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New number plates in Orissa from today

Odisha Number Plates The change in vehicle registration code from OR to OD will be effective in Odisha from today. All vehicles to be registered from today (September 1) will have the OD prefix in the number in place of OR. The Odisha commerce and transport department has directed all the 331 regional transport officers [...]

Guru Kelucharan Mohapatra Award 2012 in September

Kelucharan Award 2012 The 18th annual Guru Kelucharan Awards for 2012 will be held between September 15 and 19. Srijan, Guru Kelucharan’s dance institute is organizing the awards. The award began as a single day affair in 1995, has blossomed into a five-day awards celebration now. Two stalwarts of art will be awarded the Guru [...]

India’s first National Freshwater Fish Brood Bank (NFFB) in Orissa

First Fish Brood Bank Orissa will get the first National Freshwater Fish Brood Bank. The State Government signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the National Fisheries Development Board (NFDB), Hyderabad on Monday. The country’s first National Freshwater Fish Brood Bank (NFFB) would be set up at Kausalyaganga fish farm at the outskirts of the [...]

No Plastic Day in Bhubaneswar

No Plastic Day in BBSR KIIT University’s Kash theatre team performed a street play in Market Building to create awareness among people about the dangerous effect of using plastic bags in our daily life. It is organised by creative group Diabetes Entertainment, in collaboration with Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation. Odia filmstar Akash Das Nayak and Bhubaneswar [...]

Local Self-Government Day on 31st August

Local Self-Government Day Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik will kick start the Local Self-Government Day on August 31 with the inauguration of street lighting at four locations across Bhubaneswar. The Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) is busy finalizing the last minute details for throwing open to public the renovated Bindu Sagar Lake and a brand new BMC [...]

Think Odisha Leadership Awards 2012

Think Odisha 2012 This award is an initiative by the Times of India group and Tefla’s, an event management group. The award is given for excellence in different fields starting from industry to sports, to art, literature and social services. This year the award function took place at Swosti Premium hotel yesterday (25th August). Chief [...]

Biggest Police Station of Orissa opened in Tamando

Tamando Police Station DGP Prakash Mishra on Friday inaugurated the Tamando police station which is the biggest one in the state. Unlike other police stations that lack basic facilities, this model police station will have everything. The lockups here will have better facilities unlike those found in other police stations. It is constructed by Odisha [...]

Sahitya Akademi Awards at Bhubaneswar

Sahitya Akademi Award A three day literary festival organised by Sahitya Akademi starts from today at Bhubaneswar. More than hundred authors, poets will take part in this festival from all over the country. The annual award ceremony for translated works and Yuva Puraskar for young writers will be held at Jaydev Bhavan on Friday and [...]