Cuttack: The Odisha Cricket Association has included fast bowler Prasant Kumar Rana and left-arm spinner Jamala Bhanjan Mohapatra in the senior men’s squad for the upcoming Ranji Trophy 2025–26 match against Vidarbha. The senior selection committee made the changes ahead of the next fixture, while fast bowler Sunil Kumar Roul has been left out from…
Bhubaneswar: The State Election Commission (SEC) of Odisha on Tuesday announced that panchayat polls will be held in five phases from February 16. The SEC has banned rallies and victory processions in the wake of the pandemic but allowed door-to-door campaigns with only five people, reported PTI. “Elections to three-tier panchayats will take place on…
Keeping in view the demands from travelling passengers, it has been decided to provide stoppage of three pairs of trains at Narla Road Station and two pairs at Rupra Road Station on an experimental basis for a period of six months. 12843/12844 Puri-Ahmedabad-Puri Express (4 days in a week), 18517/18518 Korba-Visakhapatnam-Korba Express and 18005/18006 Howrah-Jagadalpur-Howrah…
Rajkot: Odisha registered a 35-run win over Madhya Pradesh in the Senior Women’s One-Day Trophy 2025-26 (Elite) match at Sanosara Cricket Ground ‘B’, here on Friday. After being asked to bat first, Odisha put up a competitive total of 257 for 9 in their 50 overs. Sarita Meher anchored the innings with a patient 84…
IIT-Bhubaneswar will become the 31st institution in the country for designing and manufacturing of chip under the startup programme as Union Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw on Sunday handed over Government of India’s approval letter. During his visit to IIT-BBS, the Union Minister of Railways, Communication & Electronics and Information Technology encouraged the students for startup programmes,…
Bhubaneswar: For the third day in a row, Odisha reported over 10,000 Covid-19 cases on Saturday, as 10,856 fresh Covid-19 cases took the state’s active caseload to 61,809. The state had reported 10,273 Covid cases on Friday and 10,059 cases on the previous day. Highest 3,087 Covid cases were reported in Khurda district, followed by…
Bhubaneswar: Siksha ‘O’ Anusandhan (SOA), the city based Deemed to be University, has figured again among 41 selected Indian institutions of higher education which have found place in the prestigious QS World University Rankings released on Wednesday. These highly ranked institutions included Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru, ten IITs and several other famous Indian universities….
Bhubaneswar: Odisha chief minister Naveen Patnaik on Friday announced 11 per cent hike in dearness allowance (DA) for state government employees and pensioners with effect from July 2021. The DA of the employees and pensioners has been increased from 17 per cent to 28 per cent. The hiked DA will be credited in the October…
Bhubaneswar: Odisha on Monday reported 171 new Covid-19 cases, the lowest single-day count in the last two months, with the tally rising to 12,85,038, a health department bulletin said. The death toll rose to 9,071 as seven more people succumbed to the disease in the last 24 hours, reported PTI. The daily positivity rate was…
The petrol price in Bhubaneswar on Sunday was Rs 103.19 while the price of diesel Rs 94.76 per litre. In Cuttack the prices of petrol and diesel on Sunday were Rs 103.54 and Rs 95.10, respectively. Petrol and diesel prices are revised in India on a daily basis. The fuel prices are revised at 6…
