Bhubaneswar railway station to go WiFi from January 2016. Work on deployment of the Wi-Fi network has already commenced and will provide high-speed internet connectivity to the passengers. The facility would be extended to 28 railway stations under ECoR in…
Odisha jumps from rank 16 to 5 in India Today State of the States survery 2015
The success stories thrown up by the State of the States study attest to a time-tested dictum: the surest way to electoral victory is delivery on the ground, and there is no substitute for substantive development. Placing a state firmly…
Bhubaneswar to get its first shooting Range of 50m at Kalinga complex this thursday
The newly-constructed shooting range at Kalinga Sports Complex will host the State Shooting Championship from November 12. The 50-metre shooting range, the first of its kind in the state, will be inaugurated by chief minister Naveen Patnaik on Thursday before…
Bhubaneswar Railway Station now has Battery Operated Vehicle for Physcially Challenged
To assist elderly and physically challenged passengers, East Coast Railway introduced a battery operated four wheeler from the platform in Bhubaneswar Railway station. The facility will be available in platform number one of Bhubaneswar railway station here. The elderly and physically challanged persons…
Joint venture between Indian Railways and Odisha Govt to bring Train Connectivity to 7 districts
Seven districts in Odisha which do not have train services will be now get rail connectivity. A MoU in this regard has been signed between the Rail ministry and the Odisha government today at New Delhi. The MoU has been…
A joint Venture OTDC and IDCO formed for Shamuka tourism project in Odisha, can it deliver?
Odisha government decided to implement the Shamuka beach project near Puri on fast track basis. The state has decided to form a joint venture companynamely, Shamuka Tourism Development Corporation Ltd (STDCL)for implementation of Shamuka project and development of othertourism projects around…
2 years after Phailin Gopalpur Port in Odisha ready to be back in action
Located in between Paradip and Vishakhapatnam port, Gopalpur is the third port on the Odisha coast after Paradip and Dhamara. Gopalpur port which was closed for last two years after being battered by two successive cyclones, is now ready to restart commercial operation.
Indian Railways plans ambitious ramp up of infrastructure in Odisha of Rs 7580 crore
The Indian Railways has circulated a cabinet note to ramp up four rail corridors at a cost of Rs 7,580 crore in resource-rich Odisha to ferry raw minerals like iron ore, bauxite and coal from pit heads to plants. With…
Air India to add more International Connecting Flights from Delhi to Bhubaneswar
Starting Sunday Air India would offer new international flights to and from BPIA. The new international flight AI-075 from New Delhi will reach Bhubaneswar at 1.15 PM and the same plane will leave for New Delhi as AI-076 at 2.15…