New Delhi: Santoor player, Pt. Bhajan Sopori passed away on Thursday in Gurugram after a prolonged illness. The 73-year-old was diagnosed with Colon Cancer last June. Recipient of the Padma Shri, Sangeet Natak Akademi, and Jammu and Kashmir State Lifetime Achievement Award, Sopori belonged to the Sufiana Gharana of Kashmir where six generations of his…
Bhubaneswar: Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Thursday approved the beautification project for Maa Sarala Temple at Jhankad in Jagatsinghpur district. A budget of Rs 42 crore has been sanctioned to develop the shrine which will be done under the 5T Initiative of Integrated Development of Heritage, Monuments and Tourist Destination programme. The project is likely…
Jakarta: Under the captaincy of Birendra Lakra, the Indian men’s hockey team won the bronze medal in the Hero Asia Cup 2022 after defeating Japan 1-0 win at the GBK Sports Complex Hockey Stadium here on Wednesday. Rajkumar Pal put India ahead early in the first quarter and the team managed to hold on to…
Itanagar: Two documentaries from Arunachal Pradesh are to be screened at the 17th Mumbai International Film Festival (MIFF) which started on Sunday. The documentary film ‘The Galos of Arunachal Pradesh’ directed by Apak Gadi was screened on May 31, while ‘The song we sing, the drums we beat’ directed by Kombong Darang will be screened…
Bhubaneswar: Mannata Mishra was declared the ‘best swimmer’ of the championship with 2134 FINA points in the Girls category and Anmol Mohanty was the ‘best swimmer’ in the boy’s category with 2078 points at the 62nd Odisha state Swimming Championships 22 ( Junior & Sub-junior). The championship was jointly organised by the Odisha State Swimming…
Bhubaneswar: Odisha has seen women and transgender as cab and auto drivers and now they would handle the gears of the city buses in Bhubaneswar. The Capital Region Urban Transport (CRUT) has recently announced to give women and transgender an opportunity to drive heavy vehicles. CRUT would impart special training to women and transgender in…
Ahmedabad: The 15th edition of the Indian Premier League has registered in the Guinness Book of World Records after displaying a giant jersey during the closing ceremony at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad on Sunday. The organizers unveiled the world’s largest cricket jersey to mark 15 years of the world’s richest and most popular…
Bhubaneswar: Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik inaugurated a state-of-the-art Cyber Security Operation Centre at OCAC on Friday. The centre will help protect the data, applications, and ICT infrastructure of the state from security threats. The CSOC has been set up by the state Electronics & IT Department & OCAC. The CSOC has been set up using…
Bhubaneswar: Shreya Lenka from Odisha has officially joined as one of the members of the K-pop group ‘Blackswan’ of DR Music. The DR Music was supposed to pick just one member for Blackswan, however, on Thursday they announced the names of Sriya and Gabriela Dalcin from Brazil to be the 5th and 6th members of…
New Delhi: In a significant development, the Supreme Court on Thursday recognized sex work as a ‘profession’ and sex workers are entitled to dignity and equal protection under the law. The court also directed police should neither interfere nor take criminal action against consenting sex workers. A three-judge Bench headed by Justice L Nageswara Rao…
