In the sacred Shamba Dasami of the year 1827, a male child was born in the famous Hajuri family of Puri Harachandi Sahi. His father was Raghunath Khuntia alias Bhimasen Hajuri, a servant of the Lord Jagannath. Since the child…
NestAway : Google Selects startup by Odisha Boys in top 15 for launchpad prog in silicon valley
15 startups from India and Indonesia begin a two-week training program at Google HQ in Silicon Valley. It’s part of a new Google Developers Launchpad Accelerator program for mobile startups, which gives US$50,000 equity-free seed funding as well as US$250,000…
Google asked Indians for To Film India in a day : video features bhubaneswar Traffic police Benudhar
India in a Day is the story of a single day in evolving India, filmed by people across the country on 10th October 2015.
PK Mahanandia : Odisha man who cycled from India to Europe for love
Indian artist PK Mahanandia met Charlotte Von Schedvin on a winter evening in Delhi in 1975 when she asked him to draw her portrait. What eventually followed was an epic bicycle journey from India to Europe – all for love.…
PM invites Odisha’s Bonda hills couple to attend Republic Day function
They live atop the Bonda hills in Odisha’s Malkangiri district, segregated from the mainstream and have rarely stepped out of their environs, so an invitation to attend this year’s Republic Day parade in the national capital was beyond their dreams.…
On Birthday of Fakirmohan Senapati Today, watch a nice documentary on him
“When there is the bustle of progress everywhere, will Utkal be still in slumber ?” This line from Fakirmohan’s first original poem Utkal Bhraman (Tours of Orissa) not only epitomises his literary overview but also depicts his flare for…
CAT Results : Odia boy Sabyasachi Mishra scores perfect 100 percentile
The results of Common Admission Test (CAT) 2015 have been declared. Around two lakh students from across the country sat for the exam and only a select few have been able to grab the top position. Odia boy Sabyasachi Mishra…
A tribute to Odissi Maestro Guru Kelucharan Mohapatra on his birthday today
Guru Kelucharan Mohapatra (January 8, 1926 – April 7, 2004) was an Indian classical dancer, guru, and proponent of Odissi dance.
Heard about India’s first crowd curated Novel by Odia XIMB Grad Uday Satpathy
Brutal, a thriller published by Bloody Good Book and Westland Books, is India’s first crowd-curated novel. The author Uday Satpathy takes the reader through a roller-coaster adventure of two journalists who find themselves in danger when they uncover links between…
OYO Rooms Founder from Odisha makes it into Forbes list of achievers under 30
22-year-old Ritesh Agarwal, founder and CEO of Oyo Rooms, is among the 45 Indians or Indian-origin people who have made it to Forbes’ annual list of achievers under the age of 30. The Forbes fifth annual ’30 Under 30′ list…