Noida, Feb 1 (IANS) Hockey India general secretary Bhola Nath Singh clarified that the omission of veteran midfielder Manpreet Singh from the squad was not a decision taken by the team management. According to him, Manpreet had requested a break, which was duly considered. Manpreet, along with goalkeeper Krishan Bahadur Pathak and forward Dilpreet Singh, was left out of the 33-member squad named for the national preparatory camp for the FIH Pro League scheduled from February 1 to 7.Earlier repor…
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New Delhi, Jan 29 (IANS) Hockey India on Thursday announced a 33-member core probable group for the senior men’s national camp, scheduled to be held in Rourkela, Odisha from February 1 to 7. The camp will form part of the team’s preparations for the upcoming phase of the FIH Men’s Pro League, which is scheduled to be staged at the Birsa Munda International Hockey Stadium in Rourkela from February 10 to 15.The home leg will mark the start of the year’s first campaign for India. The squad as…
Bhubaneswar, Jan 28 (IANS) Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi, on Wednesday, inaugurated and laid the foundation stone for as many as 20 industrial projects worth Rs 8,884 crore, generating 6,832 employment opportunities in the western region of the state. Chief Minister Majhi laid the foundation stone and grounded these projects during the inauguration of Silver Jubilee edition of Enterprise Odisha in Rourkela.According to an official statement released by the Chief Minister’s Office (CMO…
Mumbai, Jan 27 (IANS) As the new season of the FIH Hockey Pro League approaches for the Indian men’s side, head coach Craig Fulton and captain Harmanpreet Singh are looking forward to making it a successful season in which the country will also be fighting out in the World Cup in Belgium and the Netherlands and the Asian Games in Japan to seal a direct berth to the Los Angeles Olympics.Thus, the Pro League will act as an early preparation for the season, as the team will try to work out variou…
Bhubaneswar, Jan 27 (IANS) Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi on Tuesday said that a new industrial revolution has begun in Odisha, asserting that the state is steadily moving ahead with industrial proposals amounting to nearly Rs 20 lakh crore for the establishment of new industries across Odisha. While inaugurating India’s first Flat Rolled Products (FRP) aluminium unit at Hindalco Industries Limited’s Aditya Aluminium plant at Lapanga in Sambalpur district, CM Majhi stated that once these …
Bhubaneswar, Jan 11 (IANS) The teams from the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) and the Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau (AAIB), on Sunday, began a probe into the crash landing of the nine-seater aircraft of India One Air that made an emergency landing at Jalda near Rourkela in Sundargarh district of Odisha. As per reports, the state government facilitated the teams to reach Rourkela on Sunday by providing a helicopter and other necessary arrangements for inspection and investig…
Bhubaneswar, Jan 10 (IANS) At least six passengers sustained injuries, one of them seriously, on Saturday after a nine-seater aircraft made an emergency landing in a field about 10 km from the Rourkela airstrip in Odisha, officials confirmed.The IndiaOne Air aircraft operating a regular regional connectivity service from Rourkela to Bhubaneswar, encountered a technical malfunction moments after take-off.The pilot sustained serious injuries and was rushed to the Rourkela Steel Plant (RSP) Hospita…
Bhubaneswar, Jan 10 (IANS) At least six people, including four passengers and two crew members, sustained injuries on Saturday after a nine-seater aircraft made an emergency crash landing in a field approximately 10 km from the Rourkela airstrip in Odisha, officials confirmed.The IndiaOne Air aircraft, a Cessna 208 Grand Caravan EX (Registration VT-KSS), was operating a regular regional connectivity flight from Rourkela to Bhubaneswar when it encountered a critical technical malfunction moments …
Chaibasa (Jharkhand), Jan 6 (IANS) A rampaging wild elephant has unleashed terror in the Goilkera block of Jharkhand’s West Singhbhum district, killing five people in separate incidents over the last three days, triggering widespread fear and panic among residents.The latest tragedy occurred late on Monday night when the jumbo attacked a family while they were asleep in their house.According to officials, the tusker began demolishing the house of Kundra Bahda, forcing the family to flee in pan…