Asian Development Bank (ADB) has approved a USD 102 million (Rs 568.31 crore) loan to train 2 lakh youngsters in Odisha. With this assistance, youths in the age group of 15-34 years will be given skill development training to make…
Ratha Jatra, Lord Jagannatha, the Islamic Connection : A blog by Debajani Mohanty
From a distance floats the prayers from Jama Masjid. Here arrives Eid al-Fitr, as ends the last day of the holy month of Ramadan when Muslims all over the world fast, pray and give alms to the poor. Strangely…
Soumya Mukherji of Bhubaneswar wins Rs 1 crore in the contest from One Plus 5 launch
One Plus 5 phone was finally unveiled in Mumbai on Thursday which is considered to be one of the biggest smart phone launches of this year. There were contests conducted as part of this launch and one One Plus fan from…
Multiple stations under Khurda Road and Sambalpur all set to get CCTV Cameras installed very soon
In order to keep an eye on the safety of passengers and movement of anti-social elements at the stations, the Railways will install CCTV cameras at 28 more stations coming under jurisdiction of the East Coast Railway (ECoR) spread over…
Indian Navy to train Odisha police on coastal security at INS Chilika
The Indian Navy has agreed to impart training to Odisha police on coastal and maritime security from July this year, an official said. Altogether 50 state police personnel would be trained at INS Chilka in two batches starting from July,…
Raghurajpur – An Open Air Museum : an Awesome blog by Jitu Mishra of Virasat E Hind Foundation
Can anyone ever think of ‘Odisha’ without thinking of Lord Jagannath. No way!! Rhythms of Odiya life deeply revolve around scores of rituals related to Lord Jagannath, Lord Balabhadra and Devi Subadhra throughout the year. The trinity that resides…
CM inaugurates Adaptive Traffic Signal Control System, lays foundation stones of four other Smart City projects
In a significant push for various smart city projects in Bhubaneswar, Hon’ble Chief Minister Shri Naveen Patnaik today inaugurated solar powered Adaptive Traffic Signal Control system on Sachivalaya Marg and laid foundation stones of four other smart city projects. The…
Theatre artist Sai Ram from Odisha creating awareness about Swachh Bharat Mission in a unique way
Theatre artist Sai Ram from Odisha creating awareness about Swachh bharat mission in different parts of state in his free time.
ONGC joins hands with UNESCO to declare Chilika Lake as UNESCO’s world heritage site
A press conference was held by Mr. Shigeru Aoyagi, Director – UNESCO for India, Bhutan, Maldives & Sri Lanka and Mr. D. D. Misra, Director (HR), ONGC on the project for conservation of eco-system in and around Chilika Lake area…
Union Minister Dharmendra Pradhan joined along with 15,000 Yoga practitioners at Janata Maidan on 3rd International Yoga Day
“Yoga is the incredible contribution of Indian saints and it has become a people’s revolution in the whole world”, said the Union Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas (I/C) Sri Dharmendra Pradhan to more than 15,000 Yoga practitioners while attending…