Life looked pretty good for Dutee Chand this July. Having become the first Indian sprinter to reach a final at a global athletics event in 2013, the 18-year-old was already the national champion at 100m and 200m, and an Asian…

Cuttack Durga Puja Pandals in 2014

Durga Puja Pandals in Bhubaneswar
Durga puja in Odisha is celebrate with much festivites and is one of the major festivals od Odisha. Here we show two major pandals in Bhubaneswar.

US company ALCOR inc to set up helicopter unit in Odisha
ALCOR, a US based company has proposed to set up a manufacturing and assembly unit for helicopters in Odisha with an investment of Rs 15,000crore. The company has proposed to invest Rs 15,000 crore in the unit and employ around…

Surfing Yogis based in Odisha wins best documentary at Indian cine film festival
Surfing Yogis the team responsible for bringing the India surfing festival and making people aware of Walk on Water in Odisha has won the based documentary award at India cine film festival for 2014. Chilika is listed as one of…

Cuttack Durgapuja Pandals one of the best, no marketing for tourism yet
If Kolkata is famous for mounting the most lavish Durga pandals, deities decked with intricate silver tableaux and gold ornaments add uniqueness to the celebrations here. But the state government has failed to tap the rich tourism potential of this…
New snake discovered in Odisha – Named after the state Lycodon Odishi
A group of amateur herpetologists from Odisha here on Saturday claimed to have discovered a non-venomous snake in the State. After months of research, these researchers have established clarity around the snake species, which were discovered in Ganjam district. The…

Looks like Its Odisha Era in Narendra Modi’s PMO India
Manmohan Singh’s PMO was dominated by officials from Kerala, including T K A Nair, Shivshankar Menon and M K Narayanan. The buzz in South Block is that, in the new regime, it’s Orissa that dominates. P K Mishra, Additional Principal Secretary…


