Bhubaneswar: The Urban Veterinary Hospital, set up here by Siksha ‘O’ Anusandhan (SOA) a year ago, has so far treated 5,527 animals and birds for different ailments, said Prof Bramhadev Pattnaik, dean of SOA’s Institute of Veterinary Sciences and Animal Husbandry (IVSAH). The hospital, which is equipped with a laboratory, a functional operation theatre and…
In view of safety related modernisation work near Raipur railway station in South East Central Railway jurisdiction and bridge rebuilding work between Hindol Road-Meramandali and Talcher-Angul railway sections, the following trains originating from and terminating in ECoR jurisdiction will be affected, the ECoR said in a statement on Wednesday. Cancellation of Trains: A. 08277 Titilagarh-Raipur…
East Coast Railway (ECoR) general manager Manoj Sharma inspected the under construction rail line section between Sunakhani and Khamar of ongoing Talcher-Bimalagarh rail line project on Tuesday. Senior officials from ECoR headquarters and divisional railway manager, Khurda Road Division Rinkesh Roy were also present during the inspection. During the inspection, Sharma reviewed the infrastructure works…
Bhubaneswar: The need for preparing graduates in the field of science and technology by inculcating various skills required by the industry was stressed at a day-long industrial interactive workshop on ‘Recent Developments and Challenges in Core Industries’ held at Siksha ‘O’ Anusandhan (SOA) on Saturday. Around 130 participants attended the workshop which focused primarily on…
Bhubaneswar: The growth of veterinary science and animal husbandry sector in Odisha has made livestock farmers resilient and helped them tide over the crisis triggered by the Covid-19 pandemic, Bishnupada Sethi, principal secretary at Higher Education department, said. “The farmers survived the crisis caused by Covid for two years because of their dependence on livestock,”…
Dhenkanal prevailed in a low-scoring game of Kalahandi Cup (senior) inter-district cricket preliminary league as they beat Ganjam by 122 runs on Sunday. Opting to bat, Kanha Bhutia and Sunil Sahoo scored fifties as Dhenkanal managed to reach 220 in 47.4 overs. For Ganjam, Janmejoy Nayak and Laxmi Pal picked four and three wickets respectively….
Virat Kohli and Gautam Gambhir have been fined 100% of their match fee over verbal altercation after an IPL match on Monday, in which Royal Challengers Bangalore beat Lucknow Super Giants by 18 runs. Both were found to be in breach of article 2.21 of the IPL’s code of conduct. Meanwhile, LSG Naveen-ul-Haq has been…
Former India cricketer Swagatika Rath announced her retirement from all formats on Monday. She had represented India in three One-Day and two T20 International matches in the year 2012. Rath played for Odisha from 2007-2016 and for Railways from 2016-2023. Pranab Prakash Das (president), Sanjay Behera (secretary) and all other office-bearers of OCA wished her…
Bhubaneswar: A total of 93 players attended the Khurda zonal venue where talent hunt camp for spinners was conducted by Odisha Cricket Association (OCA) at BJB High School Ground here on Sunday. Players from Nayagarh, Khurda, Malkangiri, Nabarangpur, Gajapati, Koraput, Ganjam, Kandhamal and Rayagada had turned up. Also read: Talent hunt camp for spinners begins…
Odisha’s Bapi Hansda bagged a silver medal in 400m hurdles event at the 5th Asian Youth Athletics Championship at Tashkent, Uzbekistan. He clocked 51.38 seconds in the finals of the event on April 27. Maamat Abakar Abdraham of Qatar secured the gold medal with a time of 50.91 sec while bronze medal went to Sri…
