Bhubaneswar: The 62nd Inter-State Athletic Championship has commenced today at the Kalinga Stadium. Eminent athlete and President of Indian Olympic Association, PT Usha declared the event open. “I am delighted that Odisha Government is organising this event. This event is very important for our athletes as it is a qualification for Asian Games. I wish…
New Delhi: Union Minister for Housing and Urban Affairs, Manohar Lal, chaired a high-level meeting today to assess preparations for the upcoming Swachhata Hi Seva (SHS) Campaign 2024, a nationwide cleanliness drive set to commence on September 17, 2024. The fortnight-long campaign, which will culminate on October 2 in honor of Gandhi Jayanti, marks the…
Bhubaneswar: Union Home Minister and Minister of Cooperation, Amit Shah, inaugurated the 59th Directors General of Police/Inspectors General of Police (DGsP/IGsP) Conference in Bhubaneswar, Odisha, today. The high-profile three-day event is being held in a hybrid format, with senior police leaders from across the country attending both in person and virtually. Prime Minister Narendra Modi…
Bhubaneswar: Odisha Football Club’s (OFC) Women’s team (OFCW) is going to participate in its first-ever Hero Indian Women’s League-2023 (Hero IWL). The Hero Indian Women’s League, founded in 2016, is India’s first professional football league for women. With 16 teams from across the country participating, the 2023 edition will be held in Ahmedabad, Gujarat. The…
Bhubaneswar: Former Indian hockey captain, Prabodh Tirkey, officially joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), four days after tendering his resignation from the Congress party. Tirkey made his decision public at a rally venue in Sonepur, where he was welcomed into the BJP fold in the presence of Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan, state BJP president…
Cuttack: Indian shuttlers Malvika Bansod and Ashmita Chaliha reached the semi-finals of the Odisha Open 2022 badminton tournament after winning their respective women’s singles quarter-final match, here on Friday. The 20-year-old Bansod, who beat Saina Nehwal at the India Open earlier this month, registered a hard-fought 21-13, 16-21, 21-17 win over 18-year-old Tanya Hemanth to…
Bhubaneswar: The 19th edition of the Young Astronomer Talent Search (YATS) was launched today at Lokseva Bhawan, Bhubaneswar, by Krushna Chandra Patra, Minister of Science & Technology Department, Government of Odisha. Organised by Tata Steel in association with Pathani Samanta Planetarium under the Science & Technology Department, the initiative continues its mission of nurturing scientific…
Tashkent (Uzbekistan): Ace gymnast Dipa Karmakar bagged the historic gold medal at the Asian Women’s Artistic Gymnastic Championship here in Tashkent on Sunday to become the first Indian to achieve the feat. In the final of the individual vault, karmakar finished at the top among eight gymnasts with an average score of 13.566. In both…
Bhubaneswar: In a significant political development, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in Odisha has announced its decision to contest all 21 Lok Sabha and 147 Assembly seats independently. State Unit president Manmohan Samal took to X (formerly Twitter) to make the declaration, underlining the party’s commitment to a vision of a developed India and Odisha…
Bhubaneswar: Avinash Patnaik, a home chef from Bhubaneswar became the first contestant to gain direct entry into the kitchen of MasterChef India. The much-awaited cooking show to be judged by Chefs Vikas Khanna, Ranveer Brar, and Garima Arora, has started on January 2 on the Sony Entertainment Television channel. Known for his experimentation with different…
