Tag: India

Bolangir: Nothing is impossible if you work dedicatedly towards your dream. And a group of students in Bolangir have proved this true by coming up with a ‘mini-car’ prototype that can help people looking for affordable means of transportation. The dream of nearly 30 students of Government Polytechnic College translated into reality as the red […]

Colombo/Bhubaneswar: Team India under the captaincy of Rohit Sharma is all set to lock horns against its neighbors Bangladesh and Sri Lanka in the Nidahas Trophy which is all set to begin from today in at R Premadasa Stadium in Colombo. This tri-nation T20I series is going to be played to celebrate Sri Lanka’s 70th […]

Bhubaneswar/ New Delhi: India Under-19 coach Rahul Dravid seems to be really disappointed with the inequality in cash prizes announced by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) for him, other support staff and the players of the World Cup champions. The BCCI had announced cash awards of Rs 50 lakh for coach […]

Bhubaneswar/Tauranga (New Zealand) : Australia and India will lock horns in the final game of the ongoing ICC Under 19 Cricket World Cup in New Zealand tomorrow. The Prithvi Shaw-led Indian team has been unbeaten so far in the tourney and has also defeated Australia earlier in this World Cup by an impressive margin of […]

Cuttack: A few hours before the much awaited India-Sri Lanka T20 match, errors in online tickets have created resentment among the frenzied game lovers. The online tickets reportedly do not have seat numbers mentioned neither bear the signature of Cuttack DCP. The tickets which were sold at the counter bear the authorised signature and proper […]

Cuttack: Ahead of the first T20 international match of the ongoing series at Barabati stadium on December 20, both India and Sri Lanka cricket teams arrived to a rousing reception at Bhubaneswar here on Monday. Both the teams reached Biju Patnaik International Airport in a special plane from Visakhapatnam in the afternoon and were escorted […]

Cuttack:  A special squad of Commissionerate Police today arrested six persons for allegedly black-marketing tickets of India-Sri Lanka T20 match to be played at Barabati Stadium on December 20. As many as 39 tickets were seized from them, police said. Some touts were allegedly selling tickets at much higher prices to make quick bucks. Acting […]

Cuttack: Cricket fans were seen disappointed and created uproar outside Barabati Stadium after they were told all tickets were sold out for the upcoming India-Sri Lanka T20 International here. The frustrated spectators who had gathered in large numbers to buy tickets at the counters outside the stadium broke barricades and pelted stones. Later, police deployed […]

Bhubaneswar: Host India opened its Hockey World League Final campaign with a 1-1 draw against last year’s champions Australia at the Kalinga Stadium here in Bhubaneswar. The men in blue took the lead through a brilliant backhand shot from Mandeep Singh. But the Aussies came back strongly after a slow start to the game and […]

Nagpur: India defeated Sri Lanka by an innings and 239 runs in the second Test match at the Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium here today. Beginning the day 384 behind and needing to bat about five sessions to save the Test, Sri Lanka failed to step up to the pressure and were bundled out for 166 […]

Bhubaneswar: Virender Sehwag, one of the most explosive batsmen of modern day cricket, on Tuesday remembered Odisha’s freedom fighter Baji Rout on the occasion of Children’s Day. In a tweet, Sehwag paid tributes to Baji Rout, the youngest Martyr of India’s freedom struggle. “On this Children’s Day it’s time we know about Shaheed Baji Rout, […]

Bhubaneswar: In a move that could possibly help in taming spiraling prices, the Union Government on Tuesday announced a reduction in the basic excise duty levied on petrol and diesel. As per the decision, the basic excise duty rate on petrol and diesel (both branded and unbranded) will be reduced by Rs 2 per litre. […]

Cuttack: Govind Poddar, who was picked for the Indian Board President’s XI squad in the warm-up match with Australia on September 12, will lead the Odisha Ranji team against Tripura. Poddar will lead the 15-member team which was announced by Odisha Cricket Association (OCA) on Monday. The team has been announced for the match against […]

Kolkata: Their tails up after overcoming initial jolts to pull off an emphatic victory in the series opener against Australia, India would look to retain the momentum in the second One-Day International on Thursday despite the leaden eyed skies threatening to play spoilsport here at the Eden Gardens. India were down in the dumps at […]

New Delhi: With the job scenario on both Indian and global front changing fast, a report on future job projection in the country by Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI) released on Friday stated that about 21 percent of the present workforce employed in India will face job threat by the year […]