Tag: Duronto

By Debasis Barik New Delhi/Bhubaneswar: Mumbai-based Odia filmmaker Soumendra Padhi received the National Award from President Pranab Mukherjee at Vigyan Bhavan in New Delhi on Tuesday. Padhi got the prestigious award in the Best Children’s Film (National) Category for his debut film ‘Duronto’ at the 63rd edition of the award. Speaking to odishatv.in after receiving […]

Bhubaneswar: Two days after ‘Duronto’ – a Bollywood film on wonder boy Budhia Singh, who had earned a place in the Limca Book of records in 2006 as the world’s youngest marathon runner - won the Best Children's Film at the National Film Awards, the boy who was the toast of the world at one time has expressed a desire to leave the Sports Hostel here since it does not have the facilities for his proper training.

Despite having won many a heart and having taken both Odisha and the nation by storm for being a wonder kid owing to his amazing feat of running 65 km in one stretch at the tender age of four, Budhia Singh has faded into oblivion. Budhia is now simply resting on his laurels, even though Hindi movie "Duronto" on his life carved a niche at the 63rd National Film Awards and was cited as the best children's film

New Delhi: Good news for train passengers as Railway Minister Piyush Goyal on Wednesday said that presently there is no proposal to discontinue the flexi fare scheme. At present, flexi fare is applicable to only 141 out of 13,452 trains and railways has not lost traffic to other mode of transport like airlines. Goyal also […]

New Delhi: On the New Year’s eve, the railways announced fare hike across its network, excluding suburban trains, effective from January 1, 2020, according to an order issued on Tuesday. While suburban fares remain unchanged, ordinary non-AC, non-suburban fares hiked by 1 paise per km of journey. The railways also announced a two paise/km hike […]