Women in Odisha’s coastal fishing villages have turned to selling fish and value-added fishery products after eliminating middlemen and abolishing the home brewing of country liquor, the root cause of their problems Selling fish at the local fish market, Dulana Das (40) of Rambha village in Odisha’s Ganjam district took pride in introducing herself as […]
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Air Force man skydives for wedding
Bhubaneswar, July 13 (Odisha.in) Shishir Mishra a Oriya man working in Indian Air Force Sunday jumped from a height of about 6,000 feet to wed a girl in Bhubaneswar. The 32 years old, a native of Odagaon village in the district of Nayagarh went up along with three of his friends in a Sky Airways […]
Blind youths turn furniture maker
Kendrapara, Jan.15 ( Odisha.in) Making chairs and sofas with plastic ropes regularly is a huge task, especially when you are a visually impaired person and on your job in competition with others in the similar profession. But, two blind youths , Alekha Chandra Jena (21) of village Indupur and Golakha Chandra Nayak (22) of village […]
Buddha Vihar unearthed in Kendrapara
Kendrapara, Jan 15 ( Odisha.in) The remains of a Buddha vihar along with some stone images of Lord Ganesh and others were unearthed from a cremation ground in village Palei 15 km from here on Sunday. Some workers stumbled across the ancient Buddha Vihar while they were digging earth to construct a wall after the […]
Two Maoists killed in encounter, arms seized
Sambalpur, Jan.06 ( Odisha.in) Two Maoisits were killed in encounter with police at Bajibahal village under Jamankira police station in Sambalpur district on early Sunday morning. The police recovered 3 SLR and two 303 Riffles from the deceased Maoists, according to Sanjay Kumar, Superintendent of Police, Sambalpur. After the recent incident of armed maoists torched […]