Ratha Jatra: Symbol of socio-cultural-religious ethos of the Indian civilization

Ratha Jatra, the Festival of Chariots of Lord Jagannatha, the symbol of universal love and brotherhood is celebrated every year at Puri, the temple town in Orissa, on the east coast of India. It is the grandest festival on earth. Everything is on a scale befitting the great Lord. Full of spectacle, drama and colour, the festival is a typical Indian fair of huge proportions. It is also the living embodiment of the synthesis of the tribal, the folk, and the autochthonous with the classical, the elaborately formal and the sophisticated elements of the socio-cultural-religious ethos of the Indian civilization.

Orissa has 20 lakh Airtel customers, how much?

Airtel has registered two million mobile customers in Orissa. The last one million was added in about 13 months time. As of now, the service provider covers nearly 30,379 towns and villages in the state.

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Envisaging an IT superpower Orissa

It is heartening to announce that Orissa is on its way to become one of the IT superpowers in India. We should feel proud for that. At the same time, it is equally challenging for us to provide employment to the growing number of IT students, who otherwise will become liabilities rather assets for the state.

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A to Z of POSCO Deal

The Orissa government has been under furious attack from human rights activities, environmentalists and opposition parties, the day it signed the MOU with POSCO. Very soon, the government will complete three years of the deal, yet no major headway in the project. Why? Let’s explain A to Z of the deal.

Orissa to reduce infant deaths

With a view to reduce the Infant Mortality Rate (IMR) to 50 per 1,000 babies born and Mother Mortality Rate (MMR) to 250 per one lakh pregnant women by 2010, the state government has appointed a group of volunteers named “yasodas” to ensure survival of newborns and their mothers.

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