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Hosts Brzail suffered their worst-ever defeat in FIFA World Cup history without star players Thiago Silva (Skipper) and Neymar (who was injured in quarterfinals), as they lost to Germany 7-1 in the semifinals. The entire country plunged…

1) Odisha had sought Rs 3,160 crore in the Railway Budget, but received Rs 1424.98 crore. The allocation is much higher as compared to 2013-14, when Odisha had received just Rs 868.83 crore against the demand of Rs 3,050 crore. 2) Odisha…

1) The BSE Sensex shed 518 points - biggest single-day fall since September 2013, to close at 25,582.11 and the Nifty closed 164 points lower at 7,623. The fall in the Sensex was attributed to the Union Railway Budget 2014-15, although it…

The Odisha Minority Forum held an emergent meeting this morning at its office in Bhubaneswar and appointed Dr. Sasmit Patra as the Odisha Minority Forum’s President. The post of the President had fallen vacant after the sad demise of its…

As expected, the Union Railway Budget 2014-15 ignored the demands of Odisha. The ruling Biju Janata Dal (BJD) in the state, failed to impress upon the Narendra Modi government to get the state's dues although it has 20 MPs in Lok Sabha and…

Union Railway Minister DV Sadananda Gowda presented Narendra Modi government's first Railway Budget, which talks about hopes, aspirations and development to make the Railways at par with that of other countries in the world. The budget also…

1) The Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) has deputed two of its functionaries Ram Madhav and Shiv Prakash to the BJP. Ram Madhav is Akhil Bharatiya Sah-Sampark Pramukh, while Shiv Prakash works as the Sangh Kshetra Pracharak of Western…

1) Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik has inaugurated the new campus of Xavier University at Nijigarh Kurki on the outskirts of Bhubaneswar. Apart from MBA, MHRM and MBA-RM courses, XUB is also offering undergraduate courses such as B.Com…

1) Britain's Finance Minister George Osborne and Foreign Secretary William Hague arrived in India on a two-day trip. Osborne hailed Modi for giving a big boost to the investor sentiments. 2) The Reliance Industries Ltd (RIL) has taken…

Firebrand Congress leader and Jeypore MLA Taraprasad Bahinipati has been appointed as the Chief Whip of the Congress Party in Odisha Assembly. Chiranjib Biswal will be the Deputy Leader of the Congress Legislature Party (CLP) in the Odisha…