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CUTTACK: On the second day of the 23rd edition of Gunjan Dance Academy’s annual festival at Saheed Bhawan in Cuttack, Saturday, the audience was captivated by a sitar recital by Ravi Shankar Pradhan and troupe titled ‘Hans Dhwani’ which is a fusion of Indian and...

Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik announces Rs 100 crore assistance for infrastructural development of the varsity BHUBANESWAR: The five-day platinum jubilee celebration of Odisha’s premiere university, Utkal University, began here Saturday. Inaugurating the event, Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik announced Rs 100 crore assistance for the infrastructural...

She has acted in over 40 feature films in ten different languages and won accolades for numerous performances, including in ‘Fire’ (1996), ‘Earth’ (1998) and ‘Bawandar’ (2000) among several others. Her directorial debut ‘Firaaq’ (2008) premiered at the Toronto Film Festival and travelled to more...

Located on the peak of Udayagiri hill in Assia hill range, ‘Solapua Maa’ has never been shown any interest neither by the ASI nor by the state Archeology department If we look carefully at the images and sculptures, we can recognise that actually these deities belong to the...

Puri: National Health Mission, Odisha, director Shalini Pandit faced protest from over a hundred ad hoc employees of the district headquarters hospital (DHH) here when she visited the hospital Wednesday afternoon. Seeking solution to their various issues, the ad hoc employees locked the chief district...

Bhubaneswar: The School and Mass Education department Wednesday admitted before the Assembly that more than half of the total upper primary schools in the state are running without electricity. The self admission of the state government came to the fore through the statistics the state...

BHUBANESWAR: UNICEF Odisha in collaboration with Aaina, an Odisha-based voluntary organisation, organised the fifth season of Kallola Awards 2019 at a hotel here Wednesday.   The event is the awards ceremony of a short film contest on child rights and nutrition. The ceremony was attended...

PURI: Odisha Paryavaran Sanrakshan Abhiyan in association with Dakshin Foundation and Aranyani Forest Officer s Wives Association organised its fourth state-level cyclothon to raise awareness about protection of mangrove forests here Wednesday. Puri Wildlife Division DFO H B Udgata, Biju Patnaik Wildlife Conservation awardee Bichitranand...

‘Take action and prevent child abuse’ is the theme for 2019-edition of World Day for Prevention of Child Abuse In 2017, the WHO estimated that up to 1 billion minors, between the ages of 2 and 17, have endured violence either physical or emotional and even sexual According to...

The amended Motor Vehicles Act will be back in force from December 1. The state government had relaxed the new traffic rules for three months after public outrage over the penalties. But there has been criticism over the government’s move to temper the rules. On...