In Odisha’s Malkangiri district, Bonda women continue to weave the Ringa, a striped wraparound skirt central to their community’s identity. The garment is made on indigenous looms in villages such as Gokharipada…
Religious scholars and Jagannath culture followers have criticised the recent immersion of consecrated idols of Lord Jagannath, Lord Balabhadra, Devi Subhadra and Lord Sudarshan in the sea at Puri, Odisha TV reports.…
A shortage of suitable stone is threatening the livelihoods of nearly 500 to 600 artisans in Narangarh Panchayat, Khordha district, OdishaTV reports. Sculptors from Kurumpada, Bhogpur and Hadapada have traditionally made idols…
Odisha entrepreneur A. Sanjeev Reddy has built a flower cultivation and trading business with annual turnover of around Rs 1 crore after leaving a corporate job and overcoming failed mushroom ventures and…
IMFA’s Bansidhar & Ila Panda Foundation has launched the e-Shikshya Express, a mobile learning vehicle for students in rural Cuttack. The unit will travel through villages in the Tangi-Choudwar region, offering computer…
A three-member Odisha government committee began investigating the alleged circulation of a postgraduate medical examination paper from Berhampur’s MKCG Medical College and Hospital, officials said. The panel met senior college officials, spoke…
BJP leader Fakir Rana was allegedly stabbed to death by unidentified attackers in Odisha’s Kalahandi district on Wednesday night, Times Now News reports. Rana had attended a meeting with supporters at the…
More than 70 people, including 30 children, fell ill after a community feast in Kharida village, Balasore, officials said. The feast was held during a housewarming ceremony on Thursday. Those who ate…
Six of the 20 arrested in the Balianta lynching of GRP constable Soumya Ranjan Swain have been granted bail. The Odisha Crime Branch's chargesheet named 11 accused, while nine others were not…
A five-month pregnant woman, Parbati Naik, died near Adakata Chhak in Odisha’s Nayagarh district on Thursday. Police detained her husband, Ullas Naik, after her father alleged that he killed her following an…
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