According to this report in Daily Pioneer, Odisha has emerged as the country’s most digitally backward State by virtue of having around 10,060 villages out of mobile communication network. The red herring for the State is the overall mobile tele-density for…
The country’s first World Skill Centre (WSC) is coming up at a newly constructed 18-storey building in Bhubaneswar. A state-of-the-art glass and steel facility spanning 5 lakh sq ft including a helipad, WSC will offer youngsters advanced skills in leading…
Odisha based hotel chain Swosti Group has announced plans to introduce three new properties in Odisha. Presently, the group owns and operates four properties, two in Bhubaneswar and one each in in Chilika and Gopalpur. Speaking about the expansion plans,…
A multi-activity centre for senior citizens, billed as Odisha’s first state-supported unit of its kind, was launched here Saturday. Named as ‘Anand’, the centre has been developed by Odisha’s Social Security and Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities Department (SSEPD) in…
Narendra Modi will inaugurate a newly built airport, a new railway line of the MCL and lay the foundation stone for the renovation of a fertiliser plant during his visit to Odisha on September 22. PM Modi will arrive at…
Bhubaneswar Smart City Limited (BSCL) came out with a tender notification for a new Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) building including an Intelligent City Operations and Management Centre (ICOMC) at Unit-IX. The much-awaited iconic city-based project would cost Rs 67 crore.…
Bhubaneswar Mayor Ananta Narayan Jena said that the city will be made completely Wifi-enabled ahead of the Men’s Hockey World Cup here at Kalinga Stadium this year. Besides, laying of fiber optic network along with 1800 Wi-Fi access points across…
The National Small Industries Corporation Ltd. (NSIC) has come up with a new facility in Bhubaneswar with an investment Rs 550 million. “NSIC has built its largest office building in eastern India with a built-up area of 1,10,000 sq ft…
The long awaited Pokhariput overbridge will be thrown open to the public today with CM Naveen Pattnaik all set to inaugurate it. The public works department had taken up the bridge project in 2013 and was supposed to complete the…
Bhubaneswar has been ranked 18th most livable city in the country by the Union Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs Ministry on its Ease of Living index released on Monday. But it stood at rank one in the category of…