On Christmas eve, noted sand artist Sudarsan Pattnaik has created a 45-feet-high sand Santa Claus with a “World Peace” message at Puri beach here today. Sudarsan used more than 1000 tonnes of sand with some coloured sand in creating Santa.…
Coming soon Free Bus Passes for Regular Blood Donors in Odisha
In a bid to encourage general people to donate blood, Odisha government has decided to issue bus passes to those who do it regularly, officials said today. The decision, taken at a high-level meeting chaired by Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik…
Suggestions for Odisha Govt : Add Indian Naval Ship based museum by Sarthak Mishra
Can we look at establishing an Indian Naval Ship based Museum in Odisha on the lines of those established on Vizag, Ernakulam (Kerala) and Karwar (Karnataka), which attracts a lots of tourists. Similar, tourist attractions are common in US (New…
Now get a view of Bhitarkanika national park in luxury cruise boats
In July 2014, Odisha forest department had procured the boats, designed by the naval architect division of the Indian Institute of Technology, Chennai, at a cost of Rs 4 crore under the ICZMP. After lying idle for over a year-and-a-half finally it has…
BPCL, HPCL, IOCL to jointly set up oil storage facilities in Odisha
Oil marketing companies- Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd (BPCL), Indian Oil Corporation Ltd and Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Ltd have planned to set up two common user facilities for storage of oil in Odisha. The oil companies have intended to set up…
Odisha to digitize all Matriculation Certificates and Marksheets, can regenerate in 2 hours
Odisha Students, with matriculation examination from 2000 to 2015, will soon get the duplicate copy of their mark sheets and certificates within two hours. Currently an applicant has to wait for nearly a month for duplicate copies of the certificates and 15…
ISRO and NASA to carry out India’s first hyperspectral study in Chilika Lake Odisha
To study the biological and geographic parameters of Chilika lagoon and its basin eco-system, the Space Application Centre of ISRO with support from NASA is all set to carry out a hyperspectral study next week, a first of its…
Odisha thrashes Chhattisgarh by 17-0 in East Zone Sr Women’s National Football
National ‘Emerging player of the Year’ Pyari Xaxa of Odisha scored eight goals and Sakina Nesa struck five goals to help Odisha thrash a hapless Chhattisgarh 17-0 in a match of the 21st East Zone Senior Women’s National Football Championships…
Anil Agarwal of Vedanta still hopes to create India’s largest University town in Odisha
Here is what he talked about in a recent interview to Business Standard: In Odisha, I want to create the country’s largest ‘university town’ on the lines of Boston. I am putting 75 per cent of my personal wealth into…
Odisha wins best Grasroots Programme in Football in India and best emerging woman footballer
Odisha striker Pyari Xaxa has been voted the “Emerging Woman Footballer of the Year” for 2015 by the All India Football Federation. Also the Football Association of Odisha (FAO) bagged the AIFF Award for Best Grassroots Prorgamme. More details here