The Paralympic Committee of India (PCI) has recommended the names of ace parashuttler Pramod Bhagat, shooter Manish Narwal, high jumper Sharad Kumar and javelin-thrower Sundar Singh Gurjar for Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna Award 2021. Recently the para-athletes have brought laurels for the country by winning medals at the Tokyo Paralympics. Deepa Malik, the President…
Captain Virat Kohli will no more lead Indian Men’s T20 team after the upcoming T20 World Cup 2021 which is going to be held in UAE and Oman. Kohli, who informed about his decision through a social media post, however, will continue to lead the One-day and test teams. The star cricketer, who has been…
Bhubaneswar: The unified emergency call number (112) has been made functional in Odisha from September 15. In the first stage, the emergency call number 100 and 101 of police and fire service have been integrated with the unified number 112. Attending a meeting regarding this, Chief Secretary Suresh Chandra Mahapatra directed to make response system…
The Income Tax Department raided the offices of Bollywood Actor Sonu Sood in Mumbai and Lucknow today. As per reports the survey operation has been initiated on allegations of tax evasion on a deal between his company and a Lucknow-based real estate firm. This is not the first time Sonu Sood has been raided. In…
Cuttack: To make it easier for the relocation of vehicles from one state to another, the Bharat (BH) series centralised registration for private vehicles will come into effect from 15 September in Odisha. The central government by amending Rule 47 of the Central Motor Vehicle Rules, 1989, has mandated that vehicles bearing the BH registration…
Bhubaneswar: Three months after the announcement of the Ashirbad scheme for orphan children, Odisha government has decided to discontinue the scheme from September 15 citing drop on COVID-19 cases in the state. As per new decision, children whose parents or primary bread earners or any other person died after September 15 will now be covered…
Sambalpur: On the occasion of Nuakhai, a popular agricultural festival of western Odisha, Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik inaugurated the Light and Sound show at Maa Samaleswari temple today. Inaugurating the show, he said,” The show would introduce the devotees to the glorious history of Sambalpur and Odisha.” In a bid to promote the cultural and…
Bhubaneswar: Golden Boy and reigning world champion para shuttler, Parmod Bhagat who won a gold medal at Tokyo Paralympics was given a hero’s welcome on his arrival at Biju Patnaik International Airport today. Later in the evening, Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik felicitated Pramod Bhagat with a cash award of Rs 6 Crores at the Kalinga…
Much to the dismay of cricket fans all over the world, the India-England fifth test match that was scheduled to start today at Manchester, has been cancelled due to fear of further spread of Covid-19. The Indian team contingent has already been affected by the virus with head coach Ravi Shastri and several support staff…
Bhubaneswar: Three Universities from Odisha have found place in top 100 list of National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF). As per the NIRF Rankings 2021 released by Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan today, Bhubaneswar based Siksha ‘O’ Anusandhan was ranked 20th followed by the Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology (KIIT). While the state-run Utkal University was…
