Rupsa Nayak

Odisha’s Rupsa Nayak wins Mrs India crown

Bhubaneswar: Rupsa Nayak of Odisha has won the Mrs India pageant, the grand finale of which was held at Mumbai recently. The two-month long pageant, organised by Glamour World, had attracted around 200 competitors and 100 made it to the second round. Fifty of them qualified for the semifinals where they had to go through…

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Kalahandi Cup

Kalahandi Cup: Puri, Rayagada post wins

Puri defended a low total to beat Balangir by 30 runs in a Silver group match of Kalahandi Cup on Friday. Opting to bat at Ravenshaw ground, Puri were all out for 170 in 46 overs with Dibyajyoti Rath top-scoring with 44 runs while for Balangir Satyajeet Singhdeo picked four wickets. Balangir coming out for…

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Disablement Compensation and Sickness compensation for core sanitation workers

Bhubaneswar: The State government has sanctioned Disablement Compensation and Sickness compensation for the core sanitation workers, Minister Housing & Urban Development Pratap Jena said. “With our Hon’ble Chief Minister’s approval of these compensations, the State is demonstrating its commitment to protecting and enabling our society’s most disadvantaged people on both social and economic level,” Jena…

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Indian Railways

ECoR restores linen service in phased manner

In view of decreasing number of Covid-19 cases, Indian Railways had announced in March this year to resume the services of bedrolls and linens in the trains and advised Zonal Railways to reintroduce the service for the convenience of the passengers. During the outbreak of the pandemic, passengers travelling in air-conditioned coaches of all trains…

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