Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Saturday unveiled bilingual tribal dictionaries to help preserve and promote tribal languages in the state, The Hindu reported. The dictionaries will be used in multilingual education at the elementary level in tribal-dominated districts. “The bilingual tribal…
By claiming the naming rights for the 2018 hockey world cup, scheduled at Bhubaneswar’s Kalinga Stadium from November 28 to December 16, the Odisha government has made its intention clear. They want to showcase the state’s grandeur to the world, and use…
An open air canteen themed on “Police in Bollywood” and christened as Cops Bollywood Canteen was opened in Reserve Police Line Keonjhar. This is an open air canteen located adjoining to pond, children’s park and temple. There are few canteens/restaurants…
Odisha becomes India’s first state to issue land records in DigiLocker. The state Revenue Dept issued 1.8 crore digitized Record of Rights (RoR) & Registered Sale/Gift deeds (since 2010) in DigiLocker. DigiLocker users from Odisha can start using this!
In probably a first for Indian club football, a state government has decided to sponsor an I-League team for a season. The Indian Arrows, the team which played the Under-17 World Cup last year, will be supported by the Odisha…
Among the many agencies that rushed to Kerala to participate in the rescue operations during the floods of the last one week, the Odisha Fire Force had the best storied operational history dating back to 1942. Its firefighters had memorably fought the…
A few days back one of our twitter followers, sent a tweet regarding water not being delivered to her home where her grand parents were staying for 7 days in this hot summer. No media was reporting the problem and…
Global advertising behemoth Leo Burnett would spearhead Odisha’s campaign to make ‘Skilled in Odisha’ a global brand, following the state government’s decision to avail the services of the US-based international creative agency for the initiative. Official sources said the project…
The Odisha government today decided to split the tourism and culture department and take a slew of measures including setting up of an Odia Language Commission to spread and popularise the state language. The decision was taken at the meeting…
Odisha will get three Passport Seva Kendras (PSK) within a fortnight and 20 such facilities by the end of 2018. The secretary for Consular, Passport, Visa and Overseas Indian Affairs of External Affairs Ministry, Dnyaneshwar Mulay said that the three…