Researcher writes to Odisha CM, urges to put Biju Patnaik’s Dakota on display at Bhubaneswar airport

Bhubaneswar, April 28, 2018: Researcher Anil Dhir, who located and identified iconic Dakota DC-3 aircraft in which Biju Patnaik rescued Indonesia’s former vice president and Prime Minister in his famous heroic act in 1947, at the Kolkata airport around five years back and since been trying to bring it to Odisha has written to Chief […]

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Yet another aircraft crash in Odisha’s Bermuda Triangle

Rairangpur (Mayurbhanj), March 20, 2018: Another trainer aircraft has crashed in the area. The last crash in 2015 too was of the Hawk fighter trainer from the Kalaikunda Air Base, the crash was once again in Odisha’s Bermuda Triangle.  According to researcher Anil Dhir, the triangle from Piarboda near Bankura to Chakulia in Jharkhand and […]

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First ever Braille book on Menstrual Hygiene for Divyangs released in Odisha

Bhubaneswar, March 7, 2018: First ever Braille Book on Menstrual Hygiene, a brand new concept to make Menstrual Hygiene education a basic right of every girl by virtue of their birth and to ensure this for all girls irrespective of class, caste, economic condition and physical ability, was released here on Wednesday on the eve […]

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Odisha has 47 steel industries with total capacity of over 33 MT per annum

Bhubaneswar, February 6, 2018: From the installed capacity of about four million tons per annum of crude steel in the year 1999-2000, Odisha now has 47 steel industries with the total capacity of over 33 million tons per annum which is about one-fourth of the country’s total installed capacity, said Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik here. […]

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I want my children to be athletes: Anju Bobby George

New Delhi, February 3, 2018: India’s sole medal winner in the IAAF World Championship, Anju Bobby George on Saturday said that she definitely would want her kids to become athletes. “I definitely would want my kids to become athletes. Though, we haven’t decided on any particular sport, I am sure they will end up making […]

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Bhubaneswar a perfect showcase for inclusion of more sites of Odisha in UNESCO World Heritage Sites

Bhubaneswar, February 2, 2018: Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik Friday hoped for inclusion of more sites of the State in the UNESCO World Heritage Sites.  “Bhubaneswar, our Capital city, is a unique confluence of history, heritage and modernity. Known as the Ekamra Kshetra, it has been the cultural seat of the state for centuries, preserving […]

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Bhubaneswar among 3 Indian cities chosen for Heat Stress Action Plan project

Bhubaneswar, January 26, 2018: The International Development Research Centre (IDRC), Government of Canada has chosen Bhubaneswar as one of the three Indian cities for Heat Stress Action Plan project that will study the implications of heat stress and extreme heat on the health and #livelihoods of vulnerable groups. The other two cities chosen for the […]

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Imphal’s Lokpaching, a scared place for Indians, Japanese

By Anil Dhir Imphal, January 26, 2018: The serene and simple India Peace Memorial at Lokpaching near Imphal is considered a sacred spot both for the Indian and the Japanese. The three crude unpolished red sandstone blocks brought over from Rajasthan, lying in the center of the ceremonial yard represents the blood of Indo-Japanese and […]

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Sitharaman takes to skies in IAF Su-30 MKI fighter

Jodhpur, January 17, 2018: After her recent visit to INS Vikramaditya, the aircraft carrier of the Indian Navy, Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, on her visit to Air Force Station Jodhpur, took to the skies in the formidable Su-30 MKI fighter aircraft of 31 Squadron on Wednesday. Sitharaman was the first woman Defence Minister of India […]

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