Odisha likely to host Davis Cup
After hosting two international mega tournaments, Asian Athletics Championship and World Men’s Hockey league, successfully and preparing for the Hockey World Cup to be held in November, the State Government is now planning to organise a Davis Cup in future. Speaking at the inauguration of International Tennis Federation (ITF) Tournament for...
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Entrepreneurs unravel success stories
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Another jumbo carcass found in A'garh; tusks stolen
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S'garh ex-sarpanch crushed to death by elephant
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let building design be in harmony with nature
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Police of 3 States on lookout for Suhail: DGP
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'A 'middling' State in Investment Potential Index'
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CHSE takes preventive steps, bans mobiles
Viewing the incident of the High School Certificate (HSC) examination question papers getting circulated on WhatsApp, the Council of Higher Secondary Education (CHSE) on Tuesday issued letters to all the superintendents of Plus Two examination centres to ban mobile phones. The superintendents were instructed to ban entry of mobile phones and...
10 acres of Swargadwar land restored to SJTA
Titles of over 10 acres of encroached land belonging to the Swargadwar crematorium in Puri were restored in favour of the Shree Jagannath Temple Administration (SJTA) on Wednesday. The Odisha Estate Abolition (OEA) Collector pronounced the order after disposing of 170 cases. The encroached land of 10.17 acres was restored under...
P'put rly level-crossing encroachments removed
Good news for the people of Pokhariput and nearby Bhimatangi, Kapilaprasad, Old Town, Palaspalli, Jagamara and other localities, as the two major encroachments near the railway over-bridge (ROB) near the lingaraj Road Passenger halt were demolished and removed on Tuesday. The joint eviction drive was undertaken by the Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation,...
Criminal cases to be filed against rail roko agitators
The railway police will register a criminal case whenever there is a rail roko agitation. High level railway officials will negotiate with the agitators regarding their demand and take appropriate action in the matter. The second meeting of the State level Security Committee for Railways held on February 27 under the...
Online road mishap mgmt system soon
Chief Secretary Aditya Prasad on Tuesday directed the district Collectors and Superintendents of Police to reduce road accidents and the mishap-related death rates in their respective districts. Reviewing the road safety measures at the district level through videoconferencing, Padhi directed for special measures in Sundargarh, Keonjhar , Angul, Cuttack, Ganjam ,...
Killer gift: Cops to crack case soon, says DGP
While mystery still shrouds the recent killer gift parcel incident in which two persons were killed in Patnagarh of Balangir district, Director General of Police (DGP) RP Sharma on Tuesday expressed confidence that police would crack the case soon. Speaking to reporters here, Dr Sharma said already two special police teams...
Schoolgirls to get free sanitary pads
Taking another step towards girl child education, the State Government has launched a scheme ‘Khushi’ to provide free sanitary pads to 17 lakh girl students in schools across the State. Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik launched the free sanitary napkin scheme, Khusi, for girl students from Classes-VI to XII in all...
