New Delhi: Nearly 71 per cent of India's elderly aged between 60 to 80 years are compelled to work, said a survey conducted by United Nation Population Fund (UNFPA) India. The survey, partnered with many other organisations, noted that 71 per cent elderly work due to economic necessity and not by choice, and that there is a close link between current work participation and poverty and illiteracy. The survey was...
05:16 PM, Nov 20, 2012
Odisha will play against Karnataka in Bangalore from November 24 to November 27. ...
04:39 PM, Nov 20, 2012
Uttar Pradesh rule the roost with 10 points in three matches, while Haryana remain pointless in two matches. ...
01:45 PM, Nov 20, 2012
A running commentary of Delhi vs Baroda and Rajasthan vs Madhya Pradesh plus updates of all the other Ranji Trophy matches across the country. ...
09:01 AM, Nov 20, 2012
Malkangiri: A mentally deranged woman tied to a chain and kept in confinement in a room was rescued by Malkangiri district administration in Odisha, official sources said on Sunday. Balika Hial (50) of Kalahandisahi in the district headquarter town was undergoing the ordeal for last three years ever since she allegedly started attacking others, they said. "She has been rescued by the staff of district welfare office after they came...
02:53 AM, Nov 19, 2012
Bhubaneswar: A deep depression over east-central Bay of Bengal, which moved westwards and lay centred about 520 km south-east of Paradip in Odisha on Sunday, is likely to take the shape of a cyclonic storm. The system would intensify further into a cyclonic storm and move slowly west-north westwards by Monday, the meteorological centre here said. The system is then expected to move west/west-southwestwards towards South Andhra Pradesh and North...
02:15 PM, Nov 18, 2012
Mohanty claimed a five-wicket haul and Biplab Samantray claimed three wickets, while Alok Mangaraj and Deepak Behera claimed one wicket each. ...
07:40 PM, Nov 17, 2012
Bhubaneswar: Rebel Biju Janata Dal (BJD) leader and Rajya Sabha MP Pyari Mohan Mohapatra, who was suspended from the party six months ago for attempting a coup against the Naveen Patnaik government, was on Friday expelled for anti-party activities. The decision to expel Mohapatra, who had floated the Odisha Jana Morcha (OJM) within the BJD, and his close aide Jagneswar Babu was announced by BJD President and Chief Minister Naveen...
05:02 PM, Nov 16, 2012
Bhubaneswar: Rebel Biju Janata Dal (BJD) leader and Rajya Sabha MP Pyari Mohan Mohapatra, who was suspended from the party six months ago for attempting a coup against the Naveen Patnaik government, was on Friday expelled for anti-party activities. The decision to expel Mohapatra, who had floated the Odisha Jana Morcha (OJM) within the BJD, and his close aide Jagneswar Babu was announced by BJD President and Chief Minister Naveen...
04:40 PM, Nov 16, 2012
Kendrapara: With demand for firecrackers swelling during Diwali, children are forced to help manufacture hazardous firecrackers in several villages in Odisha's Kendrapara district. The scene in villages, including Putinga, Keruan, Garapur and Sujanagar, is largely the same. These are hubs of locally made palm-leaf firecrackers. Children sit together making them, mostly at the behest of their parents. "Those who engage children are mostly unaware of the legal embargo on engaging...
03:49 AM, Nov 13, 2012
Hyderabad will play Saurashtra from November 17 and Odisha will clash against Haryana. ...
10:02 PM, Nov 12, 2012
Pawan Suyal took five wickets as Delhi thrashed Odisha by ten wickets to get the bonus point. ...
03:47 PM, Nov 12, 2012
At stumps, Odisha were 229 for 6 and a lead of 41 runs, with skipper Natraj Behera (25) and Deepak Behera (4) at the crease. ...
08:03 PM, Nov 11, 2012
A running commentary of Delhi vs Odisha and Rajasthan vs Mumbai plus updates of all the other Ranji Trophy matches across the country. ...
08:52 AM, Nov 11, 2012
Bhubaneswar: Odisha government on Saturday said it would soon lunch a drive to identify the mines which had been allegedly operating outside the leased area, official sources said. The state government's action in this regard, sources said, came in response to a suggestion of the Justice MB Shah Commission which wound up its third phase of document verification in Bhubaneshwar. "Very few cases of slight encroachment is observed through digital...
01:32 AM, Nov 11, 2012
Bhubaneswar: At least 24 children have died from mosquito-borne Japanese Encephalitis in Odisha's Malkangiri district, an official said on Saturday. A team of experts visited the affected area a few days ago and collected about 70 samples after the children, aged between two and five years, died in five villages of the district in September and October. Ten samples have been so far tested positive for the Japanese Encephalitis virus,...
12:06 AM, Nov 11, 2012
Mithun Manhas' unbeaten knock of 161 steered Delhi to 331 against Odisha on day two. ...
07:13 PM, Nov 10, 2012
The visiting team was bowled out for 143 on a surface on which batting was not that difficult. ...
08:56 PM, Nov 09, 2012
Debutant Manan Sharma's four-wicket haul helped Delhi to bundle out Odisha for a paltry first innings score of 143. ...
07:00 PM, Nov 09, 2012
A running commentary of Delhi vs Odisha and Rajasthan vs Mumbai plus updates of all the other Ranji Trophy matches across the country. ...
08:47 AM, Nov 09, 2012
