Odisha government extended free treatment for cancer patients in the whole State from Tuesday. Under the programme, all cancer patients can avail chemotherapy and consultations from oncologists free of cost at all district headquarters hospitals. Renowned cancer specialist Dinesh Pendharkar…
For Dr Birendranath Banerjee, his students are the ambassadors of his abilities. A molecular oncologist and an expert in the field of cancer genetics research, Dr Banerjee hopes to mould future geneticists much like his alma mater, Sri Ramachandra…
Odisha’s history is unique in the Indian context. Muslim rule started as late as 1568 in the province, and was finished in 1751 with the eastward expansion of the Maratha Empire! Numerous Odia kings are to be credited for this…
12-year old Odia girl Padmalaya Nanda is all set to represent India at the Little Miss Universe beauty pageant to be held at Georgia in US. A class VIII student, Padmalaya credits the people around her for motivating her to reach…
Archeologists have discovered artefacts of an ancient civilisation from the Chalcolithic or Copper Age, which was 4,000 to 5,000 years ago, on the banks of the Prachi river in Odisha. The findings of the team from the Archaeological Survey of…
Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik has asked the police to extensively use social media to provide swift assistance to the people. “Set up teams comprising efficient police officers to provide such swift assistance to the people,” the chief minister said…
After Bangladesh, Odisha’s mangoes are soon expected to find a market in Southeast Asia — thanks to a new flight from Biju Patnaik International Airport here. Malaysian low-cost airline AirAsia started its first international flight from the city airport to…
Tulasi Munda was born on July 15, 1947, in Kainshi, Keonjhar Odisha. While children at her age usually played, and her brothers and sisters went to work Tulasi Munda planned to study and wanted to learn things especially foreign languages…
“Kehte hain ki …… Agar kisi cheez ko dil se chaaho to puri kayanat usey tumse milane ki koshish mein lag jaati hai…” – lines from “Ohm Shanti Ohm”; derived from the 1988 masterpiece “The Alchemist” by Paulo Coelho…
Students of Utkal University, Bhubaneswar, have discovered a 1400-year-old idol of Lord Buddha with seven-head snake at Govindapur near Banapur in Odisha’s Khurda district, nearly 100 km from Bhubaneswar. While 80 per cent of the five-foot statue was buried in…