Odisha — a divided land and disintegrated brotherhood, in the multi-dimensional administration of the British Raj, was united and reappeared as a linguistic – nation state on April 1, 1936, 82 years ago. During that period, the political struggle of India under the Congress, couldn’t gain momentum in this part as the Odia nationalist movement […]
Politics
PM Narendra Modi to visit Odisha
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit Odisha on May 26 to celebrate four years of his government at the Centre. Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Odisha state president Basanta Kumar Panda said Modi will address a public meeting at Bali Jatra ground on the bank of Mahanadi river in Cuttack on the occasion of the National […]
Tribunals alone can’t save our dying rivers: Experts
Even as the dispute between the states of Odisha and Chhattisgarh over Mahanadi river water is becoming rife and has snowballed into a major fight between the governments as well as political parties, a group of civil society organisations, river and water experts, academicians from across the country and community members from the basin have […]
Everything you want to know about Niranjan Patnaik
The All India Congress Committee (AICC) has appointed senior leader Niranjan Patnaik as the president of the Odisha Pradesh Congress Committee (OPCC). As per an official press release issued on Thursday (Apr 19), Congress president Rahul Gandhi appointed Niranjan Patnaik with immediate effect. Here are a few things to know about Odisha Congress chief Niranjan […]
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 […]