By covering 215.4 kilometers in 24 hours in a wheelchair, an Odisha para-athlete sets a Guinness World Record.
amfnews 642 ViewsKamalakant Nayak beat Mario Trindade of Portugal’s Guinness record for ‘the most distance traversed by wheelchair in…
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Shanti Devi, who worked to uplift tribal girls and was known for her peace efforts in Maoist-affected areas, died at the age of 88.
Prasanta Patnaik 700 ViewsLast year, the renowned social worker was awarded the Padma Shri. PM Narendra Modi and Odisha Chief…
Odisha Police recovers a large quantity of explosives believed to have been left by Maoists.
436 ViewsIn the Malkangiri district of Odisha, police discovered four tiffin bombs, 20 web belts, 19 jungle hats,…
In Odisha, six IAS officers have been promoted to the apex scale.
606 ViewsThe Odisha government Saturday promoted six senior bureaucrats to the apex scale. While two 1990 batch IAS…
Bijoy and Aparajita have been dropped from the BJP’s Odisha Core Committee.
487 ViewsAparajita Sarangi, a BJP MP from Bhubaneswar, and senior politician Bijoy Mohapatra have been ousted from the…
Odisha has 11,177 new Covid cases, and the TPR has increased to 14.49 percent.
425 ViewsOn Sunday, Odisha reported 11,177 new Covid cases, including 1016 minors under the age of 18, bringing…
Lord Jagannath is depicted on the KitKat wrapper, prompting a complaint.
501 ViewsNestle, the manufacturer of KitKat chocolate, has been sued for putting Lord Jagannath on the wrapper. The…
Thousands of Hindus in India take a holy bath, resisting the COVID outbreak.
747 ViewsDespite increased COVID-19 infections, tens of thousands of people bathe in the icy waters of the Ganges…
Doctors in Odisha perform surgery on a baby to remove the “World’s First Bony Tail in the Thoracic Region”.
533 ViewsProf (Dr) Ashok Kumar Mahapatra, who did the surgery with another neurosurgeon, told reporters that the ‘tail’…
The tenure of Odisha’s Chief Secretary has been extended by six months.
911 ViewsOn Thursday, the Centre approved the Odisha government’s plea to extend Suresh Mahapatra’s tenure as Chief Secretary…