Bhubaneswar: The Capital Region Urban Transport (CRUT) will run a special MoBus shuttle service for passengers to Barabati Stadium in Cuttack for the India – South Africa T20 match scheduled on June 12. “The match between India and South Africa at Cuttack’s Barabati Stadium is generating a lot of excitement among the cricket enthusiasts. Commuters…
Bhubaneswar: After much awaiting, ‘Garuda’, Odisha’s first luxury houseboat finally sails and sets to give tourists the best experience of Barkul, Chilka lake. Launching the much awaited houseboat on Thursday, Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik said that the initiative will certainly improve the tourism profile of Chilika lake and attract national and international tourists to this…
Bhubaneswar: Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Wednesday felicitated Indian men’s badminton team members and coach for the spectacular victory in Thomas Cup 2022. India won this coveted cup for the first time in the history of Thomas cup championship since it started in 1948-49. Chief National Coach Pullela Gopichand, Players Kidambi Srikanth, , Dhruv Kapila,…
Bhubaneswar: Former FC Barcelona youth academy head Josep Gombau returns as the new Head Coach of the Men’s Senior Team of Odisha FC. He signed a 2-year deal. This marks Josep’s return to the Juggernauts after a brief spell of two seasons. Josep was in charge of the Juggernauts in the 2019-20 season where he…
Cricketer Mithali Raj, announced her retirement from all forms of cricket on Wednesday. Making the announcement on Twitter, she shared a heartwarming statement about her 23-year-long career. She is the most-capped Indian women’s cricketer, and is the leading run-scorer in women’s international cricket having amassed 10,868 runs from 333 matches. A recipient of the Arjuna…
Itanagar: Researchers at the Botanical Survey of India (BSI) have rediscovered the rare ‘Indian lipstick plant’, in the Anjaw district of Arunachal Pradesh after 100 years. The plant (Aeschynanthus monetaria Dunn) was first identified by British botanist Stephen Troyte Dunn in 1912, based on the plant samples gathered from Arunachal Pradesh by another English botanist,…
Rafael Nadal has won his 14th French Open title, taking his career grand slam tally to 22. On Sunday Rafael beat Casper Ruud 6-3, 6-3, 6-0 in the French Open final at Roland Garros. Nadal’s victory came two days after his 36th birthday with which he became the oldest title winner in the history of…
Cuttack: India won the match against Bangladesh in the FIBA U 18 Asian Championship 22 SABA Qualifiers at the Jawaharlal Nehru Indoor Stadium. India outclassed Bangladesh by 111-47 in the final round. With their second successive win in the 3 team qualifiers, India will represent the SABA sub-zone at the FIBA U 18 Asian Championship…
Bhubaneswar: The trailer of a documentary film ‘Nanda Master’nka Chatasali’ has been recently released. A 70 minute documentary, it is based on the life and struggle of 102 year Padma Shri Nanda Kishore Prusty from Odisha, who selflessly devoted his life, providing free education in his chatasali to the three generations of children of Kantira…
Actor, film producer, model, humanitarian, and philanthropist Sonu Sood wears many hats. During the Covid-19 pandemic, he became a saviour for needy people across the country by lending a helping hand to ease their problem. He arranged flights for people stuck in various places, medicines, oxygen, food among others. Even after the pandemic, he continues…
