Tag: Bhubaneswar

Puri: A day after the rape survivor hailing from West Bengal was rescued from Konark, Odisha BJP Mahila Morcha chief Prabhati Parida and the State Mahila Congress Parishad president Sumitra Jena on Thursday made shocking allegations claiming that police in Konark have knowledge of the sex racket running in area. Both the senior leaders alleged […]

Bhubaneswar: Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik inaugurated the newly renovated Kalinga Stadium on Wednesday as Bhubaneswar is gearing up to host the most-awaited hockey tournament -the 14th Men’s Hockey World Cup 2018. An exhibition match was also played between the Dilip Tirkey-XI and Dhanraj Pillay-XI teams led by the two hockey legends respectively. Both the team […]

Bhubaneswar/Jakarta: Ace para athlete from Odisha Jayanti Behera has once again brought laurels for the state by clinching bronze in 200 metres sprint event at the on-going 2018 Asian Para Games in Indonesia’s capital Jakarta. Jayanti clinched the bronze by clocking a time of 27.45 seconds behind China’s Lie Lu and Wang Yangpie who clocked […]

Bhubaneswar: Even though more than 24 hours have passed, the Commissionerate Police is yet to get any leads in connection with the death of a woman, whose body was found in a car parked at Sriram Nagar of Bhubaneswar yesterday morning. Sangram Aich, husband of the deceased identified as Tanuja Aich is still absconding after […]

Bhubaneswar: Achieving yet another milestone, Bhubaneswar has bagged the best Smart City award at the three-day international conference, ‘Smart City Expo India-2018’ held at Jaipur. In a tweet, the official Twitter account of the Smart City Expo India Jaipur informed about the award. “Our first Smart City Award category is the Best City Award. Congratulations […]

Bhubaneswar: After OTV first telecast reports about exclusion of Odia players from the ongoing national hockey camp in Bhubaneswar, International hockey player from the state, Amit Rohidas has been included. Several international hockey players from the state had criticized the exclusion of Odia players in the national camp, from where the squad will be selected […]

Bhubaneswar: In view of a fresh cyclonic circulation over East-central Bay of Bengal, the regional meteorological department today forecast heavy rainfall for coastal and southern parts of the state in next 24 hours. Heavy rain accompanied with lightning and thunderstorm is most likely to occur in the districts of Mayurbhanj, Khurda, Cuttack and Nayagarh and […]

Most of the adults in India perhaps know how the government machinery works. One sees it every day in flyovers that are delayed by years, in irrigation canals that are incomplete for decades and in day-to-day business of granting permissions, passing tenders, procurement, finance settlement so on and so forth. And this applies to all […]

So it has been some time that the Part I of this piece was written. It dealt with outlining few of the major problems with tourism in Odisha. In this second part of the essay I shall attempt to delineate few measures that can offset these overriding concerns and help take Odisha tourism, abound with […]

Bhubaneswar: Alleging rampant corruption in “Ama Gaon, Ama Vikas’ scheme, hundreds of locals of Dadha Panchayat today gheraoed the Bhubaneswar block office. The protesters also staged dharna and hunger strike in front of the office. According to sources, the locals alleged that Sarpanch of Dadha Panchayat Shyam Sundar Tudu and Village Level Worker (VLW) Suresh […]

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha MSME (Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises) international trade fair kicked off at the Exhibition ground in the capital city on Monday. The 7-day long trade fair was inaugurated by State Finance Minister Sashi Bhusan Behera. Addressing the event, Behera said that more than 3, 67,000 MSME units have been set up in […]

Bhubaneswar: The much-awaited Adivasi Mela got off to a colourful start with several cultural programmes and other tribal art forms showcased on the opening day in Bhubaneswar on Saturday. Around 180 stalls showcasing the lifestyle, culture and foods of tribals have come up at the fair. One can also get several indigenous tribal products here. […]

Cuttack/Bhubaneswar/Puri: A thick blanket of fog shrouded several districts across the states including Bhubaneswar, Cuttack and Puri affecting normal life and throwing vehicular traffic out of gear today. As the visibility dropped to around 100 metre in most places, mostly school students and office goers faced hardship in reaching their destinations on time. While people […]

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha Tennis Premier League (OTPL) concluded at the Kalinga Stadium here on Sunday. While Kendrapara Contendors lifted the Champions trophy, Puri Wavers were runner-ups in the tournament. During the closing ceremony, Bhubaneswar North MLA Priyadarshi Mishra handed over the trophy and cash prize to the players. Kendrapara Contendors were honoured with the trophy […]

Bhubaneswar: Odia short film ‘Sanjog’ directed by Ashutosh Pattnaik was placed in third position in the ‘We care film festival’ organised in the capital city on Friday. The short film based on Autism tries to send a message to society that there is no difference between specially abled and others. Suresh Mishra and Sudhashri have […]