Paris: The opening ceremony of the Olympic Games began with the 'Parade of the Nations' here in which athletes from 205 countries sailed down the iconic Seine river on boats, marking a dreamy break from tradition despite rain threatening to play spoilsport. French President Emmanuel Macron and International Olympic Committee head Thomas Bach were in attendance as...

Bhubaneswar: The railway ministry has allocated Rs70 crore for the Rayagada Railway Division in Odisha under the East Coast Railway Zone, officials said Friday. The establishment of the Rayagada Railway Division is poised to bring significant benefits to the region, enhancing connectivity and fostering economic growth, they said. The allocation to the state was informed to Nabarangpur...

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government Friday announced a 10 per cent quota and five-year age relaxation for Agniveers in the state's uninformed services. Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi made the announcement before leaving for Delhi to attend the governing council meeting of the NITI Aayog Saturday. "Our soldiers are our pride. Agniveers, who are trained by our defence...

Bhubaneswar: A group of working journalists Friday met Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi and urged the state government to provide pension to scribes. They also requested Majhi to functionalise the journalists' accreditation council and make provisions for an annual pass system to enter the state secretariat for news coverage. During the interaction with CM, who is...

Bhubaneswar: Anti-corruption vigilance officers on Friday arrested the chief construction engineer of Lower Suktel project in Odisha's Bolangir on charges of possessing assets 257 per cent more than his declared income. A case has been filed against Sunil Kumar Rout under Section 13(2) r/w 13(1)(b)/12 of the Prevention of Corruption (Amendment) Act, 2018, officials said. According to...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi Friday approved a proposal to set up two new employees' state insurance (ESI) hospitals in the state. The hospitals will come up in Keonjhar and Sonepur towns, and largely benefit workers and their family members, Majhi said in a statement. At present, four ESI hospitals and 41 dispensaries are functioning...

Goods train derails near Bhubaneswar railway station   Deputy CM Pravati Parida attends World Trade Day annual meet in Bhubaneswar    Judges, lawyers of Orissa High Court garland statue of first Chief Justice of the court Justice Bira Kishore Ray on his birth anniversary   Students visit an art and science exhibition organised at Saraswati Shishu Vidya...

Haridwar: Facades of two mosques and a mazar along the kanwar yatra route in Uttarakhand's Haridwar city were on Friday covered with large sheets of white cloth to "prevent trouble" but were removed by the evening after objections from various quarters. The sheets were hung on bamboo scaffoldings in front of two mosques and a mazar, all...

New Delhi: In Delhi to attend a NITI Aayog meeting July 27, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Friday said the public policy think-tank brought by the Modi government should be scrapped and the Planning Commission restored. In an interaction with a group of journalists here, the West Bengal chief minister called the BJP a "tukde-tukde platform"...

Pune: Police have filed a chargesheet against seven accused in the Porsche car accident case, including the parents of a minor boy who was allegedly behind the wheel, in a Pune court, more than two months after the fatal crash, an official said Friday. The 900-page chargesheet, submitted Thursday, has excluded the 17-year-old boy, whose case is...