Union Human Resource Development (HRD) Minister Prakash Javadekar on Sunday said that the 1817 Paika Bidroha or rebellion would find a place in history books as the First War of Indian Independence. “Odisha’s Paika rebellion will find a place as…


Union Human Resource Development (HRD) Minister Prakash Javadekar on Sunday said that the 1817 Paika Bidroha or rebellion would find a place in history books as the First War of Indian Independence. “Odisha’s Paika rebellion will find a place as…

Aluminium major Nalco is planning to set up two joint ventures — one with US-based Almex and another with Russia’s Rusal — at the upcoming Angul Aluminium Park in Odisha, a senior company official said. The two JVs will manufacture…

Demand for two wheelers in Odisha is growing at an annual rate of 25 per cent, nearly “three times” that of the national industry growth rate, a top official of Honda Motorcycle and Scooter India said today. Honda has created…

It is heartening that the Government of India has decided to give the historic event Paika Rebellion of Odisha of 1817 its due recognition by commemorating its 200th anniversary this year. Inauguration of year long Bicentenary celebrations of this heroic…

Tampara, a wetland near Chatrapur in Ganjam district on the National Highway 5, will get a facelift of Rs 33.44 crore under the Centre’s Swadesh Darshan Scheme. A five-member expert team visited Tampara yesterday to prepare a blueprint for the…

Odisha Police is all set to launch a new mobile application that will provide services available on its Citizen Portal to the public. At least 13 services like lost property registration, tenant/paying guest verification request, among others will be provided…

A group of four wildlife enthusiasts from Odisha have started in a unique initiative to explore and document all significant waterfalls in the state. They are going in a road trip to document the road networks, logistics and mapping of the…

Odisha tops in intake of greens, Kerala consumes the least; sweet consumption high in M.P., says study. A nation-wide study carried out by the National Nutrition Monitoring Bureau (NNMB) to assess urban nutrition shows not only a great diversity in…

We decided to head to Jirang located in the Gajapati district of Odisha, Phutnksoling; Phutnksoling; The land of plenty and Happiness.And we found both of it here, in abundance. On the way to Jirang we stopped at the famous…

Royal School of Architecture in association with National Association of Students of Architecture (NASA) hosted the 60th Annual Architecture Convention from 22nd to 25th September 2017 at Royal Global University, the 1st ZoNASA to be organized in the Northeast. Zonal-NASA (Zone 4), is an…