A T20 Cricket League will be held for both men and women, it was decided at Odisha Cricket Association’s (OCA) apex council meeting on Saturday. Starting this year, OCA will institute a “Lifetime Achievement” award, wherein the awardee will receive Rs 5 lakh. For this year, the award will be given to Prashant Mohapatra. Pankaj…
Bhubaneswar: In the final match of the Intra School Cricket Tournament Bhubaneswar 2024, held in one-day format, BJEM School-1 beat Yellow Combine School by 70 runs at the Town Club Ground, here recently. Yellow Combine School won the toss and elected to field, aiming to restrict BJEM School-1’s batting prowess. However, BJEM School-1 put up…
Bhubaneswar: More women have been entering the field of dentistry in recent years but most practitioners of dental science continued to be men, Prof. Sabita Acharya, vice-chancellor of Utkal University here said on Saturday. Speaking at the 7th annual conference of the Women’s Dental Council, a wing of the Odisha state unit of Indian Dental…
Cuttack: The Odisha Cricket Association (OCA) has initiated a skill development drive at DAV School, CDA Sector-6, Cuttack recently, aimed at nurturing the talents of budding cricketers. Under the guidance of V Venkatram, technical director of OCA, around 41 young cricketers undergo training. Assisting Venkatram in camp are coaches from the Odisha Cricket Academy, Pravat…
Bhubaneswar: A three-month certificate course on “Sanitation Value Chain in Urban Odisha” for TULIP interns started here on Thursday. The launch of the first training module on Solid Waste Management (SWM) by Odisha Water Academy in partnership with Urban Management Centre (UMC) was inaugurated by G Mathi Vathanan, principal secretary H&UD. Speaking on the occasion…
Odisha Orange’s winning run ended on Wednesday when they lost to Cuttack-A by 77 runs in Kalahandi Cup T20 Super League. Put in to bat at Ravenshaw ground, Cuttack-A put up a paltry score of 119 for 8 in 20 overs, with Biplab Samantray’s top score of 26. What could have been an easy chase…
Ronald RB Singh scored a century as Gajapati beat Paradip by four wickets in a Silver group match in Kalahandi Cup on Saturday. Opting to bat, Paradip scored 219 all out in 47.5 overs with Pramod Behera scoring 68 and for Gajapati Ranjan Parida picking three wickets. Riding on Singh’s 106, Gajapati chased down the…
Ashok Mahapatra, an umpire in the Odisha Cricket Association (OCA) panel passed away aged 49. A lawyer by profession, he had been active as an umpire in the cricket circuit. He passed away in the evening of January 12 while being treated at MKCG Hospital in Berhampur. Office bearers and members of OCA expressed their…
East Coast Railway Women’s Welfare Organisation (ECoRWWO) on Tuesday felicitated the meritorious children of railway employees who did well in their class 10 and class 12 exams for the year 2019-20 and 2020-21. Similarly, selected dedicated women railway employees of ECoR were also honoured for their outstanding contribution and their dedicated service to the Railways….
Lucknow: A special National Investigation Agency (NIA) court in Lucknow on Thursday convicted and sentenced Mohammad Moid for his role in a terror conspiracy linked to the banned outfit Al-Qaeda. According to an official NIA statement, the court sentenced Moid to the period already spent in custody – one year, nine months and 13 days…
