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Bhubaneswar: Friendship is like a wine which if brewed for years tastes better and better. For the present generation tech-savvy youth, Friendship Day has become an occasion to share videos in Instagram or Facebook, more or less, while some till today rely on the archaic...

Berhampur: With an objective of making the city open defecation free (ODF) by December 2018, Berhampur city has reached out to Hindi movie personalities, to spread the message among people to keep the city clean and help the municipal corporation achieve the said target. After actors Suniel Shetty and...

Bhubaneswar: The US Consulate Hyderabad organised a day-long workshop on social entrepreneurship and gender equality at Bakul Foundation, here Friday. Cynthia Hellen was the key speaker. Founder and CEO of ‘SMPLCT Lab’; (pronounced simplicity), Cynthia encouraged women of diverse age groups and occupations to narrate...

Keonjhar: Odisha is blessed with thousands of extraordinary artists. However, there are many  such artists who are living below the proverbial poverty line fighting everyday for their very existence. Orissa Post interacted with one such artist couple Abhimanyu and Binapani Maharana, who despite living in...

Koraput: Nandanik, a theatre group based in Koraput, kick started its three-day theater event here Wednesday, marking its fourth foundation day. On the occasion, the first Asim Basu Memorial award was presented to Soumendra Kumar Swain. Noted theatre director Subodh Patnaik delivered his lecture titled...

Bhubaneswar: A recreational centre for senior citizens by the Silver Age Foundation was inaugurated here Thursday. The senior population is quite varied, with a diversity of interests, strengths, and abilities. The first-of-its-kind recreation centre in the state, aims to engage the elderly in various activities...

Bhubaneswar:  Caste-based discriminations and violence, Dalit oppressions and ill treatment are daily headlines. The mention of the very phrase ‘Dalit atrocity’ brings forth images of rural India plagued by caste-based discrimination. Recent instances like Rohith Vemula’s suicide and past years’ incidents such as 1997 gunning...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha State Archives, the state’s first archive, boasts of 10 crore pages of documents and undoubtedly has a rich repository of knowledge.  Established in 1960, the archives started functioning from a separate building 1971 onwards at Sachivalaya Marg here. With the aim to know...

Bhubaneswar: Commemorating the 38th death anniversary of legendary playback singer Mohammed Rafi, a musical concert Tum Mujhe Yun Bhula Na Payoge was organised by Geet Tarang at Soochna Bhavan here Tuesday. During the event the Geet Tarang Award was conferred to Pranab Kishore Patnaik, M...

Bhubaneswar: In a bid to aware the citizens about the consequences of deforestation and encourage them to plant trees, a plant distribution programme was organised by UDRA, a voluntary outfit, here Wednesday. The event was attended by Bhubaneswar North MLA Priyadarshi Mishra and Korei MLA...