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Odia Girl Lilima Minz helps India hold Japan to 2-2 Draw at Rio 2016
Odia girl Lilima Minz created history, as she became the first woman from Odisha to score a goal in Hockey at the Olympics. Lilima scored the equaliser in the third quarter to help India hold mighty Japan to a 2-2 draw in the opening…
Odisha CM announces Financial assistance for Senior Handloom Weavers
Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Sunday announced a new scheme-"Barishta Bunakara Sahayata Yojana", aiming to provide financial assistance to senior handloom weavers during a state level function in Bhubaneswar on the occasion of “National…
Odisha Mining Corp directed to step up Ore Production
The Odisha Mining Corporation (OMC) have been fast tracked with Chief Secretary Sri Aditya Prasad Padhi reviewing its activities in a high level meeting in the Secretariat conference hall on Saturday wherein Chairman OMC Sri Sanjeeb Chopra…
Odisha to host Men’s Hockey World Cup in 2018
Odisha will host the prestigious Men’s Hockey World Cup in 2018, and the World League final in 2017 at Kalinga Stadium in Bhubaneswar.
While speaking at the Junior World Chess Championship 2016, organised at KIIT University on Sunday,…
Motilal Gouda Case: Odisha Students Congress demands Ministers’ arrest
In a recent political movement, Odisha Student Congress on Saturday demanded immediate arrest of two key ministers of Naveen government for their alleged link with fake gazette notification accused Motilal Gouda.
A sizable numbers of…
Declare Bhubaneswar as Embarkation Point for Haj Pilgrims: Rabindra Jena
Balasore MP Rabindra Kumar Jena met External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj and requested her to declare the Biju Patnaik International Airport in Bhubaneswar as the embarkment points for the Haj pilgrims of Odisha.
He told the EAM that…
President Mukherjee sacks NIT Rourkela Chairman Vasantha Ramaswamy
The President of India on Friday expelled NIT Rourkela Board of Governors’ Chairperson Vasantha Ramaswamy.
The development followed the recommendation of the Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD).
Reportedly, the move came…
Gang-rape and Murder inside Bus in Odisha, two arrested
A bus driver and conductor were arrested for allegedly raping and killing a young woman in a bus and dumping her body in Mahanadi river.
The body was found under Jatamundia bridge near Banki in Cuttack district of Odisha on August 2.…
Mahanadi Row: Chhattisgarh-visiting BJD team to hold Meet today
The ruling-BJD on Friday informed that a 12 member BJD team, led by Rajya Sabha MP Prasanna Acharya, would visit Chhattisgarh on August 7 and 8 to take an on-spot assessment of the ongoing projects over Mahanadi.
In this regard, Prasanna…
Anganwadi Worker in Basudeipur stripped, beaten by Villagers
In a shocking news, an anganwadi worker Annapurna Pradhan (50), stripped, naked and thrashed by the villagers following death of a four-year-old boy, Chandan Jena, son of Laxmidhar Jena, who had come to the local Anganwadi centre at…