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BHUBANESWAR: Eminent theatre personality Haren Sahoo is the recipient of Sangeet Natak academy award for 2018-19. Sahoo started his drama career in 1975 while he was in school and acted in a drama called ‘Karnarjuna’. Recalling his enchantment with theatre, he said the character of...

Bhubaneswar: The Assembly Saturday passed the Odisha Hindu Religious Endowments (Amendment) Bill, 2019 to exclude Gobardhan Mutt from the purview of the Act. After the amendment, the Gobardhan Mutt at Puri headed by His Holiness Jagatguru Adi Sankaracharya is to be excluded from the definition...

His records speak for themselves. Yet for all purposes, this Indian Test batsman is an unsung hero. It is mainly because of his batting exploits in Australia that India won a Test series for the first time in that country earlier this year. But then...

New Delhi: Walmart-owned Flipkart said Thursday it will now collect plastic packaging back from consumers in seven cities including Mumbai, Delhi, Bangalore and Dehradun, as part of its sustainability efforts. The pilot project aims at ensuring existing plastic packaging in the system is recycled and...

Mumbai: Actress Rakul Preet Singh is excited about her upcoming cross-border romantic-comedy. She has revealed shooting for the yet-untitled film will start later this month. “The film is in the rom-com space, and it is the story of characters who belongs to India and Pakistan,...

BHUBANESWAR: Students revelled in the spirit of Children’s Day in schools across the capital city Thursday. Students of ODM Public School formed a human chain in collaboration with Centre for Women and Child Development, Bachpan Bachao Andolan and an NGO MOM. The human chain was...

NEW DELHI: Notwithstanding geographical proximity, Odia folks staying in the national capital organised an enthralling Odissi event here Thursday. Disciples of Odissi Guru Pitambar Biswal tried their best to win the hearts of Odia people living in the national capital during the auspicious Kartik Purnima...

Cuttack: The state government will set up as many as 18 help desks and 12 waiting halls at Sriram Chandra Bhanja Medical College and Hospital (SCBMCH) here for the welfare of patients and attendants. The help desks and the waiting halls are expected to reduce...

Mumbai: Defending champions Mumbai Indians (MI) announced Wednesday that they have roped in New Zealand pace spearhead Trent Boult for the upcoming season of the Indian Premier League (IPL). Trent Boult’s inclusion is expected to bolster the already robust bowling setup for the four-time IPL...

New Delhi: Despite Supreme Court directions to set up one court each in every district under Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act within two months, the state government has failed to provide adequate infrastructure for the functioning of POCSO courts in the state....