Cuttack: Unseeded Mithun Manjunath stunned seventh seed June Wei Cheam of Malaysia in straight games to storm into the men singles quarterfinals of the Odisha Open here Thursday. Manjunath took 40 minutes to outclass Cheam 21-11 21-18. He will next face Priyanshu Rajawat. Third seeded...
Cuttack: Continuing her good run, Indian shuttler Malvika Bansod advanced to the quarter-finals of the women's singles at the Odisha Open 2022 badminton tournament, here Thursday. The 20-year-old Bansod beat the junior world No 1 Tasnim Mir 21-13, 21-15 in a 33-minute clash. She will...
Puri: Police Thursday arrested a 35-year-old man for allegedly raping a minor girl on the rooftop of her house in Puri, a senior official said. Four police teams were on the lookout for the accused, who had been on the run following the incident on...
Bhubaneswar: Three coal-laden wagons of a goods train derailed in Odisha Thursday, disrupting freight movement between Cuttack and Paradip, an East Coast Railway official said. The incident took place at a loco shed near Cuttack station, Additional Divisional Railway Manager (Khurda Road) Kalyan Patnaik said....
Bhubaneswar: A former cabinet minister, two ex-legislators, a Canada-returned software engineer, a doctor, MBA students, former jawans are among those in the fray for the three-tier panchayat elections in Odisha. One set of these contestants claimed that they want to serve the people and no...
Bhubaneswar: Dry weather is expected to prevail over the districts of Odisha and minimum (night) temperature is very likely to fall gradually by 3 to 4 degree Celsius during next two days, India Meteorological Department (IMD) regional centre here predicted Thursday. In its mid-day bulletin,...
Cuttack: Continuing her good run of form, young Indian shuttler Malvika Bansod got the better of compatriot and junior world No. 1 Tasnim Mir in straight games to advance to the quarterfinals of the Odisha Open here Thursday. Bansod took just over half an hour...
Bhubaneswar: Hundreds of Plus II students took out a procession and staged protest Thursday forenoon at Master Canteen Square here demanding cancellation of the annual Board exams, in view of present Covid-19 situation. Odisha government is playing with their future by planning to conduct the...
Konark: A wind-fueled grass fire burnt eight acres of Beladala forest under Balukhand range in a matter of hours along Puri-Konark marine drive. The inferno spread rapidly through the region before it was finally doused by fire personnel Wednesday evening. Locals of Balukhand area spotted...
Bhubaneswar: In the last 24 hours, Odisha has recorded 5,901 new Covid-19 cases, of which 739 are in the age group of newborn to 18 years, taking tally in the state to 12,31,169. Active caseload in the state now stands at 70,327. Odisha also reported...
By Aakar Patel Attacks on Bengali Christians and their churches have begun following the BJP's victory in the state. Last...
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By Dilip Cherian The Centre appears keen to give young IPS officers early exposure to the workings and priorities of...
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The demonstration by scores of policemen and officers outside the Delhi Police headquarters on 2 November to protest against some...
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More than three years after ethnic violence erupted in Manipur, there is no let-up in the spiral of killings, displacement,...
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