Odisha entered the semifinals by a victory in the last league match against Rajasthan by nine wickets in the 22nd National Cricket Tournament for Blind at Civil Service play ground in Delhi on Saturday. Being invited to bat first, Rajasthan…
Odisha Tourism opens Tourist Center and Food Court in Banmalipur Chilika
Odisha Tourism and Culture Minister Ashok Panda has inaugurated tourist infrastructure projects at Banamalipur near Chilika. The Minister opened, tourist infrastructure, including reception centre, tourist guide centre, food court, toilet complex, pathways have already been built at cost of Rs 257.89…
No Need to go Chandigarh, Odisha to get its first Rock Garden at Berhampur
Odisha’s first rock garden will come up in Berhampur. It would be a State government funded project, which would be executed by the Berhampur Development Authority (BDA). Only solar energy would be used in the garden to create awareness regarding renewable…
Odisha school comes up with unique Idea, wins National Award for Innovations by Union HRD
A district school in Odisha has come up with ‘Drop Everything And Read’ programme in which students go on a reading mode during the seventh period, every Wednesday. This innovative initiative by Ganjam district has conferred the National Award for…
A Startup of a different Kind Koraput Dairy introduces Own A Cow, get returns scheme
Some context on why Koraput Diary started Own a Cow program The milk production in India needs to be 180 million metric tons by the year 2020. At present the total production stands at around 145 million metric tons (source:…
Former India captain Shradhanjali of Odisha now selector for national senior Football team
Odisha footballer and former Indian women’s team captain Shradhanjali Samantaray has been appointed as selector for national senior women football team.Prior to this, Sradhanjalli was also worked as a selector for junior and sub-junior national teams. Courtesy: OTV
Consul General of China sites stable political climate of Odisha a catalyst for investment
China has started exploring suitable sectors for investment in Odisha. Consul General of China, Kolkata, Ma Zhanwu, who was on a two-day visit to Odisha, held discussions with Chief Secretary A. P. Padhi and interacted with members Indian Chamber of…
Odisha creates 2-lakh acre landbank ready for industrial purpose
Odisha government has identified about 200, 000 acres of contiguous land that will facilitate industries to set up their projects without any land acquisition hurdles. “Initially 400,000 acres land were identified out of which 200,000 acres were contiguous patch which…
Newly opend Satkosia Sands Resort looks to be huge draw for tourists
Newly opened Satkosia Sands resort in Mahanadi wildlife division in Satkosia Tiger Reserve is attracting good number of tourists. The three Swiss tents put up on the sands are always booked. Each tent can accommodate four tourists. The tents have…
Gopalpur port back in action after 2 years since Phailin hit Odisha coast
The Gopalpur port off Ganjam coast in south Odisha resumed operations today after a gap of two years with the anchoring of a cargo ship. The vessel from Sri Lanka arrived near here with a shipment of around 20,000 tonne…