Bhubaneswar:12/7/18; Bhubaneswar, described in tourism circuit as temple city, has secured the 32nd rank among the top 50 best Smart Cities of the world. The rankings were based on the 10 parameters like Clarity of Vision, Leadership, Budget, Provision of financial incentives, Support programmes, Talent-readiness, People-centric approach, Development of Innovation Ecosystem, Implementation of Smart Policies and Track Record of Previous Initiatives ...

Bhubaneswar:11/7/18: A workshop on sustainable ecotourism was jointly organised by the departments of Tourism and Forest & Environment at Mayfair Convention Hall here on Wednesday. Sharing the objectives of the event, Tourism Director Nitin B Jawale said, “The workshop aims to demystify the concept of sustainability in every day tourism business by breaking it into steps that are easy to emulate ...

Bhubaneswar:9/7/18: Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik today inaugurated the state-of-the art Bhubaneswar Operations Centre (BOC), besides two other projects and laid the foundation stone for another two in a simple function here. The Chief Minister inaugurated the command and control centre for the city and the new Smart City Office on the fifth floor of BMC-Bhawani Mall in Saheed Nagar. He also ...

Bhubaneswar:8/7/18: Thousands of students both from schools and colleges across the state evinced keen interest to participate in the ‘Samaja Ojaswini’ Odia debate for junior and senior grade to commemorate the death anniversary of Utkalmani Gopabandhu Das. The Samaja, the leading Odia daily founded by the great Odia statesman, organized the debate competitions in the all the 30 district headquarters besides ...

Bhubaneswar:7/7/18;Union minister Dhramendra PradhanInaugurated the six-metre-wide foot-over-bridge connecting platform 1 to 6 at Bhubaneswar Railway Station. It has been completed in a record time of 150 days and would enhance passenger convenience,maintain a smooth flow and avoid congestion at the station.

Bhubaneswar:6/7/18; Police Commissioner YB Khurania on Friday inaugurated the e-library and Cyber Investigation Training Cell of Commissionerate Police at the police headquarters here. He highlighted the need to upgrade the skills of investigating officers to crack cyber crime cases, which are being increasingly reported with more people using computers and mobile phones. To enhance cyber investigation capacity and knowledge of police officers, the cell ...

Bhubaneswar:5/7/18; On the second of the field enquiry by the joint squad of Bhubaneswar Development Authority (BDA) and Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC), the team has come across at least three obstructions along the second drain, which originates after the siphon in front of Krishna Tower, opposite ISKCON Temple in Nayapalli and passes through Behera Sahi. Yesterday, the special joint squad ...

Bhubaneswar: 3/7/18; Odisha’s Puri district is all geared up for the grandest festival of the state, Rath Yatra slated for July 14. The East Coast Railways (ECoR) has decided to run 184 special trains to cater to the rush during Rath Yatra, which includes special train for Gundicha Yatra, Sandhya Darshan on July 21, Bahuda Yatra and Sunavesha.   Besides, there ...

Bhubaneswar:3/7/18:The hybrid toilet complexes will help both the nearby community members and the floating population, ensuring better sanitation. In a process, which started on June 26, the civic body has added those toilet complexes with 120 more seats. With this new addition of 23 hybrid toilet complexes, the Temple City has now got in 41 total hybrid toilet complexes. The earlier ...

Bhubaneswar2/7/18:: For better coordination and effective implementation of all the welfare schemes under Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC), Jan Sampark Divas will be organised again on 1st and 16th of every month in all the zones across the city. As per a notice issued by BMC, the city will be divided into 12 sub-zones, which will have equal number of nodal officers ...