An Open Mic event on the occasion of International Women’s Day, March 8th,being organized called UNZIP. Such an Open Mic, that provides a platform to women to speak their mind on a myriad issues is happening for the first time in…
Odisha now front runner to host Asian Athletics Championship 2017 in Bhubaneswar
Odisha is now a front runner to host the 22nd Asian Athletics Championship 2017, at the Kalinga Stadium in Bhubaneswar scheduled to be held from July 1 to 4 of this year. An AFI (Athletic Federation of India) team was…
Femina Miss India 2017 Auditions comes to Bhubaneswar : Time for For The Unseen Talents To Grab Limelight
Femina Miss India pageant is growing bigger each year and this time, fbb Colors Femina Miss India 2017 will conduct a nation-wide hunt in all the 30 states (including the Capital, Delhi). India’s most exciting, glamorous and credible…
From 96 in 2000 to 40 in 2016, Odisha achieves highest decline in Infant Mortality Rate, now less than national average
Chief minister Naveen Patnaik on Thursday said that Odisha has achieved commendable decline in the infant mortality rate (IMR) over the last 16 years. “On achieving highest point decline in the country, that is 56 points since 2000, Odisha’s IMR…
Yatra.com all set to promote homestays in Odisha
Yatra.com has signed an MoU with the Government of Madhya Pradesh to jointly promote homestays in the region. The partnership will enable Yatra to promote all the state tourism approved homestays, wherein travellers can rent a room in the home…
Sahitya Bharati Samman announced at a press conference in Cuttack
In a press conference organized by Shri Gangadhar Rath Foundation at the Jail Road residence of Shri Rath on 02.03.2017, the prestigious Sahitya Bharati Samman, “Gagadhar Rath Smaraki Samman” and other awards were announced for the year 2016. Dr Ratnakar…
NIT Rourkela Alumni, NALCO Bhubaneswar director, becomes first ever woman functional director of SAIL
Soma Mondal has taken charge as Director (Commercial) of Steel Authority of India Limited (SAIL). Ms Mondal has broken the glass ceiling at the state owned steel major, by becoming the first ever woman functional director on the board of…
Mani Group plans to build tallest residential apartments in Bhubaneswar
Kolkata-based Mani Group, with interests in real estate, retail, hospitality, healthcare and education, has committed to build the tallest residential apartments in Bhubaneswar. The structures, with a height of 84 metres and consisting of 27 floors, are coming up in…
First Greenfield Ferrochrome plant of Tata Steel starts production in Odisha
Tata Steel on Tuesday announced that its Rs 542 crore ferrochrome greenfield plant at Gopalpur Industrial Park in Odisha has commenced production. “The recently-commissioned ferrochrome plant of Tata Steel at Gopalpur Industrial Park in Ganjam district of Odisha, has achieved…
Odisha launches Startup Odisha Helpline to encourage entrepreneurship
Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Wednesday launched Startup Odisha Helpline in a bid to encourage entrepreneurship among youth in the state. “I hope this Helpline will provide a platform to our youth, incubators and other stakeholders to address their issues,”…