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New Delhi:22/8/17: Odisha Tourism and Culture Minister Ashok Panda on Tuesday appealed to the private investors to invest in the tourism sector and invited the doyens of the Indian tourism industry to participate in the first Odisha Travel Bazaar (OTB) scheduled to be held in Bhubaneswar on October 15-17, 2017. The OTB will be organized by the Department of Tourism, ...

Bhubaneswar22/8/17:: Bijepur MLA Subal Sahu breathed his last at a private hospital here after a protracted battle with cancer. Sahu, who represented congress party, was 56. A native of Kansaripara of Barpali block of Bargarh, Sahu had successfully withstood the BJD wave to register successive victories in assembly polls in 2004, 2009 and 2014 on Congress ticket. Widely known for ...

NEW DELHI:22/8/17: Muslim women, who had knocked the doors of the Supreme Court opposing triple talaq, on Tuesday rejoiced at the historic judgement striking down the practice, saying they have emerged “victorious” and now feel protected. India’s Supreme Court on Tuesday blocked the use of a Muslim divorce law until the government frames new legislation, a partial victory for Muslim ...

  Newdelhi:22/8/17:Union Minister of Home Affairs, Shri Rajnath Singh inaugurated the three-day workshop on Enforcement of Intellectual Property Rights (IPRs) today, in the august presence of Commerce and Industry Minister Smt. Nirmala Sitharaman and Minister of State, Home Affairs, Shri Kiren Rijiju. Addressing the Workshop Shri Rajnath Singh said that counterfeiting and piracy activities give rise to serious organized crimes. ...

Newdelhi:22/8/17:The Prime Minister today interacted with Young CEOs at the “Champions of Change – Transforming India through G2B partnership” initiative organised by NITI Aayog at Pravasi Bharatiya Kendra. Today was the Prime Minister’s second address in this series, following his interaction with young entrepreneurs last week.   Six groups of young CEOs made presentations before the PM on themes such ...

  Newdelhi:22/8u/17:National Sports Awards are given every year to recognize and reward excellence in sports. Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award is given for the spectacular and most outstanding performance in the field of sports by a sportsperson over a period of four year, Arjuna Award is given for consistency outstanding performance for four years, Dronacharya Award for coaches for producing ...

Bhubaneswar:22/8/17: Five passengers from Odisha who were injured in the Utkal Express derailment near Khatauli in Muzaffarnagar in Uttar Pradesh on August 19, arrived at the Biju Patnaik International Airport here today. A 5-member team headed by Odisha Commerce and Transport Minister Nrusingha Charan Sahoo which had gone to take stock of the situation at the accident site, today brought ...

New delhi:21/8/17:BJP president Amit Shah has postponed his three-day tour to Tamil Nadu, which was scheduled from tomorrow, amid speculation of a reshuffle in the Union cabinet. “He has postponed his visit because his stay in the national capital was deemed to be more important in the coming few days,” a senior party leader said today when asked about the ...

Sambalpur:21/8/17; Seven persons while returning home from a pilgrimage trip died today when the Tata magic van carry them collided head on with a lorry coming from opposite direction near Bhawanipalli traffic junction on the NH-55 in Sambalpur district. The impact of the collision was so severe that all the seven persons either died on the spot or succumbed to injury ...

Bhubaneswar:21/8/17: Dancer Anupam Nayak has been creating waves with his music videos of Zumba fitness sessions, ever since he left for USA as a Zumba trainer. But his latest venture has left Odias back home stunned. In a music video ‘Hailjaye America’ that has gone viral within a couple of days of release, Anupam and his wife Amrita are seen ...