Power supply lines in the twin cities of Bhubaneswar and Cuttack will be underground to ensure safety, better look and disaster resilience. To begin with, only power lines along seven major roads in the two cities will be included in the…
Have a great Travelogue on Odisha Tourism places? Participate & win upto $600
The Global Odisha Conference invites entries for its “Travelogues about Odisha Sites” competition. A travelogue entry should have original pictures of locations in Odisha and text about them. In addition the travelogue entry must have a section at the end…
Highway Side Rest Area to come up at gateway to western Odisha at Rairakhol
About `1.47 crore has been sanctioned under ‘Jajabara’ scheme for the construction of a motel, which was long pending due to lack of funds, at the gateway to western Odisha at Rairakhol. The motel, for which two acres of land…
A Startup by Odisha boys Nest Away bags InMobi and VC Funding
InMobi founder and poster boy of Indian product startups Naveen Tewari has invested money in online home rentals firm NestAway Technologies along with venture capital firm IDG Ventures India and a few angel investors. The two-month-old Bengalurubased startup has raised…
After Eviction, Beautification of Market building to be complete by next month
BMC evicted the temporary vendors, who had encroached upon the free space and the road outside the Unit-II market. Besides the vendors, several illegal extensions and encroachments by permanent traders in front of their establishments were also removed to create space on…
You can watch webcasting of Olive Ridley Turtles for the first time this year from home
Odisha Forest Department webcasting the mass nesting of Olive Ridley turtles on the Rushikulya river mouth in Ganjam district. Webcasting would help the Forest officials minimise the crowd that gathers at the site during the nesting period.
Assocham finds Odisha is best in roads and electricity, Tamilnadu best overall
Tamil Nadu has been ranked as the best performing state on eight out of nine development parameters like economy, power, roads and health while Kerala secured the second slot, according to an Assocham study. Except for education, Tamil Nadu remained…
Awesome capture of Olive Ridley sea Turtles at Rushikulya, Odisha by Ar Shakti Nanda
Odisha is one of the world’s largest turtle nesting sites. Forest officials said that many camps have been set up at the nesting sites to prevent poaching of this the endangered species. The mass nesting of Olive Ridley sea turtles,…
A blog on Jayadeba Pitha at Kenduli Sasan – Birthplace of Sri Jayadeba
“Kenduli Sasan” is a village in Odisha near Prachi river. Indian literature refers to this place by the name Kenduvilwa/Kenduvilva/Kinduvilwa/Tinduvilwa etc etc… One can reach the village by taking multiple routes. One of the routes as below:- Bhubaneswar Railway station…
First business park of Eastern India opens in Balasore Odisha
Balasore International Expo Centre BIEX is a new infrastructure built with world class facility for holding trade fairs, exhibitions, and conventions, at Balasore (Chandipur on sea) the humming coastal town of northern Odisha, almost in the centre of 3 state…