Odisha

By Samiran Mishra In 1961, the Orissa Olympic Association (OOA) decided to make separate, independent bodies for cricket, football, hockey, tennis and badminton. Elections were held on the 19th of March in the same year to…

(The below article is a compilation of tweets authored by Dr Anantaram Kar and Bishnu Mohan Adhikari. The piece takes one on a virtual tour of the southeast Asian country having deep-rooted ties with Odisha.) The distance between Myanmar…

Bhubaneswar: Great news for hockey lovers across the state as popular OTT platform Disney+ Hotstar on Friday released the Odia documentary ‘The Mountain Hockey’. ‘The Mountain Hockey’ now holds the distinction of being the first ever…

Bhubaneswar: A US-based organization donated a generous amount to the tune of Rs 48.89 lakh to the Chief Minister’s Relief Fund to help the state fight the second wave of the Covid-19 pandemic. According to an official press release,…

New Delhi: More than 75 percent of Indian districts are hotspots for extreme climate events. On the east coast, more than 90 per cent of districts are hotspots for cyclones, floods, droughts and their associated events; these districts are…

Bhubaneswar: Severe cold wave conditions are very likely to grip several districts of Odisha during the next 3-4 days under the influence of northwesterly/northerly dry and cold wind at lower levels penetrating the state, the Regional…