“Just by walking into a tiger reserve doesn’t guarantee a sighting, even the tiger rewards only the patient and long term visitor”, Divisional Forest Officer, Angul Division, tells me as I quietly sauntered through the deeply vegetated trail to…
Odisha Girls to play Punjab in semifinals Subjunior hockey after Boys won trophy recently
Hockey Punjab, Hockey Odisha, Hockey Jharkhand and Hockey Haryana are the four semifinalists for the Sub-Junior Women’s National Championship. Check out the fixtures. Why Odisha is so passionate about hockey – an awesome story
Odisha Men Women dominate selection for Asian Athletics too in 100m, 200m, Relay
Doha is ready to play host to the inaugural Asian Athletics competition for Youths and to welcome – as calculated up till now- more than 400 athletes and additionally more than 170 officials, coaches and medical staff from 40 countries…
Odisha women Srabani and Dutee to lead India’s athletics challenge in Asian championsip
A little less than a year since she was first disqualified from the Indian athletics team for the Commonwealth Games, Dutee Chand will finally participate in an international tournament — the Asian Championships. Also from Odisha Srabani Nanda is already…
Odisha Govt launches Anti Corruption Helpline and Facebook page for complaints
Aiming to curb corruption among government officials, the Odisha government on Wednesday launched a Facebook page to receive complaints directly from people against bribe-seeking officials. The page for the same is — www.facebook.com/odisha.vigilance. People can also lodge complaints about corrupt…
Odisha trying to jump on the bus for Skill based Training in Colleges
Odisha government decided to introduce vocational courses in Plus Two and Plus Three levels from this academic year (2015-16). The courses to be introduced at the Plus Two level are Tourism & Travel Management; Fashion Technology; Office Management; Banking; Automobile…
Konark Temple Sun God of Odisha – a Persian Link here
Imagine a morning without Sun’s radiance, We may curse sun if it is too much, unbearable but we can not deny its life nourishing property. Sun is the source for all forms of life be it plants, animals or microorganism.…
Pahala Rasagolla : Application for Identity aka Geographical indication to start
Government is planning to obtain geographical indication (GI) for Pahala rasagolla. The geographical indication (GI) of goods acts as the “claim to fame” for a state. It identifies a product as originating from a particular location and conveys an assurance…
Plans for Defence Unit in Odisha sets media abuzz, Tatas might play a role
A major defence production unit has been proposed in Gopalpur in Odisha, where Tata group can partner the state and the central governments, Union Minister Dharmendra Pradhan said today. He also proposed developing Odisha as a future oil and gas…
Odisha boys are national champion in Hockey defeating Haryana
The Final day of the 5th Sub Junior National Hockey Championship 2015 (Men) today at New Delhi saw two teams playing for the Champions tag. In the earlier match of the day, two teams played for the 3rd position. It was Hockey…