Popular actor Venkatesh Prabhu Kasthuri Raja, aka Dhanush, announced separation from his wife Aishwaryaa after 18 years of marriage. Dhanush took to his Twitter handle and shared a note. “18 years of togetherness as friends, couple, as parents and well-wishers to each other..The journey has been of growth, understanding, adjusting and adapting…Today we stand at…
Bhubaneswar: Para athlete Kamal Kant Nayak created a world record of covering maximum distance in a manual wheelchair on Sunday. He covered 213 km in 24 hours in a wheelchair. He broke the earlier record of 182.4 kms by Mario Trinidad from Portugal. For the super marathon, Kamal kant covered the to and fro distance…
Rourkela: Rourkela has won a place among top 10 Cities of the country in ‘Nurturing Neighbourhoods Challenge’ under the aegis of the Smart Cities Mission of the Ministry of Housing & Urban Affairs (MoHUA). Bengaluru, Hubballi-Dharwad, Indore, Jabalpur, Kakinada, Kochi, Kohima, Vadodara, and Warangal are the other cities securing the place in the top 10…
Bhubaneswar: Shanti Devi, a well-known social worker from Odisha, passed away on Sunday night at her Gunupur residence in Rayagada district. She was 88. As per reports, she was rushed to the district hospital after she complained of chest pain and became unconscious. Doctors declared her dead on arrival. Shanti Devi received Padma Shri award…
Bhubaneswar: The Queen’s Baton for 2022 Commonwealth Games made a tour of Puri, Konark and Bhubaneswar on Saturday. The Baton commenced its journey from Kalinga Stadium with Olympians Dutee Chand and Sunita Lakra carrying it. It made a historic tour to Shri Jagannath Temple, Puri Blue Flag Beach and Konark Sun Temple. It later arrived…
Imphal: Tokyo Olympic silver medalist Saikhom Mirabai Chanu has been appointed as the Additional Superintendent of Police (Sports) in Manipur Police. Mirabai took charge for the same on Saturday in presence of Manipur Chief Minister N Biren Singh. CM Singh tweeted about Mirabai taking the charge as Additional Superintendent of Police. Our Nation’s pride, Olympian…
Bhubaneswar: Odia feature film Adieu GODARD, has won three International awards in the feature film category at the recently concluded Sipontum Arthouse International Film Festival in Italy. Amartya Bhattacharyya bagged the Best Director and the Best Screenplay award for the film, while Choudhury Bikash Das won the Best Actor award. Overwhelmed with the news, acclaimed…
Celebrating the Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav with Kala Kumbh- artist workshops, the National Gallery of Modern Art, New Delhi in collaboration with the Ministry of Culture and Ministry of Defence has successfully created painting scrolls measuring approximately 750 metres. Artists from across the country attended the workshop and created the gigantic scroll representing the tales…
Nayagarh: Thirteen villages in Odisha’s Nayagarh district are reaping the gains of a clean environment, organic manure, and income from waste. Two waste sorting centers established at Kantabania and Mankapalli villages in Nayagarh sort waste from 2688 households. The Kantabania Centre sorts waste from Biridihi, Kusumitara, Subalaya villages, while the Mankapali center sorts waste from…
Bhubaneswar: The Queen’s Baton for the 2022 Commonwealth Games reached Bhubaneswar today. Odisha Hockey Promotion Council, Chairman, Dilip Tirkey and officials of Sports and Youth Services Department, Govt of Odisha and Odisha Olympic Association received the baton at the Biju Patnaik International Airport. The Baton will tour to Puri and Konark tomorrow where it will…
