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Bhubaneswar: The annual Guru Kelucharan Mohapatra Award Festival, for its sheer grandeur, is one of the most awaited events in the cultural calendar of the state.  However, the 26th edition commenced Saturday on digital platforms thanks to the outbreak of coronavirus.  This year, the five-day...

Bhubaneswar:  Little Art Champ, a three-day online art competition-cum-exhibition kicked off here Friday. Organised by Dhauli College of Art and Crafts in collaboration with India Tourism, the event was inaugurated by Odisha Lalit Kala Akademi president Sudarshan Pattanik in the presence of eminent artist Gouranga...

Bhubaneswar: More than 21,000 teacher posts are lying vacant at government primary schools in the state, a report of the school and mass education department had said during the budget session of the Assembly last year. Even though the state government lays a lot of...

New Delhi: The NITI Aayog has appreciated Odisha's decentralised model of production and distribution of food under Supplementary Nutrition Programme (SNP) through women self-help groups (SHGs). NITI Aayog Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Amitabh Kant has stated that decentralised model of SNP production and distribution through...

Keonjhar: Keonjhar district administration Wednesday issued show-cause notice to 12 teachers of various government schools of the district for allegedly submitting fake B.Ed certificates to get jobs. The matter came to the light when the candidates who had received appointments as junior teachers under Sarba...

Mumbai: Twinkle Khanna is feeling proud of her mother Dimple Kapadia after watching the veteran actor’s Hollywood movie Tenet. In fact only the other day Sonam Kapoor had said that Dimple Kapadia’s performance in the film has been mindboggling. The Christopher Nolan-directed movie, dubbed as...

Bhubaneswar: In its 6th meeting held Wednesday, the Cabinet Committee on Agriculture took stock of preparedness for Kharif season, distribution of loans and fertilizer and other agricultural activities in the state. Farm credit amounting to Rs 9964.47 crore has been disbursed by the financial institutions...

Mumbai: Actress Kangana Ranaut openly claimed Tuesday that filmmaker Karan Johar is the main culprit of the Bollywood movie mafia. This is the latest of Kangana Ranaut’s attack on film maker and producer Karan Johar. Kangana has been vocal for a while about the alleged...

Chennai: The legendary Viswanathan Anand and women’s top player Koneru Humpy termed India’s maiden gold medal win in the Chess Olympiad as a ‘magical moment’. They said the achievement will spur the further growth of chess in India. Former World Champion Viswanathan Anand was very...

London: A British Sikh soldier’s promotion within the United Kingdom (UK) Army ranks has become a social media sensation. The news of the British Sikh soldier’s achievement was posted by his proud wife on various social media platforms. It attracted thousands of messages and comments....