Odisha

The year 2017 has been a life changer for Hundadi Kadraka, a 27-year-old mother of three. Her existence in the remote Railima village in the foothills of Odisha’s Niyamgiri hills saw a disruption this year. Her husband persuaded her to send her eight-year-old daughter Momita to the village primary

For years, the 9-km stretch of Puri beach near Bankimuhan waste water treatment plant was an eyesore with garbage and sewage littering the shore. Today, the beach is totally litter-free thanks to efforts of well-known sand sculptor Sudarsan Pattnaik. The Puri-based Pattnaik launched a hungerstrike

This is the story of 70-year old Kartik Manji which is so inspiring. Compliments to Debabrate Mohanty for this report published in Hindustan Times. Such stories are a motivation to others and the media should walk that extra mile to bring this in public domain. In a region where deprivation sweeps

Around 300 women from 133 Self Help Groups are engaged by CESU and Feedback Energy Distribution Company (FEDCO) for billing and collection of electricity bills from villages under 159 Gram Panchyats. These women, who were earlier engaged only for bill collection, are now apt in handling the machine

Prakash Chandra Ghadei and Rajkumar Upadhyay, 4th year students of mechanical stream in Barpada engineering college, took a stock moped and modified it, equipping it with four 12-volt batteries which are charged by three solar panels that are attached to the rear of the bike. The bike weighs 140 kgs

By now everyone must have heard of the tragic incident in Bhubaneswar where 20 patients died in a fire that occurred at the SUM Hospital. Amidst the news of deaths this TOI news has highlighted as to how a brave nurse showed courage and did her best to provide help. For about 40 minutes, Baby

Dutee Chand became the first Indian sprinter to qualify for the Olympics by setting a national record in the 100 metres at Almaty with a timing of 11.30 seconds in the heats. Dutee is from a village of Chaka Gopalpur, a two-hour drive from Bhubaneswar. For the last two months, the family has been

Odisha Chief minister Naveen Patnaik Saturday felicitated collectors of three districts, including Nabarangpur, which ran a campaign over the past two months to create awareness against the perils of traditional healing. Read more....

घर-घर सोक पिट निर्माण कर डायरिया-मलेरिया से गाँव को राहत पहुंचाई मेरा नाम झरना जेना है। मैं वर्तमान में पूर्वी उड़ीसा की भाग आरोग्य योजना प्रमुख हूँ। आरोग्य योजना द्वारा वर्ष 2013 में ऐनिमिया नियंत्रण प्रोग्राम का कार्य क्योंझार अंचल के तेलकोई संच में प्रारम्भ हुआ। गांवों का सर्वेक्षण एवं Hb% टेस्ट

In the Odisha Board's Class X exams Nabarangpur dist recorded a pass percentage of 92%. This district is one of the poorest districts of the country. And all this after a shortfall of 985 teachers in elementary schools and 290 teachers in secondary schools as per the District Education Officer (DEO)

Sri Ramlal Bahala, a villager of tribal community of Jharmunda village, Sundergarh, Orissa is now recognized as a big entrepreneur of that district. Previously he was struggling of starvation with his seven children & wife. He came in contact with Sri Arjun Sharma, incharge of GRC, Jarangloi. He