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TBB BUREAU BHUBANESWAR, JANUARY 3, 2021 Twenty five referees from Odisha have been qualified in the National Level Volleyball Referees Examinations conducted by Volleyball Federation of India (VFI) recently, informed Achyuta Samanta, President, VFI. Presiding over the virtual executive committee meeting, Samanta said, for the first time so many referees from Odisha have qualified in national level which is a ...

TBB BUREAU BHUBANESWAR, JANUARY 3, 2021 After remaining closed for nearly nine months, several temples across Odisha on Sunday reopened for devotees with COVID-19 guidelines issued by the authorities. The major temples included Jagannath Temple in Puri, Lingaraj Temple in Bhubaneswar, Baladevjew Temple in Kendrapara, Akhandalamani Temple in Bhadrak, Maa Samaleswari Temple in Sambalpur and Taratarini Temple in Ganjam. Devotees ...

TBB BUREAU SAMBALPUR, JANUARY 2, 2021 Indian Institute of Management (IIM) Sambalpur will make Odisha the hub of management education, said Prime Minister Narendra Modi while laying the foundation stone of its permanent campus virtually on Saturday. In his address, the Prime Minister said, “With the laying of the foundation stone of IIM Sambalpur, we also lay the foundation of ...

TBB BUREAU BHUBANESWAR, JANUARY 2, 2021 The dry run for Coronavirus vaccination process went underway at 31 places of Odisha on Saturday as part of the nation-wide exercise. The vaccination sites have been identified in all district headquarter hospitals and Capital Hospital in Bhubaneswar. “Odisha is the only state where we are conducting dry run at 31 places. The dry ...

TBB BUREAU BHUBANESWAR, JANUARY 2, 2021 The East Coast Railway (ECoR) has decided to run 5 more pairs of Special trains from its jurisdiction. These Special trains will run from the second week of January towards Yesvantpur and Howrah from Puri, Kacheguda and LTT from Visakhapatnam, and Nanded from Sambalpur. According to an ECoR release, 02088/02087 Puri-Howrah-Puri Special Train will ...

TBB BUREAU RAIPUR, JANUARY 2, 2021 Industrialist Naveen Jindal-owned JSPL said its subsidiary Jindal Power Limited (JPL) has been declared as the successful bidder for a block of Gare Palma coal mine in Chhattisgarh. In a statement, Jindal Steel and Power Ltd (JSPL) said the Union Coal Ministry has declared Jindal Power Limited as the successful bidder for Gare Palma ...

TBB BUREAU NEW DELHI, JANUARY 2, 2021 Ahead of the actual vaccination drive, the Ministry of Health & Family Welfare today conducted a nationwide mock drill at 285 session sites to test the end-to-end planned operations and the mechanism that has been set up to ensure smooth conduct of the COVID19 vaccination that is expected to begin soon. This dry ...

TBB BUREAU BHUBANESWAR, JANUARY 2, 2021 Exhorting the students to align their career with the aspiration of the country, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday said that it’s the responsibility of the students to  give Brand India a global recognition. The Prime Minister said this while laying the foundation stone of the permanent campus of IIM Sambalpur via videoconferencing. Speaking ...

TBB BUREAU BHUBANESWAR, JANUARY 1, 2021: Furthering the Prime Minister’s vision of a Digital India, Petroleum Minister Dharmendra Pradhan on Friday launched a unique missed call facility for booking LPG refills and registration of new connections. The facility has been brought as a New Year bonanza for Indane LPG customers. Inaugurating the missed call facility and terming it as a ...

TBB BUREAU BHUBANESWAR, JANUARY 1, 2021 Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Friday demanded for establishment of an international airport at Puri. “We propose that an international airport be established at Puri in the name of Sri Jagannath International Airport. The state government has identified land at Puri for the proposed airport and will proactively support all the activities required ...