The story of Kudub, a village in Orissa’s Koraput district, was no different from nearly a third of India’s rural landscape. Every day the setting sun would steal away the last rays of hope for the villagers to prepare for…
Coming soon: Smartphone app for BMC, you can send complaints on cleanliness
By this time next week, your smartphone will be able to help you obtain a birth certificate, pay civic taxes and get your surroundings cleaned. Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) is set to launch a mobile application, which can be easily…
Odisha calling this Feb – Experience India Surfing Festival
Why is it that when one plans vacations, only exotic foreign lands are kept in mind? Ready to make waves? Head to the Puri-Konark Marine Drive beach in Odisha Feb to participate in events like Yoga on Water. For amateurs, a Walk…
Singer Sniti Mishra from Odisha attempts Abhi Mujhme kahin from Sonu Nigam
Inspiring: The Child Reporters of Odisha, when you empower children to write….
Outside very classroom in Kasturba Gandhi Balika Vidhyalaya, a government-run residential girls’ school in the tribal village of Aligaon, is a bulletin board with pages and pages of news from the area. There are stories on alcoholism, failing government programmes, and…
Odisha netizens have more reasons to celebrate as Odia Wikisource goes live
Odia Wikisource went live just before Deepavali and is now available for Odia readers who are eager to access Odia books online. There are over 40 million native Odia speakers living in Odisha and diaspora in the US, UK,…
Amit Trivedi Enthralls audience as Bhubaneswar plays host to Coke Studio 1st time in Eastern India
Bollywood music director and singer Amit Trivedi’s performance in Coke Studio at Xpressions here on Sunday received a deafening response from the audience. Performing at Xavier Institute of Management’s, Bhubaneswar (XIMB) annual cultural fest Xpressions, Trivedi started off with ‘Raham’…
Odisha boy overcomes disability to win Barista championship, lands job with Bhubaneswar cafe coffee day
From an afternoon cappuccino to dessert espressos, Gurudev Hansdah’s hearty mugs of coffee are a hit at a coffee shop at Ram Mandir Square. What is so special about this 20-year-old is that he brews these magical flavours with just…
Watch Odisha Rockstar Rituraj Mohanty enthral you with Nadan Parindey and vote for him too
Watch Odisha rock star Rituraj Mohanty sing Nadan Parindey and hold the audience spell bound today. To vote for him just give missed call on 18008339007. Here is the performance of last week from Rituraj where he accepted the challenge and…
Asian U-18 girls, U-19 boys Rugby Championship in Bhubaneswar from Dec11
The Asian U-18 Girls 7-a-side and U-19 Boys 15-a-side Rugby Championship, jointly organized by the Odisha Rugby Football Association (ORFA) and the Indian Rugby Football Union (IRFU), would begin at KIIT University stadium here from December 11. A total of…