Shree Jagannatha Temple Managing Committee Approves Layout Plan For Gurukul

Puri: The Shree Jagannatha Temple Managing Committee at its meeting today approved the layout plan for the establishment of the proposed Adarsh Gurukul here. “We had a meeting of the managing committee today. The meeting had a single agenda to approve the layout plan for the Gurukul. The layout plan was discussed in today’s meeting and the same has been approved,” informed V V Yadav, Chief Administrator, Shree Jagannatha Temple Administration (SJTA) briefing reporters after the meeting. Yadav said that now that the layout plan of the Gurukul has been…

DEO Suspends Centre Superintendents & Invigilators Over Allegations Of Malpractice

Puri: Three centre superintendents and invigilators of Haripur Adarsha High School were removed on Monday after an audio clip of a malpractice-related conversation during the annual HSC and SOS examinations went viral. The District Education Officer (DEO) Biswajit Ghose also removed centre superintendents of Kakatpur and Nayahata Girls high schools for negligence in discharging their duties and suspended Kakatpur Girls High School clerk for using mobile phones during the exams. The audio clip purportedly featured a deal between a teacher and guardian to allow matriculation students to indulge in malpractice…

Western Disturbances Bring Rain To Odisha Districts

Bhubaneswar: With overcast skies and rain in a few Odisha districts during the last 24 hours, the weather in most parts of Odisha has changed. Smouldering heat with rising temperature has taken a downward turn under the influence of western disturbance. Light to moderate rain or thundershower is likely to occur at one or two places over the districts of Balasore, Bhadrak, Jajpur, Kendrapara, Cuttack, Jagatsinghpur, Sundargarh, Keonjhar, Mayurbhanj, Sambalpur, Deogarh, Angul, Dhenkanal, Boudh, Kandhamal, Kalahandi, Nayagarh, Khurda, Puri and dry weather is likely to prevail over the rest districts…

CM Congratulates Fire Personnel For Containing Laxmi Market Complex Fire & Saving Lives

Bhubaneswar: Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik today congratulated officers and personnel of Odisha Fire Service, Odisha State Disaster Management Authority (OSDMA) and the Puri district administration for the tireless efforts in containing the massive fire at the Laxmi Market Complex in Puri and saving precious lives. This was stated in a tweet by the Chief Minister’s Office (CMO) today. Meanwhile, Odisha Fire Service Director General Santosh Upadhyay the firemen who were engaged in the fire fighting operation at the Laxmi Market Complex will be rewarded for their efforts. The Fire Service…

FIH Hockey Pro League 2022-23: India Register 3-2 Win Against Germany

Rourkela: The Indian men’s hockey team registered an impressive 3-2 win against reigning World Champions Germany in the FIH Hockey Pro League 2022-23 match at the Birsa Munda Hockey Stadium, here on Friday. Goals were scored by Harmanpreet Singh (30+) and Sukhjeet Singh (32′ and 43′) for India while Paul-Philipp Kaufmann (45′) and Michel Struthoff (58′) scored for Germany. India had begun this season of the prestigious league with a 4-3 and 7-4 win against New Zealand followed by a 2-3 loss and 2-2 (3-1 SO) win against Spain in…

Naveen Inaugurates Birsa Munda Athletics Stadium Complex In Rourkela

Bhubaneswar: Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik today inaugurated multiple sports projects that will play a significant role in the holistic development of sports in the district of Sundargarh which is reputed for producing many national and international players. The projects inaugurated include the Birsa Munda Athletics Stadium Complex in Rourkela and three Hockey Training Centres in Bisra, Lahunipara and Manchmara, said an official press release. Inaugurating the projects, Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik, said, “Sundargarh has been a backbone of Sports in Odisha. Not just Hockey it has produced players of repute…

Puri Market Complex Fire Doused After 36 Hours’ Sweat, Probe Ordered

Bhubaneswar: Fire Services personnel finally doused the fire at the Puri market complex after 36 hours of struggle on Friday morning. In the meantime, 43 shops at the complex were reduced to ashes. It may be noted that a massive fire broke out at Laxmi Market Complex in Puri Marichikot Chhak on Grand Road on Wednesday. Three fire brigades and Odisha Disaster Rapid Action Force (ODRF) personnel were engaged to douse the fire and rescue people. “More than 10 teams are engaged in rescue operations and are underway to douse…

Odisha Cabinet To Create Principal Secretary Post For IRTS Officer Manoj Mishra

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha Cabinet has approved the creation of a Principal Secretary post for engaging Manoj Kumar Mishra, a 2000-batch IAS officer, on a contractual basis after the Railway Ministry accepted his resignation from the Indian Railway Traffic Service (IRTS) cadre, a notification issued by GA &PA department said on Friday. It is worth mentioning here that Mishra was appointed as the principal secretary of the Electronics and Information Technology department on a contractual basis in December 2022 a day after his resignation was accepted by the Ministry of Railways.…

Odisha CM In Rourkela Today To Receive Guinness World Records For Birsa Munda Stadium

Bhubaneswar: Here is some good news. Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik will receive the Guinness World Records in Rourkela on Friday for the Birsa Munda Hockey International Hockey Stadium. The Guinness Book of World Records declared the Birsa Munda Stadium in Odisha’s Rourkela as the largest fully-seated hockey stadium in the world on January 29, 2023. The Chief Minister inaugurated the Birsa Munda International Hockey Stadium in Rourkela on January 5 this year ahead of the FIH Men’s Hockey World Cup. The Chief Minister will reach Rourkela at 5.00 pm…

Karnataka Records Its First H3N2 Variant Death

Karnataka: With the death of a 85-year-old man in Hassan, Karnataka recorded its first death from H3N2 variant in the state. According to health department sources, the elderly man from Alur in Hassan died on March 1. Commissioner of Health Department D. Randeep, who He had advised conducting an audit of the death, confirmed the death due to H3N2 variant on Friday. The now-deceased man carried symptoms of fear, chills, cough and sore throat. Following the death, teams from the health department are carrying out medical tests at Alur and…