Bhubaneswar: Good news for the differently abled persons of the city as finally they can have a park especially designed for them. Bhubaneswar Smart City Limited (BSCL) has constructed Sensory Park at Saheed Nagar which will be open to the public soon. One of its kind, the park spreads over an area of 037 acres…
Bhubaneswar: Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik announced that Odisha will sponsor the Indian Hockey team for another 10 years. He was speaking at a felicitation event on held Tuesday at Kalinga Stadium where the Indian Hockey teams were felicitated for their brilliant performance at the Tokyo Olympics. In 2018, Odisha government had signed a ₹100 crore…
Bhubaneswar: To popularise Odia cuisines, Odisha Tourism Development Corporation (OTDC) is soon going to launch ‘Nimantran’, a chain of restaurants in the state. The restaurants will be managed by OTDC through a dedicated wing which will serve a variety of authentic Odia cuisines from various districts of Odisha. A special menu has been planned by…
Acclaimed Odia filmmaker Nila Madhab Panda’s first Odia film, Kalira Atita, which is based on climate change and sea-level rise due to global warming, is going to be screened at the Indian Film Festival of Melbourne (IFFM). The prestigious IFFM2021 will be held between August 15 and 30. The filmmaker, who is known for making…
Bhubaneswar: The Hockey Olympians from Odisha were given warm reception at Biju Patnaik International Airport on Tuesday evening after the historic performance of men’s and women’s hockey team at the Tokyo Olympics. Deep Grace Ekka, Namita Toppo, Birendra Lakra and Amit Rohidas were welcomed by Sports and Youth Services minister Tusharkanti Behera, Commissioner-Cum- Secretary, Sports…
Bhubaneswar: In a bid to give major boost to the sports sector and increase sporting infrastructure in the state, the cabinet on Monday approved setting up of 89 multi-purpose indoor stadiums across the state with an estimated cost of Rs 693.35 Crores. The construction of these structures named as ‘Biju Pattnaik Indoor Stadiums’ will be…
Bhubaneswar: Koraput Coffee produced in Koraput districts by tribal farmers will soon hit the international market as Tata Coffee has agreed to procure the coffee and sell it. Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Sunday informed that Tata Coffee will sell the procured Koraput Coffee in the national and international market. “The tie up with Tata…
India’s Neeraj Chopra creates history by winning gold medal in javelin throw at Tokyo Olympics. He wins an athletics medal for Independent India for the first time. His podium finish comes more than 121 years after Norman Pritchard had won 200m silver on July 22, 1900. Neeraj’s throw of 87.58 m in his second attempt…
Indian wrestler Bajrang Punia wins bronze medal at Tokyo Olympics by convincingly beating Daulet Niyazbekov of Kazakhstan in the men’s freestyle 65kg event today. He beat the Kazakhstan wrestler with 8-0 points in an one-sides match for the bronze medal. Bajrang had earlier gone down to Azerbaijan’s Haji Aliyev in the semi-final on Friday. Bajrang…
To give a boost to the fight against Covid-19 pandemic, the Government of India allowed emergency use of Johnson & Johnson’s single-dose vaccine in the country today. The union health minister Mansukh Mandaviya informed about the news through a tweet on Saturday. This is the fifth vaccine to be available in India after Covaxin, Covishield,…
