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BHUBANESWAR: An art exhibition and seminar on emperor Kharvela was organised at Bharatiya Vidya Bhawan in Bhubaneswar, Monday. It is still unanswered how successful Ashoka was in defeating the forces of Kalinga. However, historians have no doubt that the culture of ancient Kalingan kingdom suffered...

BHUBANESWAR: As the Festival of Lights looms, denizens of the capital city are busy procuring gifts, apparel and home décor items for their loved ones. Buying these at malls and mega stores can be an expensive affair however. On can instead go to NIFT expo...

Bhubaneswar: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader and Leader of Opposition in Assembly Pradipta Kumar Nayak Tuesday requested Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik to rename Janpath from Vani Vihar to Raj Mahal after the name of the great freedom fighter Jayee Rajguru. In a letter to Patnaik,...

Bhubaneswar: The Economic Offences Wing (EOW) of the state Crime Branch (CB) Tuesday claimed to have arrested the managing director (MD) of a chit fund firm on charges of duping gullible depositors of around Rs 5 crore. The accused Manoranjan Ray, a resident of Khairagarh...

Bhubaneswar: In a bid to increase credit flow in the state, public sector lender Allahabad Bank Monday announced that the bank will organise customer outreach program in Jajpur October 23-24. DGM and Zonal Head of Bhubaneswar Zone Sandeep Kumar Ghosal said, “This is the second...

San Francisco: Business software firm SAP Monday announced a partnership with Microsoft to help customers run their business processes on Cloud. The partnership, called "Embrace," is aimed at helping accelerate customer adoption of SAP S/4HANA and SAP Cloud Platform on Microsoft Azure. It's a go-to-market...

Agra: E-commerce companies are buying and selling goods on the internet and are expanding their footprints every day. This has impacted the business of local markets in a big way. Even during the festival season, most of the local markets here continue to look deserted,...

Bhubaneswar: The notice issued by the Commissionerate Police regarding the new auto bays and auto stands have been welcomed by all barring some minor resentments by auto owners in the city. The Commissionerate Police, in its bid to ensue smooth flow of traffic in the...

Bhubaneswar: In a step forward to achieve its goal for universal coverage of drinking water supply, the state Cabinet, Monday, approved tenders for eight rural piped drinking water projects worth `1,324.83 crore in five districts. The Cabinet has approved three different tenders to execute the...

Bhubaneswar: To tackle the additional rush of passengers during festivals and to ease the rush in Bhubaneswar-bound trains from North India, the Ministry of Railways has decided to run a special train between Bhubaneswar and Anand Vihar (New Delhi). Apart from this, a number of...