PRAVASI BHARATIYA DIVAS SAMAROH-2025

Hindi not national language, it is official language: Ex-cricketer Ashwin

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Chennai: Former cricketer R Ashwin has said Hindi was not the country's national language but only an official language. He made these comments while attending the convocation of a private college near here Thursday, where he asked the students in what language they would like him to address them. While a few preferred English and there was overwhelming support when he gave the option of addressing them in Tamil, there seemed...

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Can discard old ideas, embrace new if they fit into ideology of ‘nation first’: PM Modi

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New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi has said he is willing to discard old ideas and embrace new ones as long as they fit into his essential ideology of "nation first". Appearing for the first time in a podcast, which was hosted by Zerodha co-founder Nikhil Kamath and released on Friday, Modi said he sees his success in how he prepares a team who can deftly handle things, as he asserted...

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President Murmu confers Pravasi Bharatiya Samman awards

President Murmu confers Pravasi Bharatiya Samman awards

Bhubaneswar: President Droupadi Murmu Friday conferred the prestigious Pravasi Bharatiya Samman award to 27 people at the 18th Pravasi Bharatiya Divas (PBD) convention, which concluded in Bhubaneswar. Murmu congratulated all the awardees and appreciated them for working for society in different fields. She especially thanked Trinidad & Tobago President Christine Carla Kangaloo, one of the recipients of the award. The Pravasi Bharatiya Samman Award is the highest honour conferred on overseas...

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Raghubar Das rejoins BJP

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Ranchi: Former Jharkhand Chief Minister and ex-Odisha Governor Raghubar Das rejoined the BJP in Ranchi Friday and asserted that the party will return to power in Jharkhand. Das had earlier resigned from the post of Odisha Governor December 24 last year to return to active politics after the party's debacle in the Assembly elections, in which it failed to dislodge the JMM-led coalition from power in the state. Das was given...

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PBD exhibitions to remain open for public Jan 11, 12

Bhubaneswar: The exhibition put up at the Pravasi Bharatiya Divas convention in Bhubaneswar would remain open for the public January 11 and 12, Odisha Chief Secretary Manoj Ahuja said Friday. Addressing media persons after the valedictory session of the conclave, Ahuja said, "The Chief Minister has decided that the exhibition would continue for two more days and...

CM Majhi urges Indian diaspora to participate in Odisha's growth journey

Invest in Odisha, minister to liaison: CM to Indian diaspora

Bhubaneswar: Inviting the Indian diaspora to invest in Odisha, Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi Friday said that he will appoint a nodal minister to liaison with the interested NRIs and Persons of Indian Origin. Majhi made this announcement while addressing the valedictory session of the 18th Pravasi Bharatiya Divas convention in Bhubaneswar in presence of President Droupadi...

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International Odissi Dance Festival: Artistes perform at Bhubaneswar's Rabindra Mandap   Classical dancers perform at Mukteswar Dance Festival in Bhubaneswar   Pravasi Bharatiya Divas: NRIs ride motorboats at Cuttack's Silver City Boat Club  

Arrest in Odisha

10 held for illegal fishing in Odisha’s Gahirmatha marine sanctuary

Kendrapara: Odisha forest officials Friday arrested 10 fishermen and seized their fishing trawl from Gahirmatha marine sanctuary in Kendrapara district for illegal fishing, an official said. The sanctuary, which is witnessing a large congregation of Olive Ridley sea turtles for mating, is shut for fishing throughout the year for safety of marine animals. The forest department's patrolling...

Road accident in Odisha - Nayagarh

Five workers from Odisha killed in Telangana as bus hits stationary truck

Hyderabad: Five migrant workers from Odisha were killed and 16 others were injured in a road accident in Telangana’s Suryapet district Friday. The accident took place near Ilapuram in Chivvemla mandal (block) when a private bus carrying the workers rammed into a stationary truck. The bus driver apparently failed to notice the truck parked by the roadside...

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