Bhubaneswar: Seventeen-year-old Odia boy Bablu Munda, an International Wushu (A Chinese Martial Art form) player represented Odisha in a national level festive event organized by UNICEF at Thyagaraj Indoor Stadium in South Delhi on World Children’s Day. In the event, a friendly futsal match was organized for the children where Bablu along with other children…
Tokyo: Former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe passed away on Friday after being shot while addressing an election rally in the city of Nara. Abe was making a speech during a Liberal Democratic Party candidate’s election campaign. Abe, 67 sustained two wounds, believed to be bullet injuries. He was immediately taken to hospital. During four and…
Cuttack: Cricket fans thronged Barabati Stadium on Saturday to watch the team India players practicing for the Sunday T20 match against South Africa. The stadium was packed with thousands of spectators in the evening who gathered to get a glimpse of their favourite star players. Surprised to see the stadium packed on the non-match, BCCI…
Bhubaneswar: Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Friday announced that the Odisha government will bear the expenses for the transportation of bringing back students and workers stranded in Ukraine. Earlier he also spoke to the Union Home Minister Amit Shah over telephone, requesting him to take urgent steps to bring back students and workers from Odisha…
Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Monday urged the parents to send their children to attend physical classes at schools as all the educational institutions reopened. In his address, Patnaik requested parents and guardians to ensure their children wears mask properly and attend offline classes. Exhorting students to follow the Covid appropriate behavior, he…
Bhubaneswar: On the occasion of International Coffee Day, Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik inaugurated Koraput Coffee Cafe and a dedicated e-commerce platform (Koraputcoffee.org) to promote Koraput coffee across the globe. To establish it as a brand in the coffee market, the state government is also planning to set up a number of such cafes across the…
Bhubaneswar: In a tragic incident, senior television journalist Arindam Das working with a local channel drowns while covering an elephant rescue operation in the flooded Mahanadi on Friday. Arindam and his cameraman Pravat Sinha had accompanied ODRAF personnel in an operation to rescue a tusker trapped in Mahanadi river near Mundali bridge in Cuttack. ODRAF…
Puri: Finally the century old Heritage Steam Locomotive PL-692 placed at BNR Hotel at Puri has been repaired and got a new look. The railway ministry received representations from different sections of society requesting for the maintenance and upkeep of the locomotive as the salinity in the air had damaged the engine. Its roof, roof…
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…
Three-time national award winning veteran actor Surekha Sikri passed away after a cardiac arrest at the age of 75. She had a brain stroke in 2020 and has been unwell for quite some time. A prominent actor, she has been associated with theatre, film and television for decades. She made her debut in films in…
