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Celebrating Tradition with Passion: Niyamgiri Festival
By Sandip Banerjee: The three day annual Niyamgiri Festival in Kalahandi district has come to become an expression of self-assertion of the Dongria Kondhs that the hills are theirs. The same was held this year from 20th to 22nd of February…
Tapan Misra becomes Head of ISRO’s SAC, Ahmedabad
Sandeep Banerjee: In a development for which Odisha can take immense pride, scientist Tapan Misra has been appointed Director of The Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO)’s vital Space Application Center (SAC) at Ahmedabad. Misra hails…
Valena Valentina – A Blend of Power & Glamour
By S Banerjee: Odia girl Valena Valentina is arguably the best female karateka in the country today. Not surprisingly, she again won gold in the senior Nationals last month at New Delhi. She is daughter of Radha Raman ‘Mohanty’ who was an…
Unhygienic Conditions prevail in Bhubaneswar
By Sandeep Banerjee: Bhubaneswar is today listed as one of the fastest developing capital cities in the country. But despite all its outward glitz and development of concrete structures, actually much is still amiss as far as the intrinsic…
MSME Trade Fair paves way for Investment Opportunity
Considering the importance of MSME to the overall economic development , Govt of Odisha has created a separate department namely the MSME Department .Credit, Technology and Marketing are the vital elements of growth of the MSME’s. Keeping…
Baramunda Bus Stand remains in Dilapidated Condition
By S Banerjee: Baramunda has the biggest bus stand in Bhubaneswar from where buses ply to a wide number of places. The area is huge but the ground on which it stands is at horrible condition at the present with a ramshackle office building,…
Senior Journalist in Distress, Needs Help
When it comes to Odisha, journalists always bear the brunt. They hardly get support from the government whenever they are in distress. When it happens to senior journalists, we can just imagine the situation of juniors in this profession.…
Prasanta Patnaik – ‘Third Eye’ of Journalism
He is perhaps the only journalist in Odisha who has not only dared but has fluently reported in English, Hindi as well as Odia language. He is one of the few journalists who has admirably executed his responsibilities in the print as well…
Swachh Bhubaneswar – Buck Stops Here
By Sandeep Banerjee: Following the clarion call of ‘Swachh Bharat’ given by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the ‘Swachh Bhubaneswar Abhiyaan’ was simultaneously launched on Gandhi Jayanti day i.e 2nd of October this year. The campaign was…
Parking Blues at Biju Patnaik International Airport
By Sandeep Banerjee: Some of the contemporary social scientists opine that the strongest parameter of judging a developed society is by the way it handles its vehicle parking. With ever burgeoning population resulting in contraction of…