The Latest Breaking News from BHUBANESWAR

Jananjoy J Hazarika of Assam smashed the national record in the 100m butterfly for group I boys during the opening day of 39th Sub Junior and 49th Junior National Aquatic Championships being held at Indoor Aquatic Centre of Kalinga Sports Complex in Bhubaneswar, on Wednesday.

NEW DELHI: Gymnast Dipa Karmakar used the occasion of Independence Day to vent her ire on the Sports Authority of India (SAI) over her exclusion from the Indian gymnastics contingent for the Hangzhou Asian Games, despite topping the selection trials held in Bhubaneswar on July 11 and 12.

NEW DELHI: Former captain of the Indian women's hockey team, Rani Rampal, has taken the initiative to foster the growth of promising players by conducting a specialised training camp for strikers. This event is set to take place at the Kalinga Stadium in Bhubaneswar.

BHUBANESWAR: Odisha chief minister Naveen Patnaik on Sunday asked various rescue and response forces to stay prepared to handle disasters like the Bahanaga train tragedy. On June 2, Coromandel Express had collided head-on with a stationary goods train and its dislocated coaches hit Bengaluru-Howrah train resulting in 296 deaths.

BHUBANESWAR: The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has sought for an action taken report from Odisha’s chief secretary and director general of police (DGP) on alleged failure in acting on practice of human sacrifice, sorcery, black magic and witchcraft in the state.

Dipa Karmakar requests SAI for relaxation to take part in Asian Games . Olympian gymnast Dipa Karmakar has written to the Sports Authority of India (SAI) to provide her “relaxation” so that she can participate in the Hangzhou Asian Games. Dipa, who was out of action due to injuries in 2017…

BHUBANESWAR: The commissionerate police on Monday arrested four mining mafia and seized three sophisticated firearms, including a carbine from them. A carbine is categorised as a prohibited firearm in the country and is used by defence personnel.

KOLKATA: For the past one week former India player and Olympic bronze-medallist Rupinder Pal Singh was in Bhubaneswar where he held a drag-flicking camp for the young players of the state from July 28 to August 3 at Kalinga Stadium.

BHUBANESWAR: A youth from West Bengal, who was seriously injured in the Bahanaga Bazar triple-train crash on June 2, succumbed to his injuries on Friday while undergoing treatment at the SCB medical college and hospital (MCH) at Cuttack.

Amid heavy rains and a flood-like situation, as many as 6,834 people have been evacuated and shifted to safe places in Odisha's Bhubaneswar, officials said. Read further on Dynamite news:

KOLKATA: After working with the Indian women’s team last month, former Indian drag-flicker and Olympic bronze-medalist Rupinder Pal Singh is conducting a drag-flicking camp for the cadets of Panposh Sports Hostel, Hockey High Performance Centre and SAI Sundargarh at Kalinga Stadium in Bhubaneswar.