Students of Utkal University, Bhubaneswar, have discovered a 1400-year-old idol of Lord Buddha with seven-head snake at Govindapur near Banapur in Odisha’s Khurda district, nearly 100 km from Bhubaneswar. While 80 per cent of the five-foot statue was buried in…
Villagers stumbled upon a rare and beautiful idol of Mahavira, believed to be dating back to the 9th-10th century AD while levelling a field at the Parahata village in Odisha’s Jagatsinghpur district. Villagers installed the three-feet-high idol, discovered five days…
Chief minister Naveen Patnaik flagged off 20 buses including 19 AC buses here at the Paribahan Bhawan to ply in different routes of the state and neighbouring states. The OSRTC, a state government undertaking, has purchased the buses at the…
Cuttack, May 6: Sun Diagnostic Centre, Cuttack, a unit of Sun Hospital Pvt. Ltd. on Saturday introduced the first MRI mammography breast imaging facility in Odisha in a press conference here. This new facility is a significant milestone in…
The Tirupur cluster of garment units has caught the attention of states such as Telangana and Odisha, which plan to replicate some of the successes of the textile town. According to sources, officials from Odisha textile handloom industries department recently…
Hockey India on Thursday announced the 20-member Indian Senior Women’s team who will tour New Zealand for a Five-Match Test Series to be played at Midlands starting May 14. The team will be captained by striker Rani while Sushila Chanu…
The much-awaited Real Estate Act comes into force from Monday with a promise of protecting the right of consumers and ushering in transparency but only 13 states and Union Territories (UTs) have so far notified rules. The Act ushers in…
The residents of National Capital Region (NCR) came out in large numbers to celebrate the three-day mega event Odisha Parba 2017 which concluded today. Organized by Odia Samaj, Odisha Parba 2017, a celebration of Odisha’s Culture, Tradition, Heritage & Cuisine…
Odisha government today made installation of Global Positioning System (GPS) mandatory for all vehicles transporting minerals in a bid to bring transparency in the mining sector. “We had set April 30 as the deadline for the transporters to install GPS…
Dutee Chand was selected as the athlete leading the Indian contingent at the three leg Asian Grand Prix 2017 in Chinese Taipei and now she has grabbed silver in the 100m sprint clocking 11.52 seconds during the last leg of the…