Khordha district has carved out of the former Puri District on 1st April, 1993. Despite repeated onslaughts from Maratha and Muslim cavalry, it managed to maintain the glory of its independence of royal fort till 1803. Therefore, the Royal Fort is spelt with reverence as “Khordhagada” and is referred as the “last independent fort” which remained free from the clutches of East India Company for a long period (from 1757, the Battle of Plassey after which the East India Company established company rule in Bengal till 1803).This resistance movement of Odias was recorded by the British historians as “Paik Rebellion”, which was in fact, the first Independence war of India. It originated in Khordha soil and spread to other parts of Odisha in 1817 much prior to the outbreak of the historical Sepoy Mutiny of 1857.Khordha is famous for Kora khai which is traditional Odia food offered to Lord Lingraj (Shiva) as Prasad.
Khurda/Puri: Residents of several panchayats in Khurda and Puri district have been battling with flood-like situation following heavy spells of rainfall in river upstream areas since past few days. Under the impact of incessant rainfall, swelling of floodwater from Rajua river, a tributary of Daya river has submerged around 25 villages in five Panchayats of […]
Bhubaneswar: The drugs control administration (DCA) raided Torque Pharmaceuticals in Bhubaneswar yesterday for allegedly selling medicines to unlicensed companies in Bhubaneswar. The raids were conducted after the drugs control administration officials received a complaint against the pharmaceutical company. During the raid, nine samples of medicines were collected and sent for testing. Later, an FIR was […]
Bhubaneswar: Odisha government on Sunday ordered more than 387 Lakh doses of vaccines to two major COVID vaccine manufacturing companies in the country after Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik announced to…
Bhubaneswar: A team of special task force (STF) of the Crime Branch on Saturday arrested five persons on charges of smuggling brown sugar in Barunei area near Khordha town. Over…
Khurda: A 15-year-old boy, who has been missing from Nirakarpur area in Khurda district for the last 13 days, was allegedly sold off by his relatives for Rs 4,000. The incident came to light after a video purportedly showing the uncle and aunt of the minor boy confessing to have sold him went viral on […]
Bhubaneswar: The Director of Bhubaneswar Railway Station, Chittaranjan Nayak on Friday said that special arrangements have been made at the station to track people returning from the neighbouring West Bengal.…
Khurda: A series of robberies at Atri village in Baghamari Police limits of Khurda district rocked the area after no less than 15 households reported theft on Wednesday night. As per reports, the miscreants allegedly broke into the homes and looted cash and jewelleries. However, the exact amount of cash and property robbed is yet […]
Bhubaneswar: The Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) has begun the process of shifting major markets (Haats) in the capital city to decentralised alternate locations in view of the alarming rise in…
Bhubaneswar: The State forest department officials on Thursday rescued five bear cubs from the outskirts of the Capital City. As per reports, the bear cubs were spotted by some locals…
Khurda: Carrying out probe into the loot of cigarette-laden truck on NH-16 near Ugratara chhak in Tangi of Khurda, a special team of Odisha Police managed to nab two persons from Indore in Madhya Pradesh. The accused have been identified as Amit Chopra and Amit Choudhary of Pitambar Ram Ratan colony of the city. Both […]
Bhubaneswar: On the heels of an alarming rise in daily COVID cases in Bhubaneswar, the local civic body, Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) on Monday issued stricter guidelines for market places,…
Bhubaneswar: Registering a new record in daily COVID counts, the Smart City of Bhubaneswar reported as many as 468 new positive cases in the last 24 hours taking the total…
Bhubaneswar: In a major announcement in the backdrop of the surging Covid-19 graph in the State, the Biju Janata Dal (BJD) supremo Naveen Patnaik on Monday said the party will…
Pune/Bhubaneswar: The Railway Protection Force (RPF) has started an investigation into the alleged suicide of a 57-year-old Army officer of Brigadier rank at the Pune railway station in Maharashtra on…
Bhubaneswar: Speaking about the Congress party’s prospects in the Pipili bypoll that has been postponed till May 13 after the demise of Congress candidate Ajit Mangaraj, veteran leader and MLA…
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