Odisha tourism department has decided to invest Rs 2.50 crore to develop the Rathibali waterfall and to create a food park along NH-26 in Koraput district to attract tourists to this tribal hinterland. Situated around 60 km from the district…


Odisha tourism department has decided to invest Rs 2.50 crore to develop the Rathibali waterfall and to create a food park along NH-26 in Koraput district to attract tourists to this tribal hinterland. Situated around 60 km from the district…

It was a sultry September night of 1996 and I was camping in a government dak bungalow in a small town, Huma in Odisha’s Ganjam District. I, along with my mentor Prof K.K. Basa, was surveying the southern coast of…

State-of-the art 4D Special FX theatre that provides a visual experience with fourth dimensional environmental experiences using air blasts, vibrating seats and water spray is now live in Odisha State Maritime Museum in cuttack. It will be a new and unique experience…

Sarthak Industries has now entered into the radio industry with Sarthak FM. Initially Cuttack and Bhubaneswar listeners would get a chance to listen to the newly launched FM station on 91.9 FM. Sarthak Industries Chief Sitaram Agarwal has said that…

Giving priority to preventive healthcare, the state government on Thursday changed the cadres of doctors to have block public health officer in each of the 314 blocks. The total number of doctor posts in the government rose by 1330 from…

MHRD India has appointed Bibhuti Bhusan Biswal, professor of industrial design and dean (faculty welfare) at the National Institute of Technology (NIT), Rourkela, as the new director of NIT Meghalaya. He headed the institute’s training and placement centre for over 12…

Winner of the first ever Sahitya Akademi Award (1955) for his novel, “AMRUTARA SANTANA” and the first recipient from Odisha, of the highest literary award of the country, Jnanpith (1974) for his epic fiction, “MATIMATALA”, Dr. Gopinath Mohanty dominated the…

To increase visual appeal, ensure cleanliness and ease traffic load around the 11th century Lingaraj shrine at Old Town in the city, the Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) and the Bhubaneswar Urban Knowledge Centre (BUKC) which is an arm of BDA for…

After witnessing the mass nesting at Rushikulya, I had two more days left in Odisha. So I decided to visit Puri and Konark. This video covers hitchhiking, bus rides, bike rides while I travelled from Bhubaneswar to Puri to…