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Bhubaneswar: Mukta Chintan Mancha in collaboration with Bharatiya Vidya Bhawan, organised a discussion on Bhagavad Gita here Tuesday. Former head of philosophy department of Utkal University, Gauranga Charan Nayak who was invited as the chief speaker of the programme said Gita encourages free thinking. Achievements...

Short story writer and teacher of English literature Hiranmayee Mishra who was awarded Kanhei Katha Puraskar 2018 for her contribution to Odia literature Wednesday was born to novelist Madan Mohan Mishra and Anusaya Mishra. Orissa POST interacts with her at her Bhubaneswar residence to know more...

Bhubaneswar: There are many noble persons moving around who have heart of serving to people and India. Sharat Sharma from Delhi is like one of them. Wearing a leather jacket and riding on his 410 cc adventure bike, Sharat is traveling 29 states and its...

Siddharth Shukla of Balika Vadhu teleserial fame who made his Bollywood debut in Humpty Sharma Ki Dulhania (2014) featuring alongside Varun Dhawan and Alia Bhatt, is in Bhubaneswar to shoot his upcoming music video Zeena Jaroori Hai. Siddharth who had won the Golden Petal Awards...

Bhubaneswar: Acknowledging the request of a tribal lady from Malkangiri district, Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik Wednesday announced that the health coverage benefits for the women under the Biju Swasthya Kalyan Yojana (BSKY) have been enhanced to `7 lakh per year from `5 lakh. During the...

New Delhi: The Centre is set to replace the apex higher education regulator body University Grants Commission (UGC) with Higher Education Commission of India (HECI) by repealing the UGC Act, 1951, HRD Minister Prakash Javadekar said Wednesday. “In a landmark decision, a draft Act for...

Cuttack: Production of fake edible commodities in and around the Millennium City is posing a threat to commoners. Police have busted five units producing adulterated goods in the city and on its outskirts in the last six months. However, the administration has hardly taken any...

Bhubaneswar: In a new twist to the ongoing controversy over granting of the state anthem status to ‘Vande Utkal Janani’, the Centre is said to have spiked the state government’s proposal to adopt the composition as the state anthem. In 2006, Union ministry of home...

Bhubaneswar: The Hyderabad Hub of the National Security Guard (NSG) conducted a security drill at the Infosys SEZ campus at Infovalley, which comes under the IT and ITES SEZ of Gaudakashipur and Arisol villages on the city's outskirts along the Bhubaneswar-Khurda corridor recently. This was...

Khurda: Even though the state government has decided to make life jackets mandatory for boat riders across the state, a tourist group from Andhra Pradesh was spotted enjoying a boat ride in Chilika Lake without wearing life jackets. Sources said an MLA from the neighbouring...