FIH Men’s Hockey World Cup 2023 will kickstart on January 13, with India scheduled to meet Spain in its opener at the newly built Birsa Munda International Hockey Stadium. Fans can follow and watch the tournament, live on TV and also by live streaming. The quadrennial event to be played in two cities of Odisha…
Indian Railways helped a passenger on Tuesday to recover his bag, which he had left behind in a train. While travelling in Sambalpur-Rayagada Inter City Express from Barpali to Kesinga, Bimal Kumar Bidyadhar forgot his bag in the train. He immediately lodged a complaint in Rail Madad. Railway Protection Force (RPF) officials at Muniguda and…
General manager of East Coast Railway (ECoR) Roop Narayan Sunkar inspected the Mancheswar carriage repair workshop at Bhubaneswar, on Tuesday along with senior officials. During the inspection, he reviewed the overhauling of coaches. Moreover, Sunkar laid emphasis on maintenance and modernisation of the passenger amenities like improved quality of seats, flooring, easy to clean toilets,…
The Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) has started the online application process for 1,450 posts of ASI (Steno) and HC (Ministerial)-2022 on its official website. Interested and eligible candidates can apply online on or before 25 January 2023 on the websites: www.crpfindia.com and www.crpf.nic.in. Important dates Opening date for application forms: 4 January Closing date…
Shiv Sundar Das has been appointed as one of the five selectors in BCCI’s national men’s senior selection committee. Headed by Chetan Sharma, who has been reappointed as the chairman of the committee, will also have Salil Ankola, Subroto Banerjee and S Sharath as his colleagues. The Cricket Advisory Committee (CAC) comprising of Sulakshana Naik,…
Bhubaneswar: Siksha ‘O’ Anusandhan (SOA) Deemed to be University here on Thursday signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Jio Platforms Ltd (JPL) for establishment of a 5G Lab and collaboration towards exploring other opportunities including building new technologies such as optical communication and 6G. A separate MoU was also signed during the programme between…
Bhubaneswar: The Inter University Women’s Hockey Championship organised by Rama Devi Women’s University was inaugurated on Thursday at Biju Patnaik Sports Complex, Utkal University here. We should foster the spirit of hockey, said MLA Ananta Narayan Jena. With the men’s hockey World Cup starting in few days, he urged the audience to popularise Odisha for…
Odisha has won World Habitat Awards 2023 for Jaga Mission, a 5T initiative of the state. According to a government release, Jaga Mission is the world’s largest land titling and slum upgrading programme which aims at empowering the lives of slum dwellers. The Government of Odisha has set itself the ambitious target of becoming the…
Bhubaneswar: Students of different institutions under SOA Deemed to be University will be competing in more than a dozen events over a period of 26 days for the SOA Cup which kicked off on the university campus here on Wednesday. The events in which the students will take part include football (only boys), cricket, volleyball…
Bhubaneswar: Utkal University’s Physics department has played a stellar role in global scientific development in the last five decades and has the potential to contribute in a big way towards the growth of science and innovation in the country, Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan said here on Tuesday. Inaugurating the two-day golden jubilee celebrations of…
