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  • PM to flag off inaugural run of Vande Bharat Express from Dehradun to Delhi on 25th May

    PM to flag off inaugural run of Vande Bharat Express from Dehradun to Delhi on 25th May

    Delhi: Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi will flag off the inaugural run of Vande Bharat Express from Dehradun to Delhi on 25th May at 11 AM via video conferencing.

    This will be the first Vande Bharat to be introduced in Uttarakhand. With world class amenities, it will herald a new era of comfortable travel experience, especially for the tourists travelling to the state. The train has been indigenously and is equipped with advanced safety features including the Kavach technology.

    Guided by the vision of the Prime Minister of providing cleaner means of public transport, Indian Railways is on a quest to completely electrify rail route in the country. Moving ahead in this direction, Prime Minster will dedicate the newly electrified rail line sections in Uttarakhand. With this, the state will have its entire rail route 100% electrified. Trains run by electric traction on the electrified sections will result in increase in speed of trains and enhance haulage capacity.

  • Odisha Govt Signs MoUs With Infosys & Nasscom To Boost Digital Workforce

    Odisha Govt Signs MoUs With Infosys & Nasscom To Boost Digital Workforce

    Bhubaneswar: Continuing its efforts to strengthen digital work force for future needs, the Odisha government on Tuesday signed agreements with Nasscom and Infosys.

    As per the MoU signed with Nasscom, around 8 lakh students will be skilled through Future Skills Prime. Besides the students, the agreement aims to skill the existing faculty in key technologies in today’s digital ecosystem.

    A joint initiative by nasscom & MeitY, Future Skills Prime is India’s technology skilling hub democratising learning and offers – students and professionals – a chance to skill, upskill and reskill to grow in their careers.

    The Infosys signed the MoU in line with its ESG Vision 2030 to enable digital skills at scale and empower over 10 million people in India by 2025 through the Infosys Springboard program. As part of Infosys CSR, Infosys Springboard provides free curriculum-rich virtual platform that delivers corporate-grade learning experiences, on any device, with closer educator-learner collaboration for students from Class VI to lifelong learners.

    It provides a holistic set of courses, developed in collaboration with world-leading digital educators like Coursera, Skillsoft, Techademy, Knolskape and Harvard Business Publishing. It has already more than 5.5 million registered users in India.

    It is aligned with India’s National Education Policy 2020. The learning programme is particularly suited to grow vocational skills, in addition to soft skills. Master classes, programming challenges, and playgrounds for the experimentation make the training immersive for all.

    This will lead to upskilling and developing employability of approximately 8 lakh students across 1100 colleges and universities in Odisha.

    Higher Education Minister Rohit Pujari, principal secretary Bishnupada Sethi, vice-resident and Centre Head of Infosys, Bhubaneswar Prabhat Kumar Das, associate vice-president Hanumesh VJ and senior officials of Nasscom were present during the signing of the MoUs.

  • HCG to celebrate World Bicycle Day on June 3

    HCG to celebrate World Bicycle Day on June 3

    Hyderabad: The city is gearing up for a massive Cyclothon event with more than 1000 cyclists coming together on the occasion of World Bicycle Day. The Hyderabad Cyclists Group (HCG) in association with Women Safety Wing, Telangana Police, and Lead Life Foundation is organising the event on June 3 from 6 am to 10 am at the Sanjeevaiah Children’s Park.

    In an event that would be attended by DGP Anjani Kumar and Additional DGP (Women Safety, SHE Teams, and Bharosa) Shikha Goel, the HCG will give away free cycles to the girl students of ZPHS Siripuram free of cost during the event.

    “We are planning to give away around 35 bicycles to girl students to create awareness about cycling on the occasion of World Cycling Day,” said Ravinder Nandanoori, founder of HCG.

    Cycling enthusiasts and others interested in taking part in the event can register here:

    https://play.decathlon.in/event-details/dcc-cyclothon-hcg-world-bicycle-day/7edf9e36-eb1f-11ed-a808-ef9862b82bd1
  • Telangana government to release Rs 1,190 crore to Gram Panchayats

    Telangana government to release Rs 1,190 crore to Gram Panchayats

    Hyderabad: The State government has decided to release Rs.1,190 crore to Gram Panchayats. This was after Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao directed officials to release the funds to the panchayats to expedite different works in the villages.

    Accordingly, Finance Minister T Harish Rao and Panchayat Raj and Rural Development Minister E Dayakar Rao held a meeting here on Tuesday.

    The Ministers discussed on the allocation of Rs.1,190 crore funds to different panchayats for taking up different works. They also directed the officials to initiate measures for releasing the funds at the earliest.

    Meanwhile, Sarpanch Association members met with Panchayat Raj and Rural Development Minister and welcomed the Chief Minister’s decision to release the funds to Gram Panchayats.

    The Ministers said the State government was according top priority for rural development and funds were being released at regular intervals to ensure all the development works were taken up as per schedule.

  • TS-bPASS: 13 officials penalised for delaying application process

    TS-bPASS: 13 officials penalised for delaying application process

    Hyderabad: For delaying the processing of applications filed under the Telangana State Building Permission Approval and Self Certification System (TS-bPASS), penalties were levied on 13 officials including two Municipal Commissioners and 11 scrutiny officers.

    The District Collectors were instructed to impose penalties of Rs 1,000 to Rs 3,000 on each official.

    The State government verified the TS-bPASS applications processed recently and observed that there was an extreme delay by these 13 officials to process the applications and decided to penalise them.

    So far penalties have been levied ten times since the commencement of TS-bPASS in the year 2020 and 103 officials have been penalised. The State government advised the District Collectors to review the approval process more frequently so that delays do not occur in future.

    The Telangana government has enacted TS-bPASS Act 2020 for getting hassle-free building permissions through online and to facilitate the building approval process for citizens in an objective and time-bound manner.

  • Outer Ring Road: Works on Narsingi entry, exit points near completion 

    Outer Ring Road: Works on Narsingi entry, exit points near completion 

    Hyderabad: The works on Narsingi entry/ exit points on the Outer Ring Road (ORR) are nearing completion and will be ready in about 10 days.

    Presently, there is 8 km distance between the two entry and exit points on ORR between Kokapet and Telangana State Police Academy (TSPA) interchanges.

    The entry ramp to ORR near Narsingi overpass will provide connectivity to the traffic coming from Narsingi and Gandipet and going towards Rajendra Nagar and Shamshabad. Similarly, the exit ramp to ORR near Narsingi overpass will provide connectivity to the traffic coming from Rajendra Nagar and Shamshabad and going towards Narsingi and Gandipet.

    Once these entry/exit points are operational, the traffic congestion is expected to be reduced on the service roads and internal roads in and around Narsingi. They will also provide safe access to the ORR and reduce commute time.

    With many residential and commercial establishments mushrooming in Narsingi and parts of Gandipet, the Hyderabad Metropolitan Development Authority (HMDA) has proposed these exit and entry points.

    Also, Narsingi is in close proximity to the Financial District and Gachibowli and these three areas are witnessing heavy developmental works. During peak hours, the road from ORR to Narsingi gets congested owing to heavy vehicular traffic and the upcoming facilities are expected to provide relief for motorists.

  • These candidates from Odisha crack Civil Services Exam, Anup Das is the state topper

    These candidates from Odisha crack Civil Services Exam, Anup Das is the state topper

    Bhubaneswar: As many as 18 candidates from Odisha have cracked the Civil Services Exam 2022, results of which were declared by the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC). Including the 18 from Odisha as many as 933 candidates across the country have been recommended for appointment to the Indian Administrative Service, Indian Foreign Service, Indian Police Service and Central Services Group ‘A’ and Group ‘B’.

    With 38th All India Rank (AIR), Anup Das is the state topper. He was followed by Pranati Dash and Kasturi Panda, who secured 42nd AIR and 67th AIR respectively.

    Here’s the list of the 18 candidates from Odisha who have cracked the Civil Services Exams:

    Anup Das (38)
    Pranati Dash (42)
    Kasturi Panda (67)
    Soumya Ranjan Dash (136),
    Sonali Misha (140),
    Durga Prasad Adhikary (162),
    Laxmipriya Upadhyaya (176),
    Sushree Suvangi Khuntia (248),
    Aakriti Sethi (249),
    Satya Prakash Mishra (261),
    Ayushi Pradhan (334),
    Tejaswini Behera (516),
    Rakesh Kumar Sahoo (575),
    Suvasnnigdha Sethi (680),
    Subham Mishra (688),
    Nivedita Das (848),
    Manas Jyoti Das (881)
    Hare Krishna Meher (931)

  • Fire in famous Pen Hospital of Bbsr extinguished completely: Dy Fire officer

    Fire in famous Pen Hospital of Bbsr extinguished completely: Dy Fire officer

    Bhubaneswar: A major fire broke out at an office stationery shop named Pen Hospital has been doused completely by fire extinguishers on Monday. The shop is situated at Master Canteen Square of the Capital city.

    According to the Bhubaneswar Dy Fire officer, the fire was caused due to a short circuit in the A/C and it spread to the entire shop as it houses inflammatory materials.

    On being informed, two fire brigades were rushed to the spot and used advance rescue tender for smoke exhaust. A total of 25 nos of staff and officers have been engaged in the firefighting. After a few hours, the fire was completely extinguished.

    Though nobody was injured due to the fire, the owner of the shop Rabi Jain’s property worth lakhs of rupees are stated to be gutted following the mishap.

    The shops used to sell different office stationery items like staplers, punching machine, sticky tapes, scissors, glue, calculator, tape dispenser, desk tidy, pen cups, note holders, paper clip, waste buckets, ink cartridges, toners, printing papers, photocopy papers, card holders , files, folders, letter holders, document holders, paper trays, envelope, notebooks, wire bound notebooks, writing pads, personal organizers, ballpoint pens, fountain pens, pencils, porous point pen, rollerball pen, highlighter pen, markers and many more.

    A heavy traffic jam was seen at the post as Master Canteen Square is one of the major locations of Bhubaneswar and several passersby stopped their vehicles to have a glance of the fire mishap.

  • Bhubaneswar ED seizes high end Audi of Golden Baba

    Bhubaneswar ED seizes high end Audi of Golden Baba

    Bhubaneswar: The Enforcement Directorate in Bhubaneshwar has recovered a high end Audi Q5 car belonging to the much talked about Golden Baba.

    The recovered car has been valued at around Rs. 51 Lakhs (approx.) It belongs to Jyoti Ranjan Beura, popularly known as Golden Baba.

    The car was seized by the Enforcement Directorate in Bhubaneshwar under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002 (PMLA), said reports.

    Earlier on April 27, 2023 the Enforcement Directorate (ED) had seized an Audi car of the conman Jyoti Ranjan Beura alias Golden Baba from CRP in capital city of Bhubaneswar of Odisha. The Audi car has an estimated value of 75 lakh rupees. However, it was a secondhand car, which the fraudster bought for 51 lakh rupees.

    According to reports, the ED was chasing the fraudster who was reportedly trying to abscond. He ditched the vehicle and fled from the scene.

    Jyoti Ranjan Beura alias Golden Baba was arrested in the fraud case of Rs 5.5 crore. The Commissionerate Police had arrested the fraudster from the Chandrasekharpur area of Bhubaneswar for allegedly duping a resident of Keonjhar district on December 31, 2018.

    He had also swindled money from several people and companies on the pretext of sanctioning loans from finance companies.

    The Economic Offence Wing (EOW) of Odisha Crime Branch had earlier probed two of his financial fraud, amounting to Rs 12.04 crore and Rs 4.05 crore respectively. He had allegedly taken 12 cheques totaling to Rs 12.04 crore from a mining company with the promise to get a loan of Rs 110 crore sanctioned.

    Several documents are also sized during the raid on his house.

    Apart from this, he had an agreement with 4 to 5 companies for which he had collected Rs 100 crore through the post-dated cheques.

    Previously, the EOW had also Rs 51 lakh, 1.5 kg of gold worth Rs 40 lakh from him. He reportedly owned four luxury cars.

    Sources said that a total of 19 cases are pending against Beura in various police stations in the state.

  • Plus 2 seats increased in Odisha, 106 schools upgraded

    Plus 2 seats increased in Odisha, 106 schools upgraded

    Bhubaneswar: In keeping with the high pass percentage of students who have passed in Odisha Matric exams this year, the number of Plus 2 seats has also been increased.

    The School and Mass Education Department of the Government of Odisha has decided to upgrade schools in various districts of the State and increase the number of Plus 2 seats.

    The Department has published an official notification in this regard. It has prepared an exhaustive list of the schools that have been upgraded and posted it on twitter. The tweet on this matter was shared on the official twitter page of the Information and Public Relations Department Government of Odisha.

    The tweet read as follows, here is a list of educational institutions upgraded to Higher Secondary School in various districts:

    According to reports on May 20, the Odisha government was contemplating on increasing the number of Plus 2 seats if the need arises said the newly appointed School and Mass Education Minister Pramila Mallik.

    The need to increase the number of plus 2 seats was felt due to the fact that as many as 96.4 percent of students have passed Matric exams this year that is 2023 in Odisha.

    The Minister had further added in the presser that, “Necessary measures will be taken so that no student will have to suffer.” It is worth mentioning that, the Minister also informed that some changes will be made in the Matric Summative I and II examinations.