Sitakanta Ray and Sulakshan Kumar, both in their mid-30s and friends for 17 years, remember October 2010 vividly. It was when their long-held ambition to start a business reached tipping point. Both quit jobs they had been holding for years.…
Odisha introduces automatic bus fare calculation with respect to fuel price flctuations
Odisha government decided to implement an automatic mechanism to fix the bus fare with rise and fall of fuel price. For every Rs 2 increase (on direct/ cumulative or both net basis) in diesel price, the bus fare is to…
Odisha Purnima Hembram wins Bronze medal in Asian Athletics Heptathlon
Odisha’s Purnima Hembram won the bronze medal in the women’s Heptathlon. This was the first ever senior international medal secured by Purnima. Her team mate Liksy Joseph of Kerala secured the Silver medal in the same event.
Odisha gets an online FM channel named Cute FM
Cute FM, an online FM radio channel of Odisha, was inaugurated in Cuttack on Monday evening. There are three private FM radio stations in Odisha besides AIR FM channel. The URL of the site is www.cutefm.org Also Read: Born to Odisha parents, Vaibhav…
We Odiyas love a “fishy” affair – A nice blog by Amrita Satpathy
Seriously we do! The reason why fish forms a predominant part of the Odiya culinary culture is not hard to fathom. This coastal state of India has the sea on one side and several rivers and tributaries crisscrossing their paths…
First time started e-evaluation of +2 exam papers comes out with flying colors
CHSE had introduced e-evaluation for the first time by teachers, who were not very computer-savvy triggering fears of erroneous result and backlash from students. The council has made the process of applying for re-checking online and students will have to…
Odisha exports Mangoes to many North India cities because of bumper harvest this season
The state government has started sending mangoes to Delhi, Bokaro, Lucknow, Allahabad, Varanasi and other North Indian cities with Odisha harvesting a bumper crop. The state-run Dhenkanal Fruit and Vegetables Marketing Company Limited (DFVMCL), which collects and markets mango, is…
Odia Wikipedia Set to Celebrate 13 Glorious Years of Voluntary Contribution
Odia Wikipedia, one of the first of several Indian language Wikipedia projects is ready to celebrate 13 glorious years of free knowledge contribution on June 3. Beginning in 2002 — a year after the world’s largest online encyclopedia, the English Wikipedia, was launched…
World No Tobacco Day : A message via sandart from Puri Beach Odisha
Choice is Yours…..Don’t be Late. An awesome sand art by Suddarshan Pattnaik at Puri beach Odisha on occasion of World No Tobacco Day. First time ever Sandart Animation on Jagannath Nabakalebar released
A video on Pahala Rasagolla near Bhubaneswar one of the best in Odisha
It is believed that the famous Rasagola and other similar sweets which are commonly referred to as Bengali sweets actually originated in the kitchen of Lord Jagannath temple at Puri and later were introduced in Bengal by the cooks…