

Film on centenarian teacher’s life wins best docu award at Dada Saheb Phalke Film Festival | Bhubaneswar News
Kendrapada: A documentary on centenarian teacher Nanda Kishore Prusty, ‘Nanda Mastraanka Chatasali‘ (village school of Nanda sir), has won the best documentary award at the 15th Dada Saheb Phalke Film More...

Koraput receives PM’s excellence award for ‘holistic devpt’ | Bhubaneswar News
Koraput: Tribal-dominated Koraput district was awarded the Prime Minister’s Award for Excellence in Public Administration 2024 under the category of ‘holistic development of districts’ on Monday. More...

HC imposes Rs 10k fine on Padma award claimant | Bhubaneswar News
Bhubaneswar: Orissa high court has imposed a fine of Rs 10,000 on a petitioner who had claimed that another person with the same name had wrongfully received the Padma Shri award in 2023. The court More...

Sudarsan wins award at int’l sand art festival in England | Bhubaneswar News
London: Sand sculptor Sudarsan Pattnaik has won the first ever Fred Darrington award for excellence in art and culture for his 10-feet high sand sculpture of Lord Ganesha, which will be showcased in Dorset, in More...

CM lauds Sudarsan for UK sand art award | Bhubaneswar News
Bhubaneswar: CM Mohan Charan Majhi on Sunday congratulated sand artist Sudarsan Pattnaik for being conferred with the ‘Fred Darrington’ British Sand Master Award at Sand World 2025, an international More...

Ganjam gets SKOCH award for initiating free ultrasound tests of pregnant women | Bhubaneswar News
Berhampur: Ganjam district administration will receive the SKOCH Award for its Nirikhyana programme, an initiative providing free ultrasound facilities to pregnant women. The award will be presented to district More...

Odia girl in UK receives award for volunteering during parkruns | Bhubaneswar News
Bhubaneswar: An 11-year-old Odia girl living in the UK has received the Amersham Volunteer Award-2025 from the Amersham Town Council for volunteering during parkruns. The award was presented to Sunayana Subarna More...

One Antaryami Mishra, two claimants for Padma award stumps Orissa high court | Bhubaneswar News
BHUBANESWAR: In an unusual case, two individuals sharing the same name — Antaryami Mishra — claimed ownership of the Padma Shri award announced in 2023. The case has now landed in Orissa high More...

Malkangiri police bags award for improving voter turnout in Maoist-hit areas
Bhubaneswar: President Droupadi Murmu on Saturday presented an award to Malkangiri police for its outstanding security arrangements and successful efforts in increasing voter turnout in the Maoist-affected district More...

Poet Satpathy gets Gangadhar nat’l award | Bhubaneswar News
Sambalpur: Odia poet Pratibha Satpathy was conferred with the Gangadhar National Award for Poetry-2023 during the 58th foundation day celebration of Sambalpur University on Friday. The award, instituted in memory More...
