Kolkata: Acting on a tip-off, Kolkata Police on Saturday raided a guest house room on Canal South Road and busted a gambling den, arresting 14 individuals for their involvement in the illegal activity, PTI reported. Police said the room had been converted into a makeshift gambling centre where cash transactions were actively taking place. During…
The Odisha Cricket Association (OCA) has received 975 entries for the talent hunt camp for spinners, which started this morning at Cuttack. In order to provide opportunity to each player, the camp has been spread across five different venues on different dates. Odisha senior men’s team head coach Dinesh Mongia along with senior and junior…
Railway Protection Force of East Coast Railway (ECoR) led by Chief Security Commissioner participated recently in “Run for Integrity”, to mark 38th RPF Raising Day. Blood donation camp and plantation programme were also conducted by RPF to mark the occasion.
Bhubaneswar: With Delhi facing an acute environmental emergency and a possible lockdown, the focus has shifted to chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) which has been on the rise mainly due to air pollution, experts said here on Wednesday. Clean air is the crying need almost everywhere as increasing number of COPD patients struggled to breathe…
Bhubaneswar: The World Animal Day was organised at Siksha ‘O’ Anusandhan Deemed to be University (SOA) here recently. The programme was organised jointly by the Institute of Veterinary Sciences and Animal Husbandry (IVSAH), faculty of veterinary sciences of SOA, and Odisha Livestock Development Society. It was presided by the dean of the institute Prof Bramhadev…
Jamshedpur: Odisha tightened their grip on the Ranji Trophy clash against Jharkhand at Keenan Stadium, here on Saturday, finishing day three with a lead of 221 runs. Resuming the contest after gaining a slender first-innings advantage, Odisha reached 202 for 8 in 76.5 overs in their second innings by stumps on day three. Subhranshu Senapati…
Odisha lost a close match against Vidarbha by five runs in the U-25 BCCI One-day (Elite-A) Trophy, being played at Saurashtra Cricket Association in Rajkot. After opting to field in their opening match, Odisha bowlers led by Kartik Biswal (2 for 43) and Rajesh Mohanty (2 for 44) did well to restrict Vidarbha to 252…
Bhubaneswar: Odia poet, fiction writer and critic Dr. Gayatribala Panda, who has been nominated for the Kendriya Sahitya Akademi Award 2022 for her book ‘Dayanadi’, was recently felicitated by the Siksha ‘O’ Anusandhan (SOA) Deemed to be University for her literary achievement. Dr. Panda, who heads the SOA Centre of Preservation, Propagation and Restoration of…
Bhubaneswar: The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) has approved the Covid-19 rapid antigen test kit developed by a private company in Odisha. The kit has been developed by IMGENEX India Pvt Ltd, Bhubaneswar with intellectual input from Regional Medical Research Centre (RMRC). The kit can detect different variants of Covid-19 by using nasopharyngeal swab…
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