TBB BUREAU SAMBALPUR, SEPT 1, 2021 Coal India Limited (CIL) Chairman Pramod Agrawal on Wednesday laid the foundation stone of Rs 285.05 crore first mile connectivity (FMC) project — Lajkura SILO, which would add 15 million tonnes per annum dispatch capacity to the Mahanadi Coalfields Limited (MCL). Agrawal, who is on a two-day visit to Ib Valley coalfields of MCL, ...

TBB BUREAU BHUBANESWAR, AUG 31, 2021            State-run power giant NTPC on Tuesday said the second unit of Darlipali Super Thermal Power Station in Sundargarh district of Odisha will start commercial operation from September 1. “The second unit of the power plant with 800MW capacity that completed its trial operation on July 21 will start commercial generation from September 1, ...

TBB BUREAU SAMBALPUR, AUG 31, 2021 Mahanadi Coalfields Limited (MCL), a subsidiary of Coal India Limited, today recorded the highest ever coal dispatch by rail-mode, with 102 rakes chugging from Ib Valley and Talcher Coalfields  to various power stations in a single day. MCL Chairman-cum-Managing Director PK Sinha has complimented the teams involved in achieving the record dispatch through environment-friendly ...

TBB BUREAU BHUBANESWAR, AUG 30, 2021 Eminent theatre personality Anant Mahapatra and Odissi exponent Kumkum Mohanty have been awarded the prestigious Kabi Samrat Upendra Bhanja Samman, the highest award of the Odisha Sangeet Natak Akademi, for the year 2019 and 2020 respectively for their lifetime contribution to the art forms, at a function held at Rabindra Mandap here today. Odisha ...

TBB BUREAU ANGUL, AUG 30, 2021 JSPL Foundation, the CSR arm of Jindal Steel and Power Ltd. (JSPL), celebrated National Sports Day-2021 at various youth clubs in the local areas on Sunday. To mark the occasion, the Foundation organised different sensitisation sessions for the youths and provided Indoor gym equipment to three youth clubs, namely Kalinga Club of Jarada, Baba ...

TBB BUREAU BHUBANESWAR, AUG 30, 2021 Continuing its dominance in Odisha as the most preferred digital service provider, Reliance Jio further extended its leadership position with 52.3 per cent gross revenue market share in the sector, as per the latest financial report published by the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) for the April-June quarter (Q1FY22) of the current fiscal. ...

TBB BUREAU BHUBANESWAR, AUG 29, 2021 On the occasion of National Sports Day on Sunday, Odisha Stevedores Limited (OSL) lauded Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik as well as the Odisha Government for the judicious decision to further extend the official sponsorship of both the Indian men’s and women’s hockey teams for 10 more years till 2033.  Odisha, as the prime sponsor, ...

TBB BUREAU JHARSUGUDA, AUG 26, 2021 Vedanta Aluminium has dedicated 16 community ponds and 14 bore wells in Katikela, Dalki, Parmanpur and Badmal Gram Panchayats of Jharsuguda region, to ensure post-monsoon water availability for households, agriculture, and livestock. The company worked with local communities to carry out deep cleaning of the ponds for ground water recharge and rainwater harvesting, and ...

TBB BUREAU BHUBANESWAR, AUG 25, 2021 As part of its CSR initiative, Vedanta Aluminium & Power Business, India’s largest producer of aluminium and value-added aluminium products, has introduced solar lighting and fuel-efficient cooking stoves to 25 villages of Lanjigarh in Kalahandi district. This project has a two-fold objective – reduce emissions arising out of using traditional fuels and methods, and ...

TBB BUREAU RAJGANGPUR, AUG 25, 2021 The Sundargarh District administration on Wednesday held a public hearing on land acquisition in Raiberna, Keshramal and Jhagarpur Gram Panchayats under Rajgangpur Block for expansion of the Lanjiberna Limestone mines of OCL India Limited.  Sundargarh Collector had issued notification to hold public hearings for acquisition of of 57.80 acres of land in Raiberna, 293.25 acres in Keshramal ...