Browsing around ‘Odisha Handicrafts and Handlooms Expo’ can throw up some rare and intriguing craft gems – such as the one-foot buffalo horn ‘jhingri maachi’ with a glistening agate-like body and elegantly curved fins; Manipur’s ancient Longpi black pottery; Kannur’s…
You have one more option for this dussehra apart from the awesome pandal hopping in bhubaneswar and cuttack. Jet ski is ready to start in Puri beach. A dry run for 2 hours was already done yesterday to make…
A 15-day Odisha Craft Mela was inaugurated on 16th September, 2014 at Dilli Haat by Shri Sanjay Kumar Panda, IAS, Secretary, Textiles, Government of India. Dr. Sunil Kumar Bhargava, IAS, Principal Resident Commissioner, Dr. Tribikram Pradhan, Additional Resident Commissioner, Government…
The state Government has decided to establish a multistoried Tourism Plaza and Visitors’ Centre in Bhubaneswar at an estimated investment of Rs 6.25 crore within next two years. The site selection process has already started and would be finalised soon.…
It seems that for Shipra Mehrotra, a life in dance was always in the making. She began her training in Odissi, one of India’s eight classical dance forms, at an early age. In addition to learning Odissi at Washington D.C.’s…
You must have heard the recent news Documentary maker Raj Sampad’s short filmDreaming With Sand chronicling the inspiring story of sand artist Sudarsan Pattnaik has officially entered the Sundance Film Festival Dreaming With Sand will compete with other films and if it wins,…
Set up by Society for Development of Rural Literature, Odisha, the state’s first Folk and Tribal Art Museum, will be ready by March 2015. Spread over an area of five acres, close to the banks of Chilka Lake, Asia’s largest…
The state government has geared up to make e-learning an integral part of high school curriculum under the e-Vidyalaya programme, which was launched by chief minister Naveen Patnaik in February just before the last general elections.At a recent meeting chaired…
The engineering and manufacturing major, Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL) will develop a 20 Mw solar powerplant at Manamunda industrial estate in Boudh district. The solar plant at Manamunda will be set up over 100 acres of land entailing an investment…