Year: 2023

Western Disturbances Bring Rain To Odisha Districts

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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…

Balasore Acid Attack: Prime Accused Chandan Rana Arrested

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Balasore: Balasore police have arrested Chandan Rana, the prime accused in the February 20 Sahadevkhunta acid attack case. A total of eight persons have been arrested so far in connection with this case. “Our team today succeeded in apprehending the prime accused in the 20th February acid attack case which took place under Sahadevkhunta police limits,” informed Balasore SP Sagarika Nath today. Addressing a presser here Nath said that a total of five teams were formed to apprehend the prime accused which included a cyber team, a local team and…

CM Flags Off Insulated Vaccine Van & Mobile Collection Van

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Bhubaneswar: Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Thursday flagged off Insulated Vaccine Van and Mobile Collection Van faciliated by the Health and Family Welfare Department from Naveen Nivas. Health and Family Welfare Minister Niranjan Pujari and Secretary to CM (5T) VK Pandian were present on the occasion. Insulated Vaccine Van: Universal Immunization Programme has an aim to reduce the mortality and morbidity caused due to vaccine preventable diseases. For Universal and timely coverage vaccines are stored and transported to various stores and implementation sites located throughout the state. To achieve this…