New Delhi: 21/12/23: Eminent Odia poet Ashutosh Parida and Sanskrit poet Arun Ranjan Mishra have been selected for the prestigious Kendra Sahitya Akademi Award for the year 2023. Parida has been selected for his Odia poetry collection, “Aprastuta Mrutyu’ (Unprepared Death), and Mishra for his Sanskrit poetry book “Sunye Meghaganam”. Parida has been selected for his odia poetry collection, “Aprastuta ...

Cuttack:21/12/23: The Orissa High Court on Thursday granted divorce to actor-turned-politician Anubhav Mohanty from his actress wife Varsha Priyadarshini. While allowing the celebrity couple to part ways, the HC overturned the ruling of the Cuttack family court that had earlier rejected the divorce petition of Anubhav. Hearing the petition filed by Anubhav challenging the verdict of Cuttack family court, the ...

Bhubaneswar: 21/12/23: As promised by Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik to the people of Padmapur, the new district of Padmapur is all set to be announced on the 30th of this month. Naveen had promised the people of Padmapur last November that the new Padmapur District will be formed by the end of 2023, and that promise is going to be ...

Bhubaneswar: 21/12/23:In a significant collaborative effort, Skill Development & Technical Education Department, Govt. of Odisha collaborated with Tata Power, to empower the state’s youth in presence of Usha Padhee, Principal Secretary, SDTE Department at the conference hall,2nd floor, Kharavel Bhavan today. The primary objective of this initiative is to equip young talent with industry-ready skills through targeted programs, ensuring they ...

Bhubaneswar: 19/12/23:The Odisha Government may issue guidelines for JN.1 variant of COVID-19 if it is necessary. This has been informed by Bijay Kumar Mohapatra, Director of Health Services, Odisha on Tuesday. Earlier on Monday, the Centre issued an advisory to the States and UTs in view of the recent surge in COVID-19 cases and the detection of the first case ...

Mayurbhanj:19/12/23: On the instructions of Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik, 5T and Nabin Odisha Chairman V.K. Pandian visited Mayurbhanj today and reviewed various developmental works and interacted with local people and students. He spoke to all the students at the university ground at Baripada and inspired the youth to join in building a new Odisha. Attending the Nua-O program, he said ...

Bhubaneswar:19/12/23: The Odisha Heritage Cabinet, in a meeting held under the chairmanship of Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik, today decided to organise the first “World Odia Language Conference” in the state capital, Bhubaneswar for three days in February 2024. According to the decision taken in the cabinet meeting held on 26.12.2017, today the Heritage Cabinet has decided to organise the World ...

Bhubaneswar:18/12/23: Launching several projects of Odisha Mining Corporation, CM Naveen Patnaik congratulated OMC for leading by example in contributing to the economy, sustainable mining, and spreading happiness through people-centric development & welfare activities. CM said that be it sports, health, education, or periphery development, OMC has always put its best efforts into serving the society. CM laid the foundation for ...

Bhubaneswar:17/12/23: Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Bhubaneswar is thrilled to announce that its groundbreaking research project, titled “Forging the Past: Investigating the Manufacturing of Iron Beams Used in Konarka Sun Temple and Analyzing Their Socio-Economic Impact on the Local Community,” has been selected by the Indian Knowledge System (IKS), under the Ministry of Education, Government of India. Under the esteemed ...

Bhubaneswar:16/12/23: Hon’ble Chief Minister Shri Naveen Patnaik has approved the proposal for the construction of 7 multi-purpose cyclone shelters in 7 gram panchayats of 4 blocks of Puri district today. During the district tour of 5 chairmen, a proposal came to construct cyclone shelters in various Gram Panchayats of Puri district. Keeping in mind the proposal of public hearing, today ...