Aizawl(Mizoram}20/8/18:All India Writers Meet, organised by Central Sahitya Akademi, New Delhi, at picturesque Aizawl, the capital city of Mizoram. The two-day Meet was formally inaugurated by Haraprasad Das, eminent Odia poet, thinker and critic after a very illuminating keynote address to a gathering of writers from across the country. Senior writers of the major states, besides half a dozen of ...

Bhubaneswr:17/8/18:National Aluminium Company limited, the Odisha-based Navratna CPSE, under Ministry of Mines, Govt. of India, has a taken a step further towards the promotion of art and culture by signing a Memorandum of Understanding with Vrindaban Gurukul Trust of Flute Maestro Padma Vibhushan Pandit Hariprasad Chaurasia. This MoU aims at providing a platform for industry-culture interface, which would take the ...

Newdelhi:15/8/18:The President is pleased to award the Certificate of Honour to the following scholars of Sanskrit, Persian, Arabic, Pali, Prakrit, Classical Oriya, Classical Kannada, Classical Telugu and Classical Malayalam for the year 2018. SANSKRIT   1. Dr. SamudralaVenkataRangaRamanujacharyulu 2. Dr. RaghuvirVedalankar 3. Prof. Jayprakash Narayan Dwivedi 4. Dr. Vasantkumar M. Bhatt 5. Dr. BaldevanandSagar 6. Dr. Virendra Kumar Mishra 7. ...

Bhubaneswar:13/8/18: Odisha Governor Professor Ganeshi Lal released the Odia edition of ‘Exam Warriors’, a book written by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, in a function held today at Jaydev Bhawan here. Addressing the audience Governor Ganeshi Lal said that, a common student can be a superman with his strong determination and will power. With 25 super mantras, advice to parents and ...

Bhubaneswar / New Delhi, 12th August, 2018:  The inaugural showcase of Jindal Art Institute (JAI) began today with the lighting of the lamp by Smt. Savitri Jindal, Chairperson Emeritus, JSPL along with Smt. Shallu Jindal, Founder JAI and Shri Naveen Jindal, Chairman, JSPL. Rajya Sabha MP Padma Vibhushan Shri Raghunath Mahapatra was also present to grace the occasion. Jindal Art Institute is the ...

Newdelhi:8/8/18:The Ministry of Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation announced the winners for the first fortnight of the Jal Bachao, Video Banao, Puraskar Pao contest that was launched on 10th July 2018. Sh. Shreshth Sahu from Varanasi, Sh. Satish Mewada from Bhopal and Sh. Gopal Kumar Prajapati from Bokaro have secured the first, second and third positions respectively for the period 10th July ...

Cuttack:7/8/18:Autobiography of H.N. Das (Hruday Nath Das, born 1928), one of the most respected photo-journalists of Odisha titled ‘Utha Paka Jeebana’ was released on 6 August 2018 at Cuttack. H N Das has worked as a free lance photo-journalist for over 60 years for several Odia, English and Hindi newspapers including English daily Amrita Bazar Patrika and Odia Daily Samaja. ...

Bhubaneswar:6/8/18: A book titled ‘Naveen Patnaik’, the first political biography of one of India’s most popular Chief Ministers, authored by veteran journalist Ruben Banerjee was released here at Bhubaneswar Club on Sunday. In this book, Ruben lifts the veil from the mysterious politician of Odisha. From being Biju Patnaik’s socialite son who entered politics after fifty to his record of ...

Gagan Bihari Purohit Ghinua was quite a famous name in the region as a proven hunter. His most potent and lethal weapon was the home-grown bow and arrow. Lying flat on the floor, he could stretch the string of his bow up to his ear while shooting. He could shoot sharply at the target from a fair distance of one ...

Bhubaneswar:30/7/18; Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik inaugurated the new high-end printing machine of the leading Odia daily ‘Pragativadi’ at its office here in Bhubaneswar on Sunday.Saswati Bal, Achyut Samant, member of Rajya Sabha and founder of KISS, Samahit Bal, executive editor of Pragativadi, Lalit Pattajoshi, editorial director of Pragativadi, Bratati Bal Das, Monalisha Bal, chairperson, KIIT International School, Siba Prasad Biswal, ...