Padma awards

Bhubaneswar: Purnamasi Jani, a Kui poet from Odisha will be honoured with India's third highest civilian honour Padma Shri. She is among the 5 Odias who have been recognised for their services. A tribal poet, Jani is popularly known as…

Bhubaneswar: Well-known sculptor from Odisha Sudarshan Sahoo is among the 7 Padma Vibhushan awardees, whose names were released by the Centre on Monday. Other Odias in the list for Padma Shri Award are Rajat Kumar Kar and Nanda Prusty for…

Amid demand for apology over the row kicked off at the felicitation ceremony of Odia writer Manoj Das, who has won the Padma Bhushan, in Puducherry during Republic Day ‘At Home’ function, Chief Minister V. Narayanasamy visited the…