Bhubaneswar: The 39th State Lalit Kala Akademi award for Visual Arts for the year 2020-21 will be conferred on eight eligible artists of the state, officials announced Tuesday at a presser here. The awardees are : Biswaranjan Kar, Sudhiranjan Maharatha for Sculpture, Bikas Chandra Senapati...
New Delhi: Extreme weather conditions led to the death of more than 1,565 people last year. Thunderstorm and lightning claimed the lives of 815 people, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said Monday. Bihar lost the maximum number of 379 lives due to flood, thunderstorm, lightning...
Mumbai: Actor Kunal Kemmu went for a bike ride with his wife, actress Soha Ali Khan, and daughter Inaaya recently. Kunal Kemmu then shared an image of the experience for fans on social media. In the image, Kunal and Soha are seen in biking gear...
Bhubaneswar, Jan 4: Offering a wide range of drapes, oxidised jewellery items and dresses for women, ‘Cotton Fab 2020’ drew an impressive footfall even during the pandemic. Being the first expo after the pandemic began, Covid guidelines are being enforced at the fair. Sanitizers and...
Sydney: Crowd capacity at the Sydney Cricket Ground for the third Test between Australia and India will initially be limited to 25 per cent of the ground's 38,000 cricket capacity -- approximately 9,500 people -- on the advice of the New South Wales Government, Cricket...
The state requires undertaking advanced scientific research on both current and possible future climate scenarios and on diverse cross-cutting themes. It needs to study the effects on various sectors employing different analytical tools Sundara Narayan Patro| president, OES post news network Bhubaneswar, Jan 3: A...
Orissa POST talks to vendors, life guards and tourists visiting the Puri beach; checks their excitement and takes stock of the business scenario For the last 35 years, I have been in this business….During the pandemic induced lockdown, I was forced to toil as a...
Bhadrak: A minor boy killed an elderly man at Dolasahi village under Tihidi police limits in Bhadrak district Sunday after a dispute over a card game took an ugly turn. The deceased has been identified as Ravindra Khuntia of the village. According to a source...
Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government Wednesday gave compulsory retirement to six senior officers for having doubtful integrity, inefficiency and involvement in corrupt practices. The axed officers include four engineers Ajit Kumar Debata (Deputy Executive Engineer, Rural Works Division, Keonjhar), Jitendra Kumar Dalai (Assistant Engineer, Quality Control Department...
Bhubaneswar, Dec 29: In line with the Vice-Chancellor's vision of adopting a student-centric approach and introducing job oriented curriculums, a students’ employability enhancement programme was organised as the first step to achieve these goals. Addressing the valedictory session of the programme, Tuesday, Utkal University’s Vice-Chancellor...
He has already earned the sobriquet of Nelson Mandela of the Arab world. Like the crusader against apartheid, he has...
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Tens of thousands of Indians had a harrowing experience last week as air travel virtually came to a grinding halt...
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On yet another 6 December, one feels obliged to write about the most seminal movement in modern India and one...
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Andhra Pradesh seems to have decided that the safest way to navigate the future is to stop time itself, at...
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