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Bhubaneswar: Union Telecom minister Ashwini Vaishnaw Thursday launched Jio and Airtel 5G services in Odisha. 5G services have been launched in Bhubaneswar and Cuttack in the first phase, the telecom minister said while adding that the entire state will be covered in 2 years. Vaishnaw...

Bhubaneswar: Debutants Chile will bank on their tenacity to counter tough teams like the Netherlands, Malaysia and New Zealand in their group in the men's hockey World Cup, scheduled to commence in Bhubaneswar and Rourkela January 13. Led by Fernando Renz, Chile, who are playing...

Bhubaneswar: State-owned BSNL will start 5G services in 2024, Union Telecom Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said Thursday. BSNL has shortlisted a TCS and C-DOT led consortium for rolling out 4G network, which will be upgraded to 5G in about a year of placing the order under...

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha Police CID's Crime Branch has planned to conduct a dummy simulation exercise to ascertain the cause of death of Russian lawmaker Pavel Antov. Antov was found dead in mysterious circumstances in a hotel in Odisha's Rayagada town December 24, two days after...

Bhubaneswar: A group of men in an SUV allegedly chased, hurled abuses and threatened a policewoman with a sword in Bhubaneswar while she was returning home in her car after night duty, an officer said Wednesday. The SUV has been identified on the basis of...

Bhubaneswar: Netherlands chief coach Jeroen Delmee believes his team will need to overcome inexperience as it aims to win its fourth trophy at the Men's hockey World Cup, beginning here January 13. Three-time world champions Netherlands arrived in Bhubaneswar Wednesday. The silver medallists of the...

Bhubaneswar: With nine days to go for the FIH Odisha Hockey Men's World Cup, the Netherlands team arrived in Bhubaneswar Wednesday. The Men's Hockey squad of the Netherlands reached Biju Patnaik International Airport here and was accorded a warm welcome at the airport. The tournament...

Paradip: The body of a Russian engineer who died on a cargo ship off the Odisha coast was sent for postmortem examination Wednesday, police said. The ship was brought to the berth at the Paradip Port and the body of Milyakov Sergey, 51, was taken...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha of late has been receiving international attention -- although for unfortunate reasons -- after three Russian nationals including a millionaire lawmaker Pavel Antov have died under mysterious circumstances in the state in the last fortnight. The latest death was reported from a cargo...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik announced Tuesday that nearly 9.05 lakh beneficiaries of the State Food Security Scheme (SFSS) will receive 5kg of rice per month free of cost for the next 12 months.       The initiative, to begin January 23, will entail a total...