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HDFC to open another 39 branches in Odisha
HDFC Orissa Branches HDFC, a major private sector bank plans to set up another 39 branches in Odisha by the end of the current financial year. Aditya Puri, the bank’s managing director who was on a two-day visit to the state said, “We will be reaching 100 by the end of the financial year. Eleven [...]
Foreign Education Fair for Odisha students held at Bhubaneswar
Global Education Fair VDIEC Inc, a consulting agency for overseas education services, organized a day-long fair for students interested in exploring options to study abroad was held in Bhubaneswar yesterday. Over 400 students aspiring to study abroad in their dream campuses had a rare opportunity to interact with varsity representatives and gather information on various [...]
Devadasi Dance Festival showcased beautiful recitals by dancers
The Devdasi National Dance festival kickstarted on Monday evening at the Rabindra Mandap auditorium in Bhubaneswar to celebrate classical dance and its spiritual connection. The concert, which celebrates the Indian dance forms that have evolved at the sanctum sanctorum of temples, entered its seventh edition this year. 14 young and acclaimed soloists from India, Russia [...]
Odisha Govt rejects NEET medical entrance test
Orissa government on Monday said it prefers Odisha Joint Entrance Examination (OJEE) for admission to under graduate courses in medical colleges to National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test (NEET). Views of people who are not supporting NEET – “We prefer JEE to NEET as students of Odisha may not compete with others in national level. We require more [...]
India Theatre Olympiad 2012 in Cuttack
Since 1996, Utkal Yuva Sanskrutik Sangh has been organising India Theatre Olympiad as International Theatre Festival in the miilennium city of Cuttack, Orissa. This annual International Theatre Festival ( Drama, Dance & Music ) is only of its kind in the country and this year it will be held from 12th to 16th October, 2012. [...]
Omfed milk price hike from today in Orissa
Milk Price Odisha Milk will be costlier across Orissa from today. The packaged milk will be costlier by Rs 2 a litre from September 23. The proposed increase in the milk prices by the state-owned Orissa State Cooperative Milk Producer Federation Limited (OMFED) will benefit around 2.54 lakh milk producers in the state as the [...]
Best School in Orissa is DAV Public School Chandrasekharpur
DAV Chandrasekharpur C-Fore, a private research firm conducted a nationwide survey on behalf of Education World recently. The DAV Public School, Chandrasekharpur, was adjudged the best school in Odisha from the final result. Around 400 reputed primary and secondary schools were surveyed and opinions of independent educationists, principals, teachers and parents were taken into consideration. [...]
Bharat Bandh affects life in Odisha
The Bharat Bandh, called by the BJP, the Left and other Opposition parties, protesting the diesel price hike, FDI-in-retail and cap on LPG refills, passed off peacefully on Thursday. Life was normal in most parts of western Odisha in spite of the Bharat bandh owing to Nuakhai festival. Political parties exempted the region due to [...]
