Bhubaneswar 21st August : The Viswa Odia Sammelani will be held at New Delhi on the 23-24th December this year. Speaking to the press during the launch of the official website and Android App, President of the Sammelani, Dr. Murali Manohar Sharma said that the two day conclave will be an event with […]
Dr. Biswajit Mohanty is the new Chairman of Greenpeace India
On 18th August,2018 , Dr. Biswajit Mohanty was appointed as the Chairman of the Executive Committee of Greenpeace India whose headquarters are at Bengaluru. He was already a member of the Executive Committee of the organization since 10 years. Greenpeace operates on common global environment issues like climate change, oceans and air pollution control. […]
A Very Interesting Story on Karunanidhi and Biju Patnaik
BIJU PATNAIK AND KARUNANIDHI : THE UNTOLD STORY Very few people, both in Odisha and Tamil Nadu are aware of the deep connection that Biju Patnaik had with Karunanidhi. In the third volume of his autobiographical book ‘Nenjukku Needhi’, Karunanidhi mentioned in detail about Biju Patnaik and it was he who referred to him […]
Historic old house of the Jagganath sadak
Bhubaneswar 12th June: One of the last remaining vestiges of the Old Jagannath Sadak, just on the outskirts of Bhubaneswar, is crumbling for want of proper conservation. The Anu Patro Kothi, as it has been popularly called since the last 140 years, is in need or urgent repairs. Located in the Gadasrirampur village under the […]
Lesser-known facts about Biju Patnaik
Up till the late 1990s, they were regularly seen at the market of Choudwar. The locals took them to be Gurkhas of the Odisha Special Armed Police, often deployed at the outer periphery of the Charbatia air base. Old-timers remember their presence from the late ‘sixties. Few know that these groups of tough-looking young men […]