Bhubaneswar: The National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) will construct two Foot over Bridges (FOB) on the National Highway in Bhubaneswar. One foot over bridge will come up near Hotel Crown and another at Palasuni for the safety of the road users on the stretch. Bhubaneswar MP Aparajita Sarangi informed on Sunday. Sharing the information…
Bhubaneswar: The Inter State Bus Terminal ( ISBT) at Baramunda is to be completed by June 2022. To take stock of the ongoing work of ISBT, 5T secretary V K Pandian visited the project site and reviewed the progress of the work. The ISBT project is being carried out by Bhubaneswar Development Authority ( BDA)…
Indian junior wrestler Priya Malik won a gold medal in the 73kg category at the Cadet World Championship in Budapest, Hungary, on Sunday. The Cadet World Championship is a tournament where the best Greco-Roman, freestyle and women wrestlers below the age of 17 compete from across the world. Priya won by defeating Bulgarian wrestler Kseniya…
Balasore: Gangster Sheikh Hyder succumbed to bullet injuries sustained during a police encounter near Simulia in Balasore district on Saturday. He was critically injured and was undergoing treatment at Balasore district headquarters hospital (DHH). Informing about his death, Additional District Medical Officer (ADMO) Mrutyunjay Mishra of Balasore DHH said that the gangster died before the…
India opened its medal tally on the first day of Tokyo Olympics 2020 through weightlifter Mirabai Chanu. Competing in the women’s 49-kg category, Chanu wins silver medal while China’s Zhihu Hou bagged gold. She lifted 84kg and 87 kg successfully in snatch, but failed to lift 89kg which kept her in second position in this…
A man in Vadodara died after doctors in a private hospital collected his sperms on the direction of Gujarat High Court after his wife’s plea. The 32 year old man has been critical due to bilateral pneumonia after being infected with Covid-19 virus three months ago. His wife who wants to bear his child requested…
Bhubaneswar: The Bhubaneswar Railway Station will soon have airport-like modern facilities for passengers, informed East Coast Railway General Manager Vidya Bhushan on Friday. Bhushan visited the station and took stock of the various passenger amenities and facilities required to be developed as part of the station redevelopment plan. As per the plan the station will…
Tokyo: The Olympics this time is different, as for the first time the opening ceremony was held without spectators amidst the COVID-19 pandemic. Japan’s Emperor Naruhito officially declared the games open on Friday in an Olympic Stadium in Tokyo. The Tokyo Olympics was scheduled for 2020 however the pandemic caused a 12 months delay which…
The state government includes ‘Environmental Study and Disaster Management’ in the syllabus of Undergraduation on Friday. State Higher Education Minister Arun Kumar Sahoo informed that the new revised syllabus will be introduced from this academic session. The new subject will be mandatory for first year students in Arts, Science and Commerce streams. The 4-unit syllabus…
Baripada: Similipal Tiger Reserve in Mayurbhanj district of Odisha has been placed in second position in the safety index of the National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA) whereas Dudhwa National Park of Madhya Pradesh topped. Satkosia wildlife sanctuary secured 11th place in the list. The NTCA has issued this safety index using state-of-the-art technology for the…
