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: The Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) has started process to make ‘Ekamra Kshetra’, heritage hub of Temple City beggar-free. The civic body has started to make efforts to rehabilitate beggars/destitutes roaming near Lingaraj temple with livelihood support and bring them to mainstream under the ‘Sahaya’ scheme of Odisha government. The move is reportedly a part […]
Bhubaneswar: Neither the dead bodies make him puke, nor the undead scare him at night. Ramachandra Baidung, a 62 year-old Class-4 employee of Capital Hospital in Bhubaneswar has made friends with the lifeless bodies his entire life. Meet the ‘Autopsy Man’ of Odisha whose day starts and ends with the dead. While from a personal […]
Bhubaneswar: There seems to be no let up to the cold wave condition as mercury continues to dip at several places in the State. According to the regional MeT office in Bhubaneswar, 10 cities in Odisha recorded temperature below 10 degree Celsius on Sunday. While Phulbani emerged the coldest with the minimum temperature going down […]
Bhubaneswar: A girl in the smart city of Bhubaneswar, who happens to be a software engineer, was allegedly duped of money to the tune of Rs 1 lakh while recharging her satellite TV’s Direct To Home (DTH) service through an e-commerce payment system. As per reports, the girl named Soumya Rout tried to make a […]
Khordha: As many as 22 antique idols, some of them are made up of ‘Astadhatu’, have allegedly been stolen from an ancient temple at Banpur near Balugaan in Khurdha district late on Monday night. Police sources said, unidentified miscreants barged into the sanctum sanctorum of the 300-old Dakheswar temple by breaking open the locks of […]
Bhubaneswar: The Biju Patnaik International Airport (BPIA) is fully prepared to tackle any untoward situation emerging out of possible spread of the new COVID-19 strain which has originated from the UK, BPIA Executive Director, Goutam Ray said on Wednesday. Speaking about the cautionary steps and counter measures taken at the airport, Ray said, “We have […]
Bhubaneswar: Five member team of India’s elite Javelin throwers are currently practicing at the Kalinga Stadium in Bhubaneswar as a part of their preparations for the upcoming Tokyo Olympics, scheduled to be held on 23 July 2021. While the preparations are in full swing at the stadium, star athlete, Shivpal Singh has asserted that looking […]
Khordha: Amid the COVID-19 pandemic, all the religious institutions in the Khordha district except the Lingaraj Temple and the temples coming within the territorial jurisdiction of the Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) have been allowed to open from January 3, 2012. As per the order of the district collector, the temples will be opened subjected to […]
Bhubaneswar: Tightening the noose around erring shop keepers and roadside vendors, the Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) directed officials to cancel trading license, if shop keepers are found littering the streets. Strict implementation of this initiative will start from Monday, December 28, informed BMC Commissioner, Prem Chandra Choudhary. As per Choudhary, despite repeated warnings and awareness […]
Khordha: Odisha government’s ambitious ‘Mo Sarkar’ initiative that aims at providing effective governance to people has found itself red-faced after senior BJD leader and Convenor of ‘Odisha Mo Parivar’ Arup Patnaik on Sunday reportedly gave a reality check to the government mechanism in the State. While addressing a congregation of party workers here on the […]
Bhubaneswar: Attending the 61st Foundation day of famous Nandankanan Zoological Park here on Tuesday, Odisha Forest and Environment Minister Bikram Keshari Arukha informed that a master plan to transform Nandankanan to a world class zoo in next 20 years at an approximate cost of Rs 600 Crore has already been submitted with the Central Zoo […]
Bhubaneswar: Three superintendents of GST and Central Excise were caught by CBI sleuths on Tuesday while allegedly accepting bribe for settling a case pertaining to a private engineering college in Bhubaneswar. As per reports, the arrested officials were accepting a bribe of Rs 10 lakh at a luxury hotel in Bhubaneswar when the CBI personnel […]
Bhubaneswar: In a big relief, State health department Thursday informed that the new strain of mutant COVID-19 has not been detected in any of the samples sent for genome sequencing. Senior officials said around 204 swab samples were collected from UK returnees and their contacts and were sent for testing as per the protocol. However, […]
Bhubaneswar: The Capital Region Urban Transport (CRUT) is all set to resume Mo Bus service on all routes including Route No-29 from Monday. 📢Notice- #MoBus🚌 service will be available in all the routes including Route 29, tomorrow (4th Jan,Monday) onwards. Please find the new weekday schedule below. 👇#NoMaskNoEntry#MoBusforBetterYou@MOBBY_MoBus @arunbothra pic.twitter.com/maN8hY58Wu — Capital Region Urban Transport […]
Bhubaneswar: In a major relief to the denizens, Covid-19 vaccination drive will kick start across Odisha as soon as the doses reach the State, informed Directorate of Medical Education & Training (DMET) Director Prof CBK Mohanty on Monday. The reaction from Mohanty came just a day after the Drug Controller General of India (DCGI) granted […]
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