Bhubaneswar has been selected to host the Asia Rugby Sevens Under 18 Girls’ Championship. The tournament will be held at Kalinga Stadium in January 2019. The championship will be held for the first time in the country. The first edition…
Miss India and Miss United fame Sushrii Shreya Mishra of Odisha to debut in a web series opposite Prateik Babbar
Miss United Continents 2015 3rd runner up, Sushrii Shreya Mishraa is set to feature in a web series titled Baytakhol opposite acclaimed actor Prateik Babbar. The series, features a galaxy of stars including Rahul Dev, Kenny Sebastian, Dipannita Sharma, Diandra…
Nice to see ESPN India come to Odisha to feature the rise of Odisha’s Rugby Dream
ESPN India visited Odisha to chronicle the rise of women’s rugby in the region. Read the full article here Check the video here
Power of Odisha Hockey : 10 from Odisha get national training call, 6 women and 4 men selected
In the history of Odisha’s hockey all together 10 players of the State got a call from the Hockey India to join the senior national camp ahead of various international events. The ten members included with Deep Grace Ekka, Sunita…
Reign of India’s chess Queen Padmini of Odisha continues : won National women’s premier championship for 4th successive year
One of Padmini Rout’s favourite films is Queen. Little wonder, perhaps. She is very much the queen in India’s domestic chess; she won the National women’s premier championship for the fourth successive year at Surat a few days ago. And she…
Awesome to see Padmini Rout of Odisha win National Women’s Chess this year, making it 4 times in a row
Padmini Rout of Odisha has just won her fourth title in a row and she won it in most dramatic of fashions. The day had dawned with the possibilities of Cyclone Ockhi hitting this coastal city and with four players…
Heard about Sumitra Nayak, Rugby Player From Odisha Nominated For International Children’s Peace Prize 2017?
Hailing from the Jajpur district in Odisha, Sumitra Nayak (17 year old) is one of the 10 Indian kids nominated for International Children’s Peace Prize 2017. Sumitra is currently the skipper of the Under-18 India women’s rugby team. With an early…
Women in a small village in Nayagarh show the way in saving forest
A small village in Nayagarh Ranpur block has shown the way for forest protection. Dengajhari, where women are as much in charge of the forest conservation and management, has opened a Forest Rights Information Centre which is one of its…
How the incomes of Odisha’s women mango cultivators increased four times in less than a year
32-year-old Puse Minyaka lives in a tiny tribal village in the Koraput district of Odisha, situated on the east coast of India. A mango farmer, she has been tilling her small farm for over a decade. She is the only…
Odisha girls do it again, Win Senior National Rugby Championship thrashing West bengal by 15-5
Odisha women’s team does it again, emerged champions in the Senior National Rugby Sevens Championships after beating West Bengal 15-5 in the final in Patna, Sunday. Earlier in the first semifinal Odisha had thrashed Bihar 26-0.