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Cuttack: Matric offline examinations conducted by Board of Secondary Education (BSE), Odisha which started July 30 came to an end Thursday. The evaluation process will begin August 11. The evaluation will be conducted at nine centres in seven districts including Cuttack, Dhenkanal, Jajpur, Kendrapara, Khurda,...

Bhubaneswar: Former Indian hockey team captain and Olympian from Odisha Dilip Tirkey Thursday congratulated the men's team on winning bronze medal at Tokyo Olympics and said the team achieved what several generations of players could not. “I would like to congratulate the Team India for...

Bhubaneswar: Sports minister Tusharkanti Behera and hockey players of Sports Hostel at Hockey Complex of Kalinga Stadium in Bhubaneswar Thursday celebrated the spectacular win by Indian men’s hockey team that claimed the Olympic medal after a 41-year gap. While congratulating the team, Minister Behera said the...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik Thursday spoke to the members of the Indian men’s hockey team after their stunning performance got India a bronze medal in the ongoing Tokyo Games. Patnaik spoke to the members over video conference and congratulated them for winning an...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Governor Ganeshi Lal Thursday congratulated the Indian men’s hockey team for winning an Olympic medal for the nation after 41 years. He took to his Twitter handle to praise the men in blue. “They have made the entire nation proud & this historic...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha registered 1,342 new Covid-19 cases in the last 24 hours, taking the total tally in the state to 9,83,523. The active caseload in the state now stands at 13,516. Out of the 1,342 new infections, 775 were reported from quarantine centres while 567...

Bhubaneswar: When the Naveen Patnaik government in Odisha signed an agreement with Hockey India in 2018 to sponsor both men’s and women’s national teams for five years, critics wondered whether a poor state frequently ravaged by natural calamities could afford to contribute Rs 100 crore...

Cuttack: The Orissa High Court Bar Association has decided to boycott the court of the HC Chief Justice till August 9 as part of its protest against the live streaming of the proceedings. A decision to this effect was taken at the general body meeting...

New Delhi: The Union government has informed the Rajya Sabha that Odisha has reported maximum number of forest fire incidents during non-monsoon months – November 2020 to June 2021. The Union Minister of State for Environment, Forest and Climate Change Ashwini Kumar Choubey informed the...

Bhubaneswar: After remaining closed for more than three months in the backdrop of surging Covid-19 cases in Odisha, the Srimandir in Puri will reopen for devotees from August 16 with strict adherence to Covid-19 protocols. The decision to reopen the shrine was taken at a...