Vande Bharat Trains operating in Odisha:

• 22895/6 Howrah-Puri VB - Started May 18, 2023 
  
• 20835/6 Puri-Rourkela VB - Started September 24, 2023
  
• 20841/2 Bhubaneswar-Vizag VB - Started March 12, 2024
  
• 20891/1 Tata-Brahmapur VB - Started September 15, 2024
  
• 20829/30 Durg-Vizag VB - Started September 16, 2024
  
• 20871/2 Howrah-Rourkela VB - Started September 15, 2024
  

• Durg/Raipur -- Titlagarh-- Bhubaneswar/Puri
  

• Durg/Raipur - Bilaspur - Rourkela 
  
• Bilaspur - Bhubaneswar - Puri
  
• Baripada - Brahmapur
  
• Paradeep - Bhubaneswar - Gunupur
  
• Bhubaneswar - Rayagada 
  

• Vande Bharat (From Howrah) leaving at 6:10 AM and (BBS at 11:24 AM) arriving at 12:35 PM - 6 hrs 25 minutes (MTWFSaSu) 
  
• Dhauli (From Shalimar) leaving at 9:15 AM and (BBS at 4:20 PM) arriving at 6 PM - 8 hr 45 minutes (daily)
  
• Shatabdi (From Howrah) leaving at 2:15 PM and (BBS at 8:25 PM) arriving at 9:50 PM - 7 hrs 35 minutes (daily)
  
• Shri Jagannath Express (From Shalimar) leaving at 7:05 PM and (BBS at 2:15 AM) arriving at 4:30 AM - 9 hrs 25 minutes (daily)
  
• Duronto Express (From Sealdah) leaving at 8:00 PM and (BBS at 2:45 AM) arriving at 3:55 AM - 7hrs 55 minutes (MWF)
  
• SHM Puri Superfast Express (From SHM) leaving at 8:45 PM and (BBS at 3:05 AM) arriving at 5:10 AM - 8 hrs 25 minutes (MWF)
  
• SHM Puri Garib Rath (From SHM) leaving at 8:45 PM and (BBS at 3:05 AM) arriving at 5:10 AM - 8 hrs 25 minutes (T Th)
  
• Howrah Puri Express (From Howrah) leaving at 10:40 PM and (BBS at 5:10 AM) arriving at 7:10 AM - 8 hrs 30 minutes (daily)
  

• Shatabdi (To Howrah) leaving at 5:45 AM (BBS at 6:49 AM) and arriving at 1:45 PM - 8 hrs 35 (daily) 
  
• Dhauli (To Shalimar) leaving at 10:25 AM (BBS at 11:50 AM) and arriving at 7:30 PM - 9 hr 5 minutes (daily)
  
• Vande Bharat (To Howrah) leaving at 1:50 PM (BBS at 2:49 PM) and arriving at 8:30 PM - 6 hrs 40 minutes (MTWFSaSu) 
  
• Duronto Express (To Sealdah) leaving at 7:25 PM (BBS at 8:30 PM) and arriving at 4 AM - 8hrs 35 minutes (MWF)
  
• Puri Howrah Express (To Howrah) leaving at 8:15 PM (BBS at 9:35 PM) and arriving at 4:45 AM - 8 hrs 30 minutes (daily)
  
• Puri SHM Superfast Express (To SHM) leaving at 10:10 PM (BBS at 11:30 PM) and arriving at 6:50 AM - 8 hrs 40 minutes (TuThSa)
  
• Puri SHM Garib Rath (To SHM) leaving at 10:10 PM and (BBS at 11:30 PM) arriving at 6:50 AM - 8 hrs 40 minutes (M W)
  
• Shri Jagannath Express (To Shalimar) leaving at 10:40 PM (BBS at 11:40 PM) and arriving at 8:00 AM - 9 hrs 20 minutes (daily)
  

• BBS to Howrah Janshatabdi: Leaving BBS at 6:00 AM and reaching Howrah at 12:40 PM (6hrs 40 minutes)
  
• Howrah to BBS Janshatabdi: Leaving Howrah at 1:25 PM and reaching BBS at 8 PM (6 hrs 35 minutes)
  

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Following are metro areas that have Universities, Medical Colleges & Engineering Colleges

1. Greater Bhubaneswar
   
2. Greater Sambalpur
   
3. Greater Berhampur
   
4. Greater Rourkela
   

Following is an excerpt from https://odishatv.in/news/odisha/kapilesh...ce--203881

Quote:The Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) is all set to bring the Kapileshwar Temple in Old Town, Bhubaneswar under its ambit and tag it as a ‘Monument of National Importance.’ The information was shared by Bhubaneswar MP Aparajita Sarangi on Tuesday.

Following are excerpts are from https://pragativadi.com/biju-expressway-...ati-visit/ 

Quote:This 305-km long road will connect Berhampur city with Jeypre and about Rs 7,000 crore will be spend for this project. This is a completely new project (Green Field Project).

It will be built through 15 blocks in 4 districts -i.e. 43 km in Ganjam, 47 km in Gajapati, 158 km in Rayagada and 57 km in Koraput. This will reduce the travel time from Berhampur to Jeypore from 8 hours to 5 hours.

The current bridge has 3 lanes. It is getting crowded. So another bridge will add another 3 lane. See news items on this at 

https://odishabytes.com/another-bridge-t...k-traffic/

Quote:Manas Ranjan Sethi, Superintending Engineer, OB&CC told the media that the construction work of the bridge is likely to begin in September and has been targeted to be completed by the end of 2025. The bridge will have four lanes with footpaths and lighting facility, he added.

As per https://sambadenglish.com/odisha-cm-sanc...-memorial/ the CM has sanctioned 10 crores for the development of Pt. Raghunath Murmu memorial.

BPO company Concentrix to set shop in Bhubaneswar.

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Efforts are being made to designate Puri Ratha Jatra as a UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage (https://ich.unesco.org/en/home )
Following is from https://sambadepaper.com/imageview_48420..._1_sf.html

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As per https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/indi...794542.cms the union cabinet approved to collocate nursing colleges with medical colleges that were established since 2014. Odisha will get 7 such colleges. Those will be most likely at: Balasore, Baripada, Koraput, Balangir, Puri, Sundargarh and Keonjhar. 

As per https://mobilenews24x7.com/2023/odisha-n...n-country/ and https://odishabytes.com/huge-leap-odisha...-in-india/ and https://www.theweek.in/theweek/cover/202...india.html Odisha is ranked 3rd happiest among large states in India according the survey done by https://happyplus.in/the-happiness-survey/