PM Modi and President Murmu celebrate Odisha’s heritage, progress, and peoplePrime Minister Narendra Modi and President Droupadi Murmu conveyed greetings on Utkala Dibasa. The day marks Odisha's formation in 1936. Le...
01 Apr, 2026, 10.11 AM IST
AI-enabled sign language interpretation, live dubbing of PM's speech at AI Impact SummitThe AI-enabled sign language interpretation was projected on a large screen behind the prime minister in the auditorium at Bharat Mandapam,...
19 Feb, 2026, 04.09 PM IST
Dharmendra Pradhan releases 41 literary works, 13 books on classical languagesUnion Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan unveiled 41 literary works from Classical Kannada, Telugu, Malayalam, and Odia Centres of Excel...
06 Jan, 2026, 01.55 PM IST
India welcomes its first regional AI news anchor, 'Lisa'Odisha TV has launched India's first regional artificial intelligence (AI) news anchor named "Lisa." She has the unique ability to speak mu...
13 Jul, 2023, 03.10 PM IST
AICTE has permitted BTech programs in 11 regional languages, says Dharmendra PradhanEarlier in the day, Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu welcomed the decision of 14 engineering colleges across eight states to offer courses i...
17 Jul, 2021, 07.46 PM IST
Tongue twist: Now, unicorns go vernacular for Bharat usersUnicorns such as Byju’s, Policybazaar among others support anywhere between two & 12 regional languages.
16 Jun, 2019, 09.00 PM IST
Third time’s the charm for Soumya Ranjan Patnaik in Khandapada?It is the baggage of being late CM JB Patnaik’s son-in law, that has weighed most heavy on him.
21 Apr, 2019, 10.25 PM IST
Ed-tech startup Madguy Labs to use funding to expand team, languages offeredThe company raised $150,000 from US-based Gray Matter Capital, which focuses on investments in education-tech (ed-tech) in December last ye...
07 Mar, 2019, 08.24 PM IST
BJP needles Naveen Patnaik for not knowing OdiaHarichandan raised question on Patnaik's knowledge in Odia, a couple of days after senior BJD leader and former MP Baishnab Charan Parida p...
13 Oct, 2017, 08.42 PM IST
A person who cannot speak Odia has no right to become CM:Ex-MP"If Naveen Patnaik wants to remain in power without knowing Odia, it is an insult to Odia community," Parida said .
10 Oct, 2017, 05.42 PM IST
Dharmendra Pradhan appeals J P Nadda to add Odia as medium in NEET examPradhan's letter to Nadda came barely four days after Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik sent a similar message to Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
26 Dec, 2016, 07.40 PM IST
Madras High Court upholds classical tag for Kannada, Odia, TeluguBased on petition, the Madras High Court had stayed any benefits for the languages till it was disposed of.
16 Aug, 2016, 10.41 AM IST
'Achhe Din' yet to come: Odisha Chief Minister Naveen PatnaikOdisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik today said 'Achhe Din' promised by the saffron party before the Lok Sabha polls was yet to come.
10 Oct, 2015, 11.02 PM IST
Hindi version of 'Sarala Mahabharat' to be released at DelhiThe Hindi edition of Odia 'Sarala Mahabharat,' penned by Adikabi Sarala Das will be released at the India International Centre, Delhi on Se...
14 Sep, 2015, 04.59 PM IST
Tribal language books introduced to check dropout in OdishaThe books consist of pictorial presentation of tribal folklore with Odia translation so that the teachers could easily converse with the st...
12 Aug, 2015, 01.24 PM IST
Congress leader asks Naveen Patnaik to learn Odia or quit OdishaSenior Congress leader and former minister Niranjan Patnaik asked Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik to either learn Odia or quit the sta...
12 Jun, 2013, 05.42 PM IST
- Decks cleared for change of the name of Orissa to Odisha
Orissa will soon be known as Odisha and the name Oriya language too will be changed from Oriya to Odia with the Union Cabinet on Thursday s...
23 Oct, 2009, 07.27 PM IST