The Odisha government has decided to extend the sponsorship of Hockey India by three more years to its current agreement. The government will be sposnoring the hockey teams till 2036 after the state Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi met a delegation of the Hockey India. The decision was taken after a high-level meeting attended by Hockey India president Dilip Tirkey, …
The Bhartiya Janta Party has managed to retain the Dhamnagar seat of Odisha. BJP's candidate Suryabanshi Suraj won the Dhamnagar byelection by a margin of 9881 votes after 19 rounds of counting. Suraj secured 80351 votes while Abanti Das of Biju Janta Dal got 70470 votes whereas independent candidate Rajendra Kumar Das came third with 8153 votes. BJP grabbed 49.09 …