Bhubaneswar: Ahead of the Odisha Hockey Men’s World Cup 2018, scheduled to begin here in November, the Bhubaneswar Development Authority (BDA) has planned to spruce up major city parks and streets with sleek and durable steel furniture and signage. Initiating the process, the BDA floated...
Bhubaneswar: The state Health and Family Welfare Department Friday signed two Memorandums of Understanding (MoU) with two premier mental health institutes from the country to boost mental healthcare services in the state. The MoUs have been signed with the Bangalore-based National Institute of Mental Health...
Bhubaneswar: A four-member delegation from the Nigerian government reached here Thursday on a two-day visit to a private maritime training institute to review its infrastructure facilities for the training of Nigerian cadets. The delegation received a warm welcome from the maritime cadets of the institute...
Pune: FC Pune City Thursday signed Miguel Angel Portugal as the head coach of the club ahead of the upcoming season of Indian Super League (ISL), the club announced in a statement. Portugal will be joined by his assistant Gonzalo Yarza in preparations to lead the...
Bhubaneswar: Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik unveiled a statue of tribal leader Birsa Munda, the iconic hero and a tribal freedom fighter hailing from the Munda tribe, on the occasion of the International Day of the World's Indigenous People (World Adivasi Day). Birsa was in the...
Former Miss India contestant Dipannita Sharma, now an actress, says she has been very lucky to have played characters in films that mean something and are not in the movie just as decorative pieces. Dipannita has featured in Hindi films like 16 December, “My Brother......
Bhubaneswar: Targeting the BJD government over issues related tribal population of the state, the state unit of BJP Wednesday alleged that the government has done precious little for tribals in past 19 years. Addressing the media, BJP MLA Rabi Naik alleged that the state government...
Bhubaneswar: Loyola School, Bhubaneswar held its investiture ceremony of the newly inducted Scouts/Guides and Cubs/Bulbuls Wednesday. On this occasion Principal Fr Victor F Misquith, Sj and Rector, Fr Gilbert Menezes, Sj along with other dignitaries were present. The Principal congratulated the newly inducted members and...
Panaji: Had Jawaharlal Nehru not been self-centred, India and Pakistan would have been one country, the Dalai Lama said Wednesday, adding that while Nehru was gifted with experience, mistakes do occur. “Mahatma Gandhi wanted to give the prime ministership to (Mohammad Ali) Jinnah. But Nehru refused....
Bhograi: Though the water level in the Subarnarekha river has receded, many villages under Bhograi, Basta, Jaleswar and Baliapal blocks in Balasore district were flooded Wednesday. Over 100 villages in these blocks were marooned with the administration yet to reach out to the flood-hit people....
At a time when there are nationwide protests demanding the resignation of Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Gyanesh Kumar over the...
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By Aakar Patel In 5 March 2021, the Press Information Bureau of the Government of India put out a statement...
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Brazil, the largest South American country with a Leftist government, is poised to come within the orbit of the influence...
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