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.
Bhubaneswar: Crime Branch STF Seizes Brown Sugar Worth Rs 1 Crore, 1 Held Bhubaneswar: The Special Task Force (STF) of Odisha Crime Branch seized brown sugar worth Rs 1 crore during a raid near Baramunda bus stand area here in the capital city late on Friday night. According to sources, one person identified as SK […]
Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government on Saturday announced guidelines for Unlock-6 that will remain in force in the State from November 1 to November 30, 2020. During the Unlock-6, the State government has decided to reopen all the schools from November 16. However, only students from class IX to class XII will be allowed to attend […]
Bhubaneswar: With detection of 81 new COVID-19 positive cases in the last 24 hours, the total virus tally in the capital city rose to 29,153, according to the data shared by the Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC). Of the fresh cases, 62 are local contacts while the remaining 19 are from quarantine, the civic body said […]
Bhubaneswar: Several parts of Odisha will experience light rainfall and thunderstorm in the next four to five days, the India Meteorological Department’s (IMD) Regional Centre in Bhubaneswar informed on Saturday. As per the latest IMD bulletin, a low pressure area has formed over East-central Bay of Bengal off the Myanmar coast under the influence of […]
Bhubaneswar: With detection of 83 new COVID-19 positive cases in the last 24 hours, the total virus tally in the capital city rose to 29,236 according to the data shared by the Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC). Of the fresh cases, 63 are local contacts while the remaining 20 are from quarantine, the civic body said […]
Bhubaneswar: Top political leaders cutting across party lines have condemned the repeated vindictive attacks and action against OTV and its employees by sets of law enforcement agencies and administrative officials allegedly at the behest of Odisha government. Leaders from major opposition parties including Congress and BJP slammed the Odisha government and the Odisha Crime Branch […]
Bhubaneswar: Youth Congress activists held a unique protest at the Master Canteen square on Monday against the unprecedented hike in vegetable prices which has put households across the state to hardship during the festive season. The party activists, wearing garlands made of vegetables raised slogans against the Odisha government and the Centre holding them responsible […]
Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik inaugurated three sports facilities in the State on Monday. While innaugurating the sports facilities, Patnaik said the State would launch grassroot programmes to provide opportunity for budding talents. Moreover, he also announced that a synthetic-turf hockey training facility would be constructed in Chhatrapur. Out of the three new facilities, […]
Bhubaneswar: The active cases of COVID-19 in Bhubaneswar dropped below 1000 on Wednesday after 142 patients recovered from the viral infection in the last 24 hours. The capital city registered 75 new positive cases in the last 24 hours, taking the total number of confirmed cases to 29454. Out of the 75 cases, 14 were […]
Bhubaneswar: The Winter Session of the Odisha Legislative Assembly will commence from November 20, a notification released by the Assembly secretariat informed on Wednesday. The schedule stated that the Supplementary budget for the State will be tabled on the first day of the session, i.e. on November 20. The sittings will continue till December 31, […]
Bhubaneswar: Tension ran high at the national highway in Bhubaneswar on Thursday following a protest by Nabanirman Krushak Sangathan (NNKS), a farmers outfit, as part of the nationwide ‘Chakka Jam’ protest against the central farm laws. The outfit staged a demonstration protesting three farm laws including stoppage of the minimum support price (MSP) mechanism, which […]
Bhubaneswar: The Odisha unit of the Hindu Jagaran Manch (HJM) held protests against the cold-blooded murder of Nikita Tomar– a Faridabad-based college girl who had been shot dead following a failed kidnapping bid– at Pokhariput on Thursday morning. The HJM condemned the brutal incident and termed the crime as ‘love jihad’. During the protest, HJM […]
Bhubaneswar: With detection of 68 new COVID-19 positive cases in the last 24 hours, the total virus tally in the capital city rose to 29,522 according to the data shared by the Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC). Of the fresh cases, 54 are local contacts while the remaining 14 are from quarantine, the civic body said […]
Khordha: The Tehsildar of Bolagarh, Dhobei Nayak on Thursday sustained multiple injuries after he was allegedly attacked by stone quarry mafia near Gopalpur in Khordha district. Nayak was assailed along with some other staff of the Tehsil when they reached a morrum quarry at Gopalpur to conduct a raid. A complaint in connection with the […]
Bhubaneswar: An elderly man, who was allegedly locked in the bathroom of his house for 8 days by his son and daughter-in-law, was finally rescued by the police on Thursday. The shocking incident has been reported from Palasuni area on the outskirts of the Smart City. Even hours after his rescue, the shocked elder, believed […]
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