Bhubaneswar: Odisha’s Covid-19 tally rose to 10,34,634 on Saturday as 358 more people tested positive for the infection. Three fresh fatalities pushed the state’s coronavirus death toll to 8,282, a health official said. Khurda district once again recorded the highest number of new cases at 186, followed by 15 in Cuttack. The three deaths were…
Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government has decided to resume offline classes for class 11 and class 8 students from October 21 and 25 respectively, reported IANS. “Following the direction of chief minister Naveen Patnaik, we have decided to start the physical teaching for class 11 students from October 21. Similarly, a decision has been taken to…
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: All Urban Local Bodies (ULBs) of the State under the aegis of Housing and Urban Development Department, Govt of Odisha observed “Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav Week” from 27 September to 3 October, 2021. To mark the occasion, various activities included sensitising households by Swachh Sathis to give solid waste in a segregated manner, CT/PT…
Odisha chief minister Naveen Patnaik on Thursday felicitated Indian Under-18 Girls’ rugby team which won silver medal at Asia Under-18 Girls’ Rugby Sevens Championship 2021, held at Tashkent in Uzbekistan. Also read: Odisha to host FIH Junior Men’s Hockey World Cup He interacted with the team members and awarded them with a cash prize of…
After successfully hosting the 2018 Men’s Hockey World Cup, Bhubaneswar will stage the FIH Hockey Men’s Junior World Cup from 24th November to 5th December, 2021. The announcement was made in Bhubaneswar on Thursday by Odisha chief minister Naveen Patnaik. This marquee event in the international hockey calendar will feature 16 teams which are: India,…
The third day of the National Open Athletics Championship 2021 at Warangal saw Odisha’s Graceson Jeeva finishing sixth in 110m hurdles, by clocking 14.82sec. In the same event, Tejas Ashok of Maharastra secured gold medal with a time of 14.09sec, while silver and bronze went to Sachin Binu and Tarundeep Singh from the Services. In…
Bhubaneswar and Cuttack are referred to as the ‘twin cities’ of Odisha, because of their close proximity in terms of distance. Both categorised as Tier-II cities, form a metropolitan with two separate municipal corporations. Bhubaneswar Bhubaneswar is the capital of the eastern Indian state of Odisha and is referred to as the ‘Temple City’, because…
University life is the time where a student gets a chance to nurture and groom himself or herself before entering the world of professionals. The twin cities of Cuttack and Bhubaneswar in Odisha also has some of the best and renowned universities. Xavier University, Bhubaneswar Xavier University first opened in Odisha in 2013 and is…
