The much-awaited paddy procurement in Ganjam district started with opening of 47 mandis (procurement centres) recently. “Taking into account the cash crunch, the payment would be made to the farmers through online mode without any cash transactions,” said district civil…
Mukteswar is a Hindu temple dedicated to Shiva located in Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India. This 10th century temple built in the year of AD 950, is an important transition point between the early and the later phases of the Kalinga school of…
Export of spices from Kandhamal is set to get a boost with the government sanctioning Rs 2.46 crore fund to Kandhamal Apex Spices Association for Marketing (KASAM) to replace old processing machines. KASAM is an apex society of around 12,000…
Most parts of Odisha today reeled under intense cold accompanied by chilly wind as the mercury settled at 5 degrees Celsius at Daringbadi in Kandhamal district, making it the coldest place in the state. Kandhamal remained the coldest district in…
Vaital temple is a living temple where Durga or Shakti is considered primary. Within its Jagamohana, it contains two images: a naga holding foliated vases along with one image of Mahisamardini, and latter only a Mahisamardini. (Jagamohana is an assembly…
Odisha reduced Gujarat to 71 for six before the lower-order staged a fightback, helping them to 197 on the first day of their quarterfinal match in the Ranji Trophy. With the likes of Priyank Panchal, who has been in red-hot form this season, and…
Keeping to its commitment to speed up the pace of implementation of new investment proposals, Odisha’s Single Window Clearance Authority vetted projects with investments totaling around Rs 14,000 crore. The Single Window approved projects of around Rs 3,000 crore, in…
Odisha is a state which has often not found itself on the national radar, and when it has, it has been for reasons they cannot be proud about. The last time this resource-rich state hit the national headlines was when…
Former hockey captain Dilip Tirkey is organising the world’s largest hockey tournament, with 1,458 teams from Odisha, Chhattisgarh and Jharkhand at 32 venues. When did you conceive the idea of this tournament? Talks started six-seven months ago. We organised a…
Odisha’s Sasmita Malik was chosen woman footballer of the year. She will get R 2 lakh and a trophy. Malik, 27, is a midfielder who won the national championship with Railways and was part of the national team that won…