Everything you need to know about Kalinga: news, reviews, in-depth analysis, opinion and more
Everything you need to know about Kalinga: news, reviews, in-depth analysis, opinion and more
Bhubaneswar, June 12 (IANS) For the students of many tribal groups in Odisha, clearing the Class 10 exam is considered a huge achievement. But a little help can bring out the best as it did for Ganeswar Miniaka, who is all set to take admission into one of India's coveted B-schools.
Bhubaneswar, June 10 (IANS) City-based Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology (KIIT) University Monday said a record 1,651 of its graduating students bagged job offers during a recent campus drive, despite the tough market conditions.
Bhubaneswar, April 6 (IANS) At least five students from Odisha's KIIT University are set to participate in an annual aero-design competition to be held in California, USA next week, the university said Saturday.
Bhubaneswar, March 17 (IANS) Odisha's social entrepreneur Achyuta Samanta was conferred an honorary doctorate by a university in the Czech Republic, his office said in a statement here Sunday.
Thiruvananthapuram, March 16 (IANS) Debutant director Ameen Jowhar's "Kanaa Paadam", is set to soon hit the screens.
Bhubaneswar, Feb 25 (IANS) Thirteen postgraduate students of an Odisha college have been selected for a prestigious central government fellowship in 2013, an official said Monday.
Bhubaneswar, Feb 1 (IANS) Fearing an attack, the Pakistani women's cricket team has been lodged at the Barabati stadium in Cuttack city, officials said Friday.
Islamabad, Jan. 23 (ANI): Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) chief Zaka Ashraf has expressed confidence that Indian authorities would provide security to his women's team in the upcoming World Cup.
Bhubaneswar, Jan 21 (IANS) Activists of the opposition BJP and members of rightwing groups such as the Bajrang Dal Monday protested outside the office of the Odisha Cricket Association in Cuttack against the plan to host World Cup matches of the Pakistan women's team.
Bhubaneswar, Dec.11 (ANI): Scores of national and international artistes mesmerised the audience in Bhubaneswar with their scintillating performance at the Dhauli-Kalinga Mahotsav,a festival of martial dances, aimed at promoting Odisha state's culture and heritage.
Bhubaneswar (Odisha), Dec.10 (ANI): Tribal students formed a 25-kilometer-long human chain here on the occasion of World Human Rights Day on Monday.
Bhubaneswar, Dec 10 (IANS) More than 20,000 children of Odisha's Kalinga Institute of Social Sciences (KISS) formed a 25-km human chain to mark the International Human Rights Day here Monday.
Bhubaneswar, Nov 27 (IANS) Posco India, a subsidiary of South Korean steel major Posco Tuesday said it is committed to its steel project in Odisha despite all the obstacles and delay.
Moscow, Aug 14 (IANS /RIA Novosti) Russian physicist and popular science TV show host Sergei Kapitsa died Tuesday in Moscow. He was 84.
Bhubaneswar, July 8 (IANS) Kalinga Sena, a fringe political outfit in Odisha Sunday said it has decided to field candidates in 12 states, including in Odisha, in the next Lok Sabha and assembly elections.
Bhubaneswar, June 18 (IANS) Two Maoists, one of them a woman wing commander of the the local unit of the Communist Party of India-Maoist, Monday surrendered in Odisha's Keonjhar district, police said.
Bhubaneswar, June 11 (IANS) Odisha's well-known social entrepreneur Achyuta Samanta has been conferred an honorary doctorate by a university in Taiwan, said his office here Monday.
Bhubaneswar, May 25 (IANS) Four Maoists including two women, carrying rewards on their heads, surrendered in Odisha's Keonjhar district Friday, police said.
New Delhi, May 14 (IANS) The capital is set to receive a residential school for students belonging to the Scheduled Castes (SC), the Scheduled Tribes (ST) and Other Backward Castes (OBC), the Delhi government announced Monday.
Bhubaneswar, Jan 4 (ANI): Former President Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam has appealed to school children to work dedicatedly in the field of science and technology.
Jajpur (Orissa), June 26 (ANI): Four Maoists surrendered before police in Jajpur, Orissa, on Saturday, saying they were disillusioned with their leaders.
Kalinga Nagar/Bhubaneshwar, Apr 4(ANI): Normalcy has been restored in Orissa's Kalinga Nagar town that witnessed violence during protests by tribals opposing construction of the Common Corridor Road (CCR), a top district official said on Sunday.
Bhubaneswar, Mar. 31 (ANI): At least five people were injured in a clash between police and tribals opposing construction of the Common Corridor Road in Kalinga Nagar - the steel hub of Orissa.
Bhubaneswar, Jan 8 (ANI): Union Minister for Youth Affairs Dr. MS Gill is expected to inaugurate the fifteenth National Youth Festival that begins at the Kalinga Stadium here on Friday.
Bhubaneswar, Dec 26 (ANI): Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh will inaugurate the 92nd session of Indian Economic Association (IEA) conference here on Sunday.
Keonjhar (Orissa), May 10 (ANI): Police nabbed four Maoists, including a core commander, who allegedly orchestrated a series of attacks in the Similipal Tiger Reserve area in Keonjhar district of Orissa. Police also recovered a live cartridges, country made pistols and Maoist literature from them.
Even the pictures could not have fully captured the immense joy President Mahinda Rajapaksa may have felt when he victoriously toured Kilinochchi, the once quaint Sri Lankan town the Tamil Tigers had made the hub of a de facto state they thought no one could vanquish. But dreams do sometimes turn into disasters.
New Delhi, Feb 18 (ANI): President Pratibha Patil and Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh today condoled the passing away of Gyan Patnaik, the mother of Orissa Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik, who died here last night after a prolonged illness.
Sri Lanka, one of the major SAARC members, is running through a chauvinistic attitude to the Tamil, largest ethnic minority group of the country. It is not very far past that Government of Sri Lanka
Bangalore, Jan 17 (IANS) The Kannada film industry and Karnataka's music fraternity were in deep shock Saturday over the death of 39-year-old renowned musician and actor Raju Ananthaswamy at a hospital here.
Kalinga (Orissa), Jan 13 (ANI): Artists presented a rare fusion of marital arts and classical dance at the Kalinga festival in Bhubaneswar.
Bhubaneswar, Jan 2 (IANS) Thousands of tribals Friday staged a demonstration against a proposed Tata Steel plant in Orissa's Jajpur district, while about 200 people supporting the project took out a counter-rally.
Declaring the call of doctor?s strike as "illegal, unjustified and detrimental to public interest", the Orissa government has decided to invoke the Essential Services Maintenance Act, ESMA, against the agitating government doctors.
Bhubaneswar, Nov 7 (IANS) Orissa Friday invoked the Essential Services Maintenance Act (ESMA) against nearly 3,000 government doctors after they refused to call off a strike to protest against the dismissal of three colleagues.
Bhubaneswar, Nov 7 (IANS) The Orissa government Friday sent a clear message to nearly 3,000 doctors, who resigned en masse to protest dismissal of their three colleagues, by accepting the resignation of seven office bearers of the doctors' union.
Bhubaneswar, Nov 5 (IANS) Orissa's sponge iron industry has been hit hard by the economic slowdown, notwithstanding a rush for new projects in the state, forcing existing players to cut production and downsize workforce, government and industry officials said.
Bhubaneswar, Nov 3 (IANS) Government doctors in Orissa Monday resigned en masse to protest the dismissal of three of their colleagues, who had allegedly cut off the palms of five tribals' bodies while performing autopsies.
Bhubaneswar, Nov 3 (IANS) Government doctors in Orissa Monday threatened to resign en masse to protest the dismissal of three doctors, who had allegedly cut off the palms of five tribals while performing autopsies on their bodies.
Melbourne, October 29 (ANI): An Australian priest's denial that Jesus was God in a booklet has instigated a debate over bedrock Christian beliefs among parishioners of several parishes in Queensland and New South Wales.
Bhubaneswar, Oct 24 (IANS) The Orissa government Friday dismissed three doctors for allegedly cutting off the palms of five tribals while performing autopsies on their bodies.
Bhubaneswar, Oct 24 (IANS) Orissa Friday dismissed three doctors from their jobs for allegedly cutting off palms of five tribes during autopsy.
The Orissa government on Thursday announced that it will provide all medical facilities to the ace mountaineer Kalpana Dash.
The government of Orissa with concession from all state parties has decided to change the spelling of the state name from 'Orissa to
Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology, Bhubaneswar is all set to celebrate its Annual Techno-Management Fest, Kritansh'08.
Human rights activist and the Arya Samaj leader Swami Agnivesh warned the Orissa government for repeating the mistakes of â??Nandigram and Kalinga Nagarâ?? by using police force to set up the proposed Posco plant in Jagatsinghpur. â??Naveen
Turning into yet another Nandigram and Kalinga Nagar like situation two groups of villagers in the Erasama Block of Jagatsinghpur, Orissa turn violent over the proposed POSCO steel plant; taking shape of a serious clash between supporters and
Kujanga, a village in Orissaâ??s Jagatisinghpur district may be the next Nandigram as the state government is likely to face stiff protest from the locals against the purposed South
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