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Bhubaneswar: The East Coast Railway (ECoR) has planned special puja trains and will add additional coaches/berths on the trains running in their jurisdiction in the state to facilitate easy movement of the passengers. While the department has planned an array of special trains in the...

New Delhi: With the biggest attack ever on the Saudi oil industry creating volatility in the market, Petroleum Minister Dharmendra Pradhan Thursday said securing affordable and sustainable energy tops agenda of “vulnerable” importing nations like India which were exposed to supply concerns. India was able...

Mumbai: The Reserve Bank of India is likely to go for yet another rate cut today, the fifth in a row, as inflation is within the comfort zone and the need to boost the economy is pressing. RBI Governor Shaktikanta Das has already hinted that...

Bhubaneswar, Oct 3: Centuary Mattress, a Hyderabad-based manufacturer which also has presence in Odisha’s at Jamdani industrial area, near has plans to expand its operations by setting up a foam plant at Jayamangal in Khurda. “The foam plant will be put up by sister company...

New Delhi: The government has held off imposing a blanket ban on single-use plastics to combat pollution, officials said Tuesday, a measure seen as too disruptive for industry at a time when it is coping with an economic slowdown and job losses. The original plan...

Mumbai: Punjab and Maharashtra Co-operative Bank (PMC) used more than 21,000 fictitious accounts to hide loans it made, according to a police complaint lodged by officials, in the latest banking fraud case to spook the country’s depositors and investors. The complaint, filed with the Economic...

Office romances can be both dangerous and exciting.  You spend the majority of your day and week with the same group of people, and it’s only natural that attractions may develop into something more. But dating a colleague comes with risk. When you mix and...

Human chains, cultural rallies, Swachhta campaigns and an integration conclave marked the 150th birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi in Bhubaneswar BHUBANESWAR: Educational institutes, NGOs and general public observed the 150th birth anniversary of the Father of the Nation Mahatma Gandhi with a slew of programmes...

Bhubaneswar: After missing several deadlines, Odisha finally achieved 100 per cent open defecation free (ODF) status, revealed data Wednesday. As per data uploaded on the Swachh Bharat Mission (SBM) website, 66,83,148 toilets have been constructed since October 2, 2014, an increase of 86.22 per cent...

Bhubaneswar: Launching the ‘Jana Sampark Padayatra’, a people connect programme, on the occasion of Gandhi Jayanti Wednesday, BJD president and Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik urged the party leaders to ensure that good work of his government reaches the people. Flagging off the Padayatra programme at...