Tag: Birth Centenary

Bhubaneswar: The concluding ceremony of the year-long Biju Patnaik’s birth centenary celebrations was held at the Adivasi Exhibition Ground here on Sunday coinciding with the state-level Panchayati Raj Divas Samaroh. Chief minister Naveen Patnaik attended the event as chief guest. A documentary on Biju Babu was screened at the event, which was jointly organized by the Panchayati […]

Bengaluru/ Bhubaneswar: In an attempt to encourage investments in sectors like Manufacturing, IT, Electronics, Petrochemicals, Food Processing, and Tourism, the Odisha government is organising a two-day investors’ meet in Bengaluru beginning from today. As part of its year-long celebrations to mark 80 years of the state and the birth centenary of former Chief Minister Biju […]

Bhubaneswar: In a bid to spread the message of courage, conviction and dedication of legendary leader Biju Patnaik, the Odisha government has decided to reach out to the farmers, youth and women of the State during his year-long birth centenary celebrations. “They (farmers, youth and women) are the driving force of the country and the […]

New Delhi: Google on Saturday honoured Asima Chatterjee, the first woman to receive a Doctorate of Science in India with a Doodle. When the doyenne of chemistry was growing up in Calcutta (now Kolkata) in the 1920s and 1930s, it was almost unheard of for a woman to study chemistry. But that did not stop […]

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday paid tributes to late Biju Patnaik, the former chief minister of Odisha, on his 100th birth anniversary. “Biju Babu was a man of the masses and a visionary who devoted his life to serving society. I pay my tributes to him on his birth anniversary,” Modi tweeted. […]