Bhubaneswar: After winning two awards in the India Smart City Awards Contest on June 25 this year, Bhubaneswar bagged India Cycles4Change Challenge Stage-1 Award on Wednesday. It was adjudged among the top 11 Cycling Pioneers of the nation. The top 11 awardees under the India Cycles4change Stage-1 cities are Bengaluru in Karnataka, Bhubaneswar in Odisha,…
Dholavira village in Kutch district of Gujarat with ruins of Harappa civilisation has been inscribed as a World Heritage Site by UNESCO on Tuesday. Dholavira is the most important archaeological site discovered in 1967-68 by JP Joshi. The site has been under excavation by Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) since 1990 and each time revealing…
Bhubaneswar: Nature lovers planning to visit Debrigarh Ecotourism site situated on the banks of Hirakud Reservoir, will be able to visit the three river islands on boat ride during their next trip. The forest and environment department have decided to start ‘Island Odyssey’ and ‘Hirakud Cruise’ soon.The initiative will run in association with local communities…
Imphal: Manipur Chief Minister N Biren on Monday announced that the Olympic medal winning weightlifter Saikhom Mirabai Chanu would be appointed as additional superintendent of police (sports). The state government has specially created the new post for Chanu. Apart from being a weightlifter, Chanu has been working as a railway ticket inspector. Announcing the new…
The 13th century Ramappa temple in Palampet, Telangana was inscribed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site on Sunday. The decision was taken after a consensus during an online meeting of the World Heritage Committee (WHC) in Fuzhou, China. While Norway opposed the inscription, Russia supported the temple to be included as a World Heritage Site….
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…
