Indian Women’s League: Odisha Sports ease past Sirvodem SC with dominant win
Heatwave bakes Odisha, Sonepur sizzles at 44.5 degree Celsius
BSE Odisha reschedules exam dates in view of heatwave warning; details here
Congress asks Sura Routray to explain ‘Naveen Patnaik takes final call’ comment
Parala Maharaja was Odisha PM for over 3 months
Indian Women’s League: Odisha Sports ease past Sirvodem SC with dominant win
Bhubaneswar: Odisha Sports bagged full points with a dominant 9-1 win against Sirvodem SC in the Hero Indian Women's League at the 7th Battalion Stadium Wednesday. Odisha made a quick start by finding the opener as soon as in the...
Heatwave bakes Odisha, Sonepur sizzles at 44.5 degree Celsius
Bhubaneswar: Odisha sweltered in the blazing sun Wednesday as a searing heatwave engulfed parts of the state for the third successive day and the maximum temperature breached the 40-degree Celsius mark in 24 places, the Met office said. The mercury...
BSE Odisha reschedules exam dates in view of heatwave warning; details here
Bhubaneswar: In view of the heatwave condition prevailing across the state, the Board of Secondary Education (BSE), Odisha, Wednesday announced a revised schedule for the conduct of the Madhyama exams and the State Open School Certificate Examination (SOSCE). There will...
Congress asks Sura Routray to explain ‘Naveen Patnaik takes final call’ comment
Bhubaneswar: Odisha unit of Congress has issued a notice to its MLA Sura Routray who claimed that Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik "takes the final call" on the appointment of his party's state unit president. Routray, who often courts controversy, recently...
Parala Maharaja was Odisha PM for over 3 months
Berhampur: Former royal or Parala Maharaja Krushna Chandra Gajapati Narayan Deb as he is popularly known was a key personality and regarded as one of the architects of an independent united Odisha province formed on the basis of amalgamation of...
NGT imposes Rs 17-cr fine on lease holders
Baripada: A bench of the National Green Tribunal (NGT) held Monday a hearing on illegal sand mining and smuggling from two sand quarries in Budhabalanga river under Badasahi block and imposed a fine of over Rs 17 crore on the...
PM Modi urges states to reduce fuel tax
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi Wednesday urged the states to reduce the Value Added Tax (VAT) on fuel "in the spirit of cooperative federalism". During a virtual meeting with chief ministers, Prime Minister Modi stressed how the country fought a long battle against Covid with the spirit of cooperative...
Read moreRussia cuts natural gas supply to 2 NATO nations in major escalation
Pokrovsk: Russia cut off natural gas to NATO members Poland and Bulgaria Wednesday and threatened to do the same to other countries, dramatically escalating its standoff with the West over the war in Ukraine. European leaders decried the move as “blackmail.” A day after the US and other Western allies vowed to speed more and heavier weapons to Ukraine, the Kremlin used its most most essential export as leverage against two...
Read moreThere has to be ‘Laxman Rekha’ for criticism: Delhi HC to Umar Khalid
New Delhi: The Delhi High Court Wednesday expressed its displeasure over the use of the term “jumla” by former JNU student Umar Khalid in his criticism of the Prime Minister while delivering the speech that formed the basis of allegation against him in the case concerning the larger conspiracy behind the Delhi riots of February 2020 and said there has to be a "Laxman Rekha" even for criticism. A bench of...
Read moreOver 58,000 Sri Lankan & 72,000 Tibetan refugees living in India: MHA
New Delhi: The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has informed that a total of 58,843 Sri Lankan and 72,312 Tibetan refugees have been living in India. In its recently submitted annual report for 2020-21, the MHA said that as on January 1,2021, there were 58,843 Sri Lankan refugees staying in 108 refugee camps in Tamil Nadu and 54 in Odisha. Besides, around 34,135 refugees are staying outside the camps, registered with...
Read moreLIC sets price band at Rs 902-949 per share for Rs 21,000 crore IPO, opens May 4
Mumbai: Country's largest life insurer LIC on Wednesday set the price band at Rs 902-949 per share for its Rs 21,000 crore initial public offering (IPO), which will open May 4. At the upper end of the price band the government will garner around Rs 21,000 crore. With this IPO, which is through an offer-for-sale (OFS) route, the government is looking to divest its 3.5 per cent stake in the state-run...
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Russia cuts natural gas supply to 2 NATO nations in major escalation
Pokrovsk: Russia cut off natural gas to NATO members Poland and Bulgaria Wednesday and threatened to do the same to other countries, dramatically escalating its standoff with the West over the war in Ukraine. European leaders decried the move as “blackmail.” A day after the US and other Western allies vowed to speed more and heavier weapons...
Indian Women’s League: Odisha Sports ease past Sirvodem SC with dominant win
Bhubaneswar: Odisha Sports bagged full points with a dominant 9-1 win against Sirvodem SC in the Hero Indian Women's League at the 7th Battalion Stadium Wednesday. Odisha made a quick start by finding the opener as soon as in the 2nd minute of the game. Satyabati Khadia struck from the left and sent the ball straight into...
There has to be ‘Laxman Rekha’ for criticism: Delhi HC to Umar Khalid
New Delhi: The Delhi High Court Wednesday expressed its displeasure over the use of the term “jumla” by former JNU student Umar Khalid in his criticism of the Prime Minister while delivering the speech that formed the basis of allegation against him in the case concerning the larger conspiracy behind the Delhi riots of February 2020 and...
Heatwave bakes Odisha, Sonepur sizzles at 44.5 degree Celsius
Bhubaneswar: Odisha sweltered in the blazing sun Wednesday as a searing heatwave engulfed parts of the state for the third successive day and the maximum temperature breached the 40-degree Celsius mark in 24 places, the Met office said. The mercury shot up to 43 degrees Celsius or more in 11 weather stations, including Sonepur town where it...
IPL: SRH post 195 for 6 against GT
Mumbai: Sent in to bat, Sunrisers Hyderabad posted 195 for six in their Indian Premier League match against Gujarat Titans here Wednesday. Opener Abhishek Sharma top-scored for SRH with a 42-ball 65 while Aiden Markram contributed 56 off 40 balls. Shashank Singh played a stunning cameo of 25 not out off just six balls towards the end...
BSE Odisha reschedules exam dates in view of heatwave warning; details here
Bhubaneswar: In view of the heatwave condition prevailing across the state, the Board of Secondary Education (BSE), Odisha, Wednesday announced a revised schedule for the conduct of the Madhyama exams and the State Open School Certificate Examination (SOSCE). There will be no afternoon shift for these exams. BSE president Ramashis Hazra told reporters that the SOSCE and...
India to take a considered view on crypto: Sitharaman
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Minimum age for marriage raised from 16 to 18 in England, Wales
London: The minimum age for marriage in England and Wales has been raised from 16 to 18 years, making it illegal for anyone facilitating underage marriages. Under a new law that cleared the UK Parliament Tuesday and will become law after Queen Elizabeth II's Royal Assent later this week, religious or cultural marriages not registered with a...
