition of the Indian Film Festival of Bhubaneswar (IFFB), a weeklong event comprising screenings of content-driven Indian movies, at the Odissi Research Centre, Bhubaneswar. In the opening address, the President of the Film Society Bhubaneswar, Subrata...

Bhubaneswar: To bring the story of Ratha Jatra to students and parents across the country, DAV Odisha presented an intricately crafted 9ft-high chariot at the DAV United Fest recently held in Mumbai. The story of Ratha Jatra was visually narrated using the chariot, with different...

Bhubaneswar: Droupadi Girls High School of Nishaposi, Mayurbhanj won the first prize, with a monetary reward of Rs 21,000, in ‘pipe band’ category at the National School Band Competition jointly organsied by the Defense and Education ministries at Major Dhyan Chand National Stadium in New...

Bhubaneswar: Around 13,500 youths were recruited during a job fair held at Phulbani in Kandhamal Sunday. Of the 13,500 youths, 3,500 were selected by companies operating in Odisha. The remaining job aspirants were chosen by firms operating across the country. More than 20,000 youths from...

Bhubaneswar/Sambalpur: Union Minister for Education, Skill Development, and Entrepreneurship, Dharmendra Pradhan inaugurated the ‘Rangavati Centre of Excellence (CoE) in Cultural and Sustainable Management’ on the sidelines of the 9th PAN IIM World Management Conference (WMC) which began at IIM Sambalpur, Monday. Speaking on the occasion,...

Bhubaneswar: The state Cabinet, under the chairmanship of Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik, Monday approved the Coffee Plantation for Sustainable Livelihood (CPSL) scheme with an outlay of Rs 1,144 crore which will enhance coffee plantation area in Odisha from the present 10,000 acres to 1 lakh...

Bhubaneswar: In a major bureaucratic reshuffle carried out Monday, the state government appointed Puri Collector Samarth Verma as the additional chief administrator of the Shree Jagannath Temple Administration (SJTA). A notification to this effect was issued by the General Administration & Public Grievance department here....

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha Cabinet Monday approved a special incentive package for JSW group’s Electric Vehicle (EV) and component manufacturing project in the state. The project, official sources said, with a combined investment of Rs40,000 crores would be set up in Naraj, Cuttack and Paradip. This...

Bhubaneswar: Amidst the rising cases of human-elephant conflict in Odisha, the state government has requested the Tamil Nadu forest department to supply four Kumki elephants that are specially trained to chase away wild jumbos straying into human habitats. Additional Chief Secretary of the Environment, Climate...