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An animal keeper showers water on a tortoise as the mercury level rises at Nehru Zoological Park in Hyderabad. (Photo: PTI)

Odisha: Nine units set up for Olive Ridleys

After mating, the female turtles swim ashore to lay eggs by digging pits in the sand.

14 Dec 2017 7:19 AM IST

Odisha Chief Minister and BJD president Naveen Patnaik

Odisha for cordial way out on dam

Earlier, Odisha had taken a hard stance against allowing land within the state's boundary to be inundated due to the...

13 Dec 2017 1:08 AM IST

Odisha Chief Minister and BJD president Naveen Patnaik

Maoist situation in 8 Odisha districts still challenging: Naveen...

Naveen Patnaik names eight districts as Malkangiri, Koraput, Kalahandi, Kandhamal, Rayagada, Bolangir, Bargarh and...

11 Dec 2017 5:04 PM IST

The Indians were lacklustre and below-par today and had it been a full strength German side the script of the match could very well have been different. (Photo: PTI)

Hockey World League Final: India beat Germany 2-1, reclaim second...

Germany dished out a lion-hearted performance and gave India the India defence a run for their money.

10 Dec 2017 8:26 PM IST

Having finished third in the last edition of the tournament in Raipur in 2015, India desperately wanted to go one step further this year but their dreams were crushed by the experienced Olympic champions Argentina. (Photo: Hockey India)

Hockey World League Final: India face Germany, eye second consecutive...

After having lost 0-2 to Germany in the pool stages of the tournament, the Indians would be hoping to avenge the defeat.

10 Dec 2017 4:41 PM IST

Argentina players celebrate after scoring the opening goal against India in the Hockey World lEAGUE SEMI-FINAL. (pHOTO: pti)

Hockey World League Final: Hosts India lose 0-1 to Argentina in...

Gonzalo Peillat struck from his team's only short corner in the 17th minute to hand Olympic champiuons narro win.

9 Dec 2017 10:43 AM IST

Riding on Dutch drag-flicker Mink van der Weerdens 25th-minute strike, defending champions Jaypee Punjab Warriors pipped Ranchi Rays 1-0 to win their first home game of the Hockey India League-5 in Chandigarh on Thursday. (Representational image)

Hockey World League Final: India blanked by Argentina

The hosts were down to 10 men when skipper Manpreet Singh earned a yellow card for a hard tackle in the second quarter.

9 Dec 2017 2:28 AM IST

India and Argentina have so far played 46 games against each other, out of which India have won 26, lost 16 and four ended in a tie.(Photo: Twitter/Hockey India)

Hockey World League Final: India face Olympic champion Argentina in...

India after remaining winless in pool stages beat World no 3 Belgium in penalty shooutout during quaterfinals.

8 Dec 2017 12:56 PM IST

It was a great exhibition of attacking hockey from both the sides as the regulation time yielded as many as six goals, three each from either side. (Photo: Hockey India)

Hockey World League Final: Akash Chikte's heroics helps India book...

Warming the bench for most part of the match, goalkeeper Akash Chikte dished out a superb performance to hand India...

7 Dec 2017 11:07 AM IST

Odisha CM Naveen Patnaik and Union minister Nitin Gadkari.

Nitin Gadkari accuses Naveen Patnaik of shedding crocodile tears

Delay in land acquisition has affected major National Highway projects.

7 Dec 2017 7:44 AM IST

Centre declines tribunal resolving Mahanadi river dispute citing lack...

The Centre on Wednesday declined to form a tribunal to resolve the Mahanadi water row between Odisha and Chhattisgarh.

7 Dec 2017 7:41 AM IST

Surface-to-air missile Akash was launched on Tuesday from the Launch Complex-III at ITR Chandipur in Odisha against target Banshee. (Photo: ANI)

India successfully test-fires Akash missile with home-made radio...

The missile can target aircraft flying at 18 km altitude and has a range of 30 km.

6 Dec 2017 11:05 AM IST