The Department of Culture of the Government of India has accorded national festival status to the famous Dhanu Yatra in Odisha’s Bargarh town. This was informed by the Bargarh MP Pravas Singh and collector Anjan Manik at a meeting here on…
India Srilanka meet for ODI Cricket at Barabati Stadium Cuttack Today
Cricket fever has gripped the twin cities with barely 24 hours to go for the series opener between India and Sri Lanka at Barabati. A large number of fans turned up today to watch their favourite players during the…
Sudarshan Pattnaik joins Odisha Tourism as Brand Ambassador
Odisha government has roped in acclaimed sand artist, Sudarsan Pattnaik as Tourism Ambassador. Pattnaik will travel to London with the Odisha Tourism delegation to participate in World Travel Market (WTM), which will be held from November 3-6. At the Odisha…
Inspiring: Odisha’s Mihir Panda has a real life tale similar to Aamir khan in 3 idiots
From a small cake-cutter to mechanical scissors, from a play pump to rickshaw-operated food grain spreader and from a village refrigerator to a multipurpose machine, thousands of such inventions are proof of Mihir Kumar Panda’s brilliance and his efforts to…
Odisha Girl to captain Indian Junior Women’s hockey team against Newzealand
Hockey India today named Deep Grace Ekka as the skipper and four other junior women hockey players from Odisha as members of the 18-member national team for a Test series against New Zealand beginning from November 3 to 15. The test series…
Odisha Rich heritage of Boita Bandana celebration at Newdelhi
A traditional ovation to the Sadhabas (The ancient Marine Merchants of Odisha) is a symbol of great respect to Odia Culture, observed since hundreds of years on the auspicious Kartika Poornima, the Day when the Sadhabas usually started their voyage…
Gigantic statue of Buddha & woo tourists from Southeast countries on buddhism roots
Cashing in on its Buddhist roots, the Odisha Government is focusing on wooing tourists from Southeast Asian countries and connect Bhubaneswar with Thailand by air to facilitate movement of tourists. The eastern State, which has several Buddhist sites, is also…
Odisha girls continue to rock national sports – 5 selected in national Football U-19
Odisha girls continue to make their presence felt in the national soccer squad and that was reflected again on Friday when five girls of the state were picked for the forthcoming AFC U-19 Women’s Championship 2014 to be played in…
Meet Saina Salonika from Odisha – Gold medalist in World youth Chess at Dubai
World Under-10 Girl’s Chess Champion Woman Candidate Master Saina Salonika will add another feather in her cap as she will receive National Child Award for Exceptional Achievements for 2014. Government of India has nominated Saina Salonika of Odisha for this…
Odisha connection to Shakti Sthal – Memorial of Indira Gandhi in Delhi
The huge ferrous rock weighing over 25 tonnes, installed at the memorial site of former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi in New Delhi, was sourced from the mines of Sundergarh. When the then central government had decided to set up a…