Shivratri, also known as Maha Shivratri is a Hindu festival celebrated annually in honour of Lord Shiva, one of the gods in the Hindu pantheon. This festival is considered to be one of the most significant and auspicious days for devotees of Lord Shiva. Shivratri is celebrated on the 13th night/14th day of the Hindu…
Bhubaneswar: East Coast Railway (ECoR) general manager Manoj Sharma inspected Jarapada-Jharsuguda Road Railway Section between Angul and Jharsuguda along with Sambalpur area and reviewed various ongoing Railway projects and infrastructural works in the region with the Railway officials at Sambalpur. Sharma inspected the double line section between Jarapada and Jharsuguda Road with window trailing and…
East Coast Railway (ECoR) has filled up 16,405 vacant posts in last eight years through recruitment drives by Railway Recruitment Boards (RRBs) and Railway Recruitment Cell (RRC). Railway is aware about the sensitive matter regarding safety in train operations, and ECoR is consistently monitoring its workforce and taking necessary steps for filling up of vacant…
DRS stands for Decision Review System, which is a technology-based system used in cricket to review decisions made by the on-field umpires. The technology allows players to request a review of a specific decision made by the on-field umpire. The DRS works by using a combination of technologies, including Hawk-Eye, which tracks the trajectory of…
Bhubaneswar: Doctors at the Institute of Medical Sciences and SUM Hospital here have successfully treated a 52-year-old woman suffering from multiple myeloma, a type of blood cancer, through Stem Cell Transplantation (SCT). The patient had been diagnosed with Multiple Myeloma about 18 months ago following which she was under chemotherapy treatment in another private hospital…
The Passenger Reservation System (PRS) data base of East Coast Railway (ECoR) started functioning from Bhubaneswar on February 8. ECoR is now self-dependant to operate all train data firing activities for the trains originating from its jurisdiction and will not depend on other Railways/Centres. This will also make ECoR self sufficient and will avoid communication…
East Coast Railway (ECoR) has set a new record during 2022-23 financial year by loading 200.43 million tonne of freight from its jurisdiction in just 310 days of the current financial year. In 2021-22 financial year, railways had achieved this figure in 320 days, followed by 360 days in 2020-21 and 366 days in 2019-20…
After finishing tantalisingly second in the final against Australia in the 2020 T20 World Cup, India Women would look to lift the this time around when the tournament kicks off on February 10 in South Africa. India have been placed in Group 2 along with England, Pakistan, Ireland and West Indies. All the matches Women’s…
Odisha beat Meghalaya by eight wickets on day three of the U-25 Col CK Nayudu Trophy at Gandhi Stadium. Opting to field, Ashutosh Chhuria and Sandeep Pattanaik picked three wickets each to bowl Meghalaya out for 201. For Meghalaya, Jaskirat scored 74 not out off 122 balls. Leading Odisha’s reply, Swastik Samal scored 88 runs…
Madhuri Meheta and six other Odisha players have been shortlisted for the Women’s Premier League (WPL), scheduled to be held on February 13 in Mumbai. On the aution day, 409 players will go under the hammer as the tournament comprising of five teams will be played from March 4 to 26 in Mumbai. All the…
