Sambalpur:17/3/18: Odisha girl Arpita Behera was crowned as the Little Miss Galaxy World 2018 with her outstanding performance in category of 12 and 14 years age group at the international talent and beauty pageant in Bulgaria. The little girl hails from Sambalpur city. Arpita, is a class 7 student at Saint Joseph Convent School in Sambalpur who recently made her state and the ...

Newdelhi:2/11/17;The Press Council of India has today announced the winners of National Awards for Excellence in Journalism 2017. They shall be honoured on National Press Day November 16, 2017, at Vigyan Bhawan. Shri Sam Rajappa and Shri Sarat Mishra, Eminent Journalists, have been jointly designated awardee in the category „Raja Ram Mohan Roy Award‟ for their outstanding contributions towards Journalism ...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha and Indonesia share age-old historical and civilsational links. People of Kalinga were the pioneers in Indian colonization in farther India, particularly in Indonesia, Thailand, Myanmar, the then Burma. Indian traders, adventurers, teachers and priests were the dominating influence in South-East Asia. Hinduism and Buddhism both spread to these regions from India and for many centuries existed there with ...

Sundargarh: Hundreds of tribals marched in a rally on 12th Nov from Stadium and gheraoed the district collectorate demanding implementation of the 5th scheduled constitutional provision in the district. The protest rally was organised under the umbrella banner of Sundargarh Zilla Adiwasi Mulwasi Bachao Manch(SZAMBM) under which a number of community based tribal sangathans from all the blocks across the ...

Puri: Renowned sand artist Sudarsan Pattnaik created a sand sculpture on demonetisation move, at puri beach of  Odisha . The sculpture, which lauds PM Modi’s historic move to curb black money, bears the message,  “Beginning of a Clean India and RIP black money”. Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s surprise announcement to demonetise higher denominations of currency notes has been applauded as ...

Varanaseya Utkal Samaj celebrated Boita Bandana Utsav Maintaining the cultural tradition of Odisha, the Odias residing in Varanasi celebrated “Boita Bandana Utsav” under the aegis of Varanaseya Utkal Samaj (VUS) on 14th November, 2016. For a very long time, VUS is spreading the Odia culture among the Odia people and beyond the Odia community living around the holy city of ...