Mumbai: A total of 1,214 cricketers, which includes 896 Indian and 318 from overseas have registered for the upcoming IPL players’ auction. The two-day mega auction will be held in Bengaluru on February 12 and 13, where the franchises of 10 teams including the two new franchises based in Lucknow and Ahmedabad will bid to…
Priyanka Chopra and Nick Jonas announced the arrival of their baby through surrogacy. They tied the knot in a dreamy wedding at Umaid Bhawan Palace in Jodhpur on 1 December 2018. They took to Instagram to share their happiness. “We are overjoyed to confirm that we have welcomed a baby via surrogate. We respectfully ask for…
Bhubaneswar: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday announced that a statue of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose will be installed at India Gate to commemorate his 125th birth anniversary. In a tweet he made the announcement. He wrote- At a time when the entire nation is marking the 125th birth anniversary of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose,…
New Delhi: The eternal Amar Jawan Jyoti at India Gate has been merged with the flame at the National War Memorial in a military ceremony followed by a parade on Friday. The flame which has been burning since 1972 has been extinguished in a military ceremony in presence of the three defence chiefs. Soldiers from…
Bhubaneswar: Odisha is all set to host the inaugural edition BWF Odisha Open 2022, an international badminton tournament which will witness over 300 players from 18 countries vie for the top honours. The BWF Super 100 tournament will take place at the Jawaharlal Nehru Indoor Stadium in Cuttack from 25 to 30 January. However, the…
Bhubaneswar: Setting an example for the people from the transgender community, two transgenders have started working as conductor in ‘Mo Bus’, a pubic transport managed by Capital Region Urban Transport (CRUT) in Bhubaneswar. Wasima has done M.Tech, however she has recently started working as a conductor in ‘Mo Bus’. “It’s been just four days in…
Rourkela: Rourkela adjudged winner of the Bloomberg Global Mayors Challenge 2021 along with 14 other cities. Each winner cities will receive a grant of USD 1 Million from Bloomberg Philanthropies and technical assistance to carry out the innovation over the next 3 years. Rourkela is the only Indian city to make the honour. Rourkela got…
Popular actor Venkatesh Prabhu Kasthuri Raja, aka Dhanush, announced separation from his wife Aishwaryaa after 18 years of marriage. Dhanush took to his Twitter handle and shared a note. “18 years of togetherness as friends, couple, as parents and well-wishers to each other..The journey has been of growth, understanding, adjusting and adapting…Today we stand at…
Bhubaneswar: Para athlete Kamal Kant Nayak created a world record of covering maximum distance in a manual wheelchair on Sunday. He covered 213 km in 24 hours in a wheelchair. He broke the earlier record of 182.4 kms by Mario Trinidad from Portugal. For the super marathon, Kamal kant covered the to and fro distance…
Rourkela: Rourkela has won a place among top 10 Cities of the country in ‘Nurturing Neighbourhoods Challenge’ under the aegis of the Smart Cities Mission of the Ministry of Housing & Urban Affairs (MoHUA). Bengaluru, Hubballi-Dharwad, Indore, Jabalpur, Kakinada, Kochi, Kohima, Vadodara, and Warangal are the other cities securing the place in the top 10…
