TBB BUREAU SAMBALPUR, SEPT 28, 2021 Mahanadi Coalfields Limited (MCL) Chairman-cum-Managing Director PK Sinha inspected mega-potential Ananta (13 MTPY) and Balram (6 MTPY) opencast projects of company in Talcher coalfields, on Tuesday. Accompanied by Director (Technical/Operations)OP Singh, the CMD visited Jagannath Area and Hingula Area to inspect the mega-potential coal mines and the Railway Siding No. 5 and 6. The ...

TBB BUREAU BHUBANESWAR, SEPT 28, 2021           As the world gears up to observe World Heart Day 2021 on September 29, like every year, AMRI Hospitals-Bhubaneswar launches a first-of-its-kind patient engagement forum in the form of a Cardiac Support Group in the region. This support group will help provide information and create a network for those in need of cardiac ...

TBB BUREAU PARADIP, SEPT 28, 2021 With the theme “Seafarers: at the core of shipping’s future”, Paradip Port observed the 44th World Maritime Day, on Tuesday. On this occasion, Capt. AC Sahu, Harbour Master, hoisted the World Maritime Day flag at the Marine Site office in presence of other senior officials of Marine Department and students of Orissa Maritime Academy. ...

TBB BUREAU NEW DELHI, SEPT 27, 2021 Paradeep Phosphates Ltd (PPL) has received Sebi nod to mop up funds through an initial public offering (IPO). The IPO comprises fresh issue of equity shares worth Rs 1,255 crore and an offer for sale (OFS) of up to 12,00,35,800 shares by its existing shareholders and promoters, according to the draft red herring ...

TBB BUREAU BHUBANESWAR, SEPT 27, 2021 The digital revolution that redefined telecommunication and digital landscape in India has now reached thousands of remote villages in the rural and remote hinterlands of Odisha with the relentless efforts of Reliance Jio under its mission of connecting the hitherto unconnected.   The COVID-19 pandemic has changed the way people interact and communicate with the ...

National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD) has sanctioned RIDF assistance of Rs.206 crore to the Odisha Government under Rural Infrastructure Development Fund (RIDF) for construction of 25 rural road projects being implemented by the Works Department, in 11 districts of the State. These projects with a combined length of 203 km will improve rural road connectivity for 20.48 ...

TBB BUREAUNEW DELHI, SEPT 24, 2021Dalmia Cement (Bharat) Limited, a leading Indian cement major and a subsidiary of Dalmia Bharat Limited, on Friday announced the commencement of commercial production of Line 2, having a capacity of 2.25 million tonnes at its Kapilas Cement Manufacturing Works (KCMW) Unit near Cuttack. With this addition, the company’s overall capacity at the plant has ...

TBB BUREAU NEW DELHI, SEPT 24, 2021 Emphasising that the newly inducted Product Linked Incentive (PLI) scheme on Speciality Steel will improve the production capacity to 60 MTPA from 18 MTPA, Odisha State Industries Department Principal Secretary Hemant Sharma on Friday invited various steel companies to set up their units in Odisha to produce Speciality Steel. Speaking at a webinar ...

TBB BUREAU BHUBANESWAR, SEPT 24, 2021 Rotary Club of Temple City organised a plantation drive at the premises of Biju Patnaik International Airport Bhubaneswar on Thursday in presence of Rtn. Dr. Pravat Ranjan Beuria, Director of Biju Patnaik International Airport. More than 100 saplings of fruit bearing plants were planted during the programme, led by Rtn. Prashant Kumar Hota, President ...

TBB BUREAU BHUBANESWAR, SEPT 23, 2021 Odisha FC has launched its home kit for the upcoming season of the Hero Indian Super League (Hero ISL). The first kit represents the rich handloom tradition of Odisha with Sambalpuri, specifically Pasapali designs on it. The home colours – black and purple – remain the same like the previous season. The Club is ...

TBB BUREAU SAMBALPUR, SEPT 23, 2021 Union Minister for Education Dharmendra Pradhan on Thursday appealed to students to work towards bringing a synergy of modern knowledge and traditional values and represent as the true brand ambassadors of India. Addressing the students at the 7th Foundation Day programme of IIM Sambalpur, Pradhan said, “As students of IIM Sambalpur as you embark ...

PRIYABRAT BISWAL BHUBANESWAR, SEPT 23, 2021 Benelli, a leading worldwide manufacturer of premium bikes and Adishwar Auto Ride India – Mahavir Group, on Thursday launched an exclusive showroom in Bhubaneswar, its 45th exclusive outlet in India. The state-of-the-art Benelli-Bhubaneswar showroom is located at Plot no 638 , NH 5 Pahala, Bhubaneswar. The showroom, under the dealership of ‘S R Automobile’, ...

TBB BUREAU BHUBANESWAR, SEPT 22, 2021      As Indian Premier League (IPL) 2021 resumes after the Covid-induced long break, Jio Cricket Play Along is back with exciting features and a rewarding experience. Jio invites cricket lovers to play along with their favorite cricket teams on their Smartphones and JioPhones to win big every day. One can win ‘Daily Rewards’ everyday ...

TBB BUREAU MUMBAI, SEPT 22, 2021 The Metallurgical and Material Handling (MMH) business of Larsen & Toubro has commissioned the 0.5 MTPA (Million Tonnes per Annum) expansion project of Utkal Alumina International (UAIL), a wholly owned subsidiary of Hindalco, the metals flagship company of the Aditya Birla Group. The plant is located at a remote location at Kucheipadar near Tikiri ...

TBB BUREAU BHUBANESWAR, SEPT 21, 2021          Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Tuesday sought partnership with UN Women on skilling women and girls in the state for making them employable. Patnaik said this while interacting with the Country Representative of UN Women Susan Jane Ferguson who called on the Chief Minister at Naveen Niwas here today and discussed a ...

TBB BUREAU BHUBANESWAR, SEPT 21, 2021 Among the 22 teachers selected nationwide, two teachers of DAV Public School, Pokhariput, Sitikantha Pati – PGT in Mathematics and Smaranika Pattnaik – TGT in English were conferred with the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) Honour for Excellence in Teaching and School Leadership 2020-21 for their commendable contribution in the field of education. ...

TBB BUREAU BHUBANESWAR, SEPT 21, 2021 City-based Electropreneur Park (EP) has launched the second Open Challenge Program (OCP 2.0) for selection and on-boarding of Startups in Pre-Incubation and Incubation Program of the Centre of Entrepreneurship (CoE). OCP 2.0 was launched by STPI Director General Dr. Omkar Rai in presence of Odisha Government’s Electronics & IT Secretary Manoj Mishra, MSME Department ...

TBB BUREAU BHUBANESWAR, SEPT 19, 2021 After winning the Gold Medal in the 200m with Personal Best (PB) timing of 20.75 seconds at 60th National Open Athletics Championships at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, Hanamkonda in Warangal, Telangana on Sunday, sprinter Amlan Borgohain has now set his sights on the Commonwealth and Asian Games next year. The 23-year old, who has ...

TBB BUREAU BHUBANESWAR, SEPT 18, 2021 National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD) Chairman G.R. Chintala on Saturday emphasized on Farmer Producer Organizations (FPOs) of Odisha increasing their volume of business, turnover and profit to remain sustainable on a long term basis. Inaugurating the State Level Farmer Producer Organization (FPO) Conclave–2021 organized by NABARD Odisha Regional Office here today, ...

TBB BUREAU ANGUL, SEPT 17, 2021 Jindal Steel and Power Ltd. (JSPL) observed Lord Vishwakarma Puja at its Angul Plant premises on Friday. JSPL Angul Executive Director Damodar Mittal, Executive Director Sabyasachi Bandyopadhya and CHRO Pankaj Lochan attended the Vedic puja rituals held at the Plate Mill area of the plant and prayed for the wellbeing of all the workforce ...

TBB BUREAU BHUBANESWAR, SEPT 17, 2021 Indian Railways on Friday launched Rail Kaushal Vikas Yojana (RKVY) to impart skill training to youth in remote areas. Railways Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw launched the RKVY under the Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana through videoconference from New Delhi. Under this scheme, the Ministry will also set up mobile skill training units to improve reach ...

TBB BUREAU BHUBANESWAR, SEPT 17, 2021 Amresh Kumar has taken over as the Managing Director of Odisha Hydro Power Corporation Ltd.(OHPC), a Gold rated State PSU on Thursday. Prior to the new assignment, Kumar was serving as the Managing Director at Punatsangchhu-II Hydro power Authority, Bhutan. He was responsible for developing and executing the 1020 MW Hydroelectric Project in Inter-Government ...

TBB BUREAU BHUBANESWAR, SEPT 16, 2021 Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik today lauded the newly launched scheme Rural Infrastructure Assistance to States (RIAS) of NABARD, hoping that the scheme would increase project based financing for various projects like roads, bridges and in-stream storage structure. The Chief Minister said this during a meeting with NABARD Chairman Dr. G.R. Chintala, who called ...

TBB BUREAU BHUBANESWAR, SEPT 16, 2021 The Odisha government on Thursday urged the National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD) to increase its loan assistance to Rs 10,000 crore for different schemes in the state. During an interactive session between the state government and NABARD at the Lok Seva Bhawan here today, Chief Secretary Suresh Mohapatra said that there ...

TBB BUREAU BHUBANESWAR, SEPT 16, 2021 Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Thursday inaugurated the expansion of the existing Alumina refinery of Utkal Alumina located at Kashipur in Rayagada district. Situated at the tribal hinterland of Odisha, the expansion unit by the Aditya Birla group is built with an investment of Rs 1,500 crore which will improve the refinery’s annual ...

TBB BUREAU RAJGANGPUR, SEPT 16, 2021 On the occasion of the World Ozone Day on Thursday, Dalmia Cement (India) Limited in association with the Regional Office of Odisha State Pollution Control Board Rourkela (SPCB) organised an awareness programme related to ozone layer protection, and mass tree plantation in Dalmia Vidya Mandir premises, here. SPCB Environmental Engineer Babita Singh graced the ...

TBB BUREAU BHUBANESWAR, SEPT 16, 2021 NALCO’s Panchpatmali Bauxite Mine has been awarded the prestigious Pollution Control Excellence Award 2021 by the State Pollution Control Board, Odisha, for effective pollution control measures and sound environment management practices. In a function held at the State Pollution Control Board, Odisha in Bhubaneswar, Minister for Forest & Environment Bikram KeshariArukha handed over the ...

TBB BUREAU JHARSUGUDA, SEPT 15, 2021 Vedanta Aluminium, India’s largest producer of aluminium and value-added products, has launched a safety mobile application called ‘V-Safe’ at its largest aluminium smelter in Jharsuguda in Odisha to bolster its safety culture. V-Safe is the latest digital intervention in a long line of technology-led augmentations that Vedanta Aluminium has deployed to ensure heightened safety ...

TBB BUREAU BHUBANESWAR, SEPT 14, 2021     Speed Force outplayed Outlaws and won the final match 1-0 to grab a place and represent Bhubaneswar in the national finals of the Red Bull Neymar Jr.’s Five, a globally established five-on-five football tournament which kicked off its Bhubaneswar qualifiers at KIIT, here on September 11. Red Bull Neymar Jr’s Five 2021 city ...

TBB BUREAU SAMBALPUR/TALCHER, SEPT 13, 2021 Mahanadi Coalfields Limited (MCL) would be the top performing company in the coal sector by the end of the current financial year, said M Nagaraju, Additional Secretary in the Union Coal Ministry. Reviewing the performance of coal production and dispatch during his visit to Talcher Coalfields today, Nagaraju lauded MCL for ensuring growth in ...

TBB BUREAUBHUBANESWAR, SEPT 13, 2021East Coast Railway (ECoR) has earned the distinction of becoming the first railway to achieve 100 MT freight loading in the current financial year. ECoR loaded 100.30 MT of freight during April 1-September 10, 2021 period as against 77.58 MT carried in the corresponding period in the previous fiscal, registering a growth of 29.3 percent.It has ...

TBB BUREAUBHUBANESWAR, SEPT 12, 2021The Odisha Government has urged the Union Road Transport and Highways Ministry for sanction of Rs 1300 crore for the development of 31 road projects in the State.In a letter to the Under Secretary in the Union Ministry of Road Transport and Highways, State Works Secretary Dr Krishan Kumar has sought approval of the road projects ...

TBB BUREAU PARADIP, SEPT 12, 2021 Under Ease of Doing Business (EoDB) initiative, a Mobile X-Ray Container Scanning System (MXCS) has been installed by Paradip Port near the PICT Terminal at an investment of Rs. 30 crore for the purpose of reducing physical examination and dwell time of containers at the Port. After a successful trial run of the MXCS, ...

TBB BUREAU BHUBANESWAR, SEPT 11, 2021 As part of the observance of Teachers’ Week by The Institute of Company Secretaries of India (ICSI) across the country, its Bhubaneswar Chapter organised a teachers’ conference with the theme “Empowering Educators” through virtual platform, on Saturday. Delivering the inaugural address, Prof. (Dr.) A K Das Mohapatra, Vice Chancellor, Odisha State Open University, spoke ...

TBB BUREAU CUTTACK, SEPT 11, 2021 The Cuttack Mahanagar Shanti Committee and Puja Committees on Saturday have decided to urge the State government to reconsider their demands for relaxation of restriction on the height of idols of Goddess Durga and conduct of the rituals behind the curtain. Members of both the committees unanimously decided to request Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik ...

TBB BUREAU BHUBANESWAR, SEPT 11, 2021          With the central grants and share from central taxes diminishing, the Odisha Government has chalked out a robust Resource Mobilization Plan, and its implementation has resulted in high growth in Own Revenue Collection. State Principal Secretary (Finance) Vishal Dev is continuously monitoring the resource mobilization measures as more funds are required for social, ...

TBB BUREAU ROURKELA, SEPT 11, 2021 An in-house technological intervention by a team of employees of Continuous Casting Shop-I (CCM-1), the casting shop of Steel Melting Shop-I, has helped Rourkela Steel Plant (RSP) accrue huge savings and optimize operational efficiency. The team has successfully developed and installed a Propane Gas fuelled Sub-Entry Nozzle (SEN) Preheating Assembly at Tundish Car of ...

TBB BUREAU BHUBANESWAR, SEPT 11, 2021 Judge and E-Committee Chairperson of Supreme Court of India, Justice Dhananjaya Y Chandrachud, on Saturday went on an inauguration spree launching a total of five services for the benefit of advocates and judicial officers in Odisha. Justice Chandrachud inaugurated the e-filing stations in the Orissa High Court for advocates of the High Court Bar ...

TBB BUREAU BHUBANESWAR, SEPT 10, 2021 Union Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw and Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan on Friday flagged off the new modern Linke-Hofmann-Busch (LHB) rake of 08445/08446 Bhubaneswar-Jagadalpur-Bhubaneswar, Hirakhand Express, through videoconferencing from Rail Bhawan in New Delhi. Speaking on the occasion, Vaishnaw said, “Hon’ble Prime Minister has been stressing upon the need for bringing about reforms in Railways. ...

TBB BUREAU ROURKELA, SEPT 10, 2021 “Mushroom cultivation is interesting and will help me in earning my pocket money,” said Vidyakant, a student of Bisra High School. Vidyakant along with other students of the school had heard about the benefits of mushroom cultivation and hence came to the Institute for Peripheral Development of Rourkela Steel Plant (RSP) in the year ...

TBB BUREAU BHUBANESWAR, SEPT 10, 2021 Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik felicitated ace shuttler Pramod Bhagat, badminton gold medallist at Tokyo Paralympics, with cash award of Rs 6 crore  at a function held at Kalinga Stadium here today. The reigning world champion para shuttler, who has left an indelible mark in the Sports history of India as the first Gold ...

TBB BUREAU SUNDERGARH, SEPT 10, 2021 The Sundergarh district administration has decided to open 81 Millet Shakti Kiosks at different places of the district to popularise ragi and other nutritious crops and provide nutritious food to people. The kiosks would be opened jointly by the Odisha Millet Mission (OMM) and Mission Shakti with assistance from the District Mineral Fund (DMF). ...

TBB BUREAU BHUBANESWAR, SEPT 9, 2021 ArcelorMittal Nippon Steel India (AM/NS India), a joint venture between ArcelorMittal and Nippon Steel, on Thursday announced the commencement of operations at the Ghoraburhani-Sagasahi iron ore mine in Sundargarh district of Odisha. Spread across 139.165 hectares, the iron ore block has estimated resources of around 98.61 million tonnes and is the first to be auctioned in India under ...

TBB BUREAU ROURKWELA, SEPT 9, 2021  An overhauled Turbo Blower-I was commissioned at Power Blowing Station (PBS) of CPP-I of Rourkela Steel Plant on Tuesday in presence of S R Suryawanshi, ED (Works). A manual on overhauling with photographs of different stages of overhauling was also released on the occasion by the ED (Works). The major overhaul of Turbo Blower-I ...

TBB BUREAU BHUBANESWAR, SEPT 9, 2021 Union Minister for Railways Ashwini Vaishnaw and Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan will flag off of the new LHB Rake of Bhubaneswar-Jagadalpur-Bhubaneswar Hirakhand Express on Friday through videoconferencing from Rail Bhawan, New Delhi. Indian Railways has decided to run Bhubaneswar-Jagadalpur-Bhubaneswar Hirakhand Express with modern Linke-Hofmann-Busch (LHB) coaches by replacing conventional coaches, in its bid ...

TBB BUREAU BHUBANESWAR, SEPT 9, 2021  Odisha FC is thrilled to announce the signing of experienced Brazilian centre-forward Jonathas Cristian de Jesus ahead of the upcoming Hero Indian Super League 2021-22 (Hero ISL 2021-22) scheduled to be played in Goa. 32-year-old Jonathas has played in various top-notch football leagues in many countries including Brazil, Netherlands, Spain, Italy and Germany. He ...

TBB BUREAU BHUBANESWAR, SEPT 8, 2021 Continuing its efforts in the fight against COVID-19, Reliance Foundation has initiated community vaccination in Odisha, this week. Aiming to ensure COVID-19 vaccination of the excluded community as well as people having any sort of hesitation for vaccine, Reliance Foundation has partnered with local NGOs and voluntary organisations in this initiative. As part of ...

TBB BUREAU BHUBANESWAR, SEPT 7, 2021 In a first of its kind campaign, concerned citizens across Odisha have joined hands to demand that the Urban Local Bodies (ULBs) mandatorily issue timely health advisories publicly, to alert citizens on ‘bad air’ days, which will help save vulnerable groups from severe health impacts of air pollution. Bad air days are when the ...

TBB BUREAU RAJGANGPUR, SEPT 7, 2021 As part of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) initiative, Dalmia Cement (Bharat) Ltd. has been planting saplings in Lanjiberna and its surrounding areas besides creating awareness on the importance of afforestation for the protection of the environment. As part of this initiative, Dalmia Cement has planted trees in some peripheral villages. The programme was attended ...

TBB BUREAU BHUBANESWAR, SEPT 5, 2021 JSPL Foundation, the CSR arm of Jindal Steel & Power Ltd (JSPL), celebrated Teachers’ Day on Sunday in a unique way by launching ‘Project Utkarsh’ to provide free online interactive pre-recruitment coaching for youths of socially and economically weaker sections in the Angul district of Odisha. The project has been started in collaboration with ...