Sailing on serene blue waters of Chilika Lake on a misty morning. The vision of faint silhouettes of island hills through floating swathes of fog skimming the waters, then rising mistily to create a sense of smoking incense. Gulls…
15 day long Adivasi Mela 2016 starts in Bhubaneswar on Republic Day
Yearly festival 15-day-long Adivasi Mela started in bhubaneswar on Republic Day yesterday. Citizens in the city can catch glimpses of the culture, tradition and lifestyle of tribal people of Odisha. In this fair, tribal people will exhibit their products of different varieties at around 180 kiosks. Odisha chief minister…
The Dormant State : A political fiction based on Odisha by Dibya Satpathy of Indian Armed Forces
“Writers know that sometimes things are there in the drawer for decades before they finally come out and you are capable of writing about them” About the Author Born and brought up in Odisha, Dibya Satpathy according to his own words…
Indian Army soldier and NDA grad Dibya Satpathy launches political fiction based on Odisha
Dibya Satpathy from Odisha is a graduate of the prestigious National Defence Academy and is presently serving with the Indian Armed Forces. Passion for writing drives this soldier close to the pen and he scripts his first novel. His love…
Story of Cuttack boy From CET Bhubaneswar to Microsoft and now to Startup NowFloats
From a modest economic background in Cuttack to getting a job in Microsoft was a dream come true for Ronak Samantaray.He quit the high paying job in three years to chart a path of his own and co-founded NowFloats, a…
Featuring a Startup GetBlu a Startup with a co-founder from Odisha
GetBlu is the marketplace for services that makes booking experience for services quick and easy by eliminating the problem of information asymmetry underlying the services industry. On the GetBlu platforms (app and website) the users can find the nearby service…
Leading Impact Investor Unitus Seed Fund is hosting an Open Doors Session for Startups at XIMB
A big shout out to the Odisha entrepreneurial ecosystem.Unitus Seed Fund, the leading venture seed fund supporting startups innovating for the Indian masses along with X-SEED, the Idea and Initiative Cell of XIMB is hosting the hugely popular ‘Open Doors’…
Republic Day Parade 2016 : Odisha all set to showcase Maritime tradition
After 2 years, Odisha is all set to display its tableau depicting rich maritime tradition of ancient Odisha on Delhi Rajpath on the occasion of Republic Day parade. The model has been designed under the supervision of Gajendra Sahoo, a faculty member…
OPOLFED gets ready for 53 new Chicken Fresh Outlets all over Odisha
Since all three chicken fresh outlets operating in Bhubaneswar on pilot basis are doing good business, a DPR is being prepared to open 53 outlets with a cost of Rs 5.54 crore on Build-Operate-Lease-Transfer (BOLT) basis with active participation of OPOLFED along with…
Bhubaneswar Rent a Cycle Initiative Parikrama goes live with 6 places as stations
A bhubaneswar based NGO has started a unique cycle sharing initiative ‘Parikrama’ for healthy lifestyle and curbing pollution. The initiative is being introduced by NGO Jai Odisha in association with the Indian Oil Corporation Limited (IOCL) in order to decongest…