Prafulla Mohanty

India-born filmmaker Soumya Jyoti Pratihari's documentary "Shunya: Being Prafulla Mohanti" has won the Tongues on Fire Flame Award for Best LGBTQIA+ film at the UK Asian Film Festival. The film chronicles the five-decade friendship between artist Prafulla Mohanti and Derek Moore, highlighting Mohanti's creative legacy and journey as a migrant artist.

An England-based NRI will make a documentary on the protests by seaside villagers of Dhinkia, Nuagaon and Gadakujang against the proposed Posco steel plant.

Sundargarh police recovered the body of an electrician from his house at Jamunanaki, on the outskirts of the city, on Wednesday.

Eighty-seven-year-old British citizen Derrick Moore was loved and adored by the people of the tiny, yet picturesque and riverside village of Nanpur. Before he died, he had asked his friend, the London-based writer, artist and architect Prafulla Mohanti to ensure he was cremated, not buried in this remote village of Kendrapada. His friend kept his promise.

Noted Odia fiction writer Gaurahari Das received the Sarala Puraskar for his short story collection “Bagha O Anyanya Galpa” at a function here on Wednesday. Das received a cash prize of Rs five lakh, a citation and memento.

Fear was writ large on the faces of employees of ARSS Infrastructure Company crusher unit located near Mundher village on the Sambalpur-Cuttack highway who faced the wrath of Maoists on Tuesday evening.

On Friday, officials began the demolition process of the school and met with stiff protests from locals and students.

Fiction writer Gourahari Das has been selected for the Sarala Puraskar for his short story collection ‘Bagha O Nanyanya Galpa’.

The Ravenshaw University has opened an art gallery on its premises to hone the creative skills of the students and encourage them to take up painting and other art forms.

NEW DELHI: Bollywood craze appears to have taken the entire country in its grip as even film-makers from South and East are taking to formula movies with all the drama, song and dance.

Close friends and relatives of a British citizen recently established a school at Nanpur village in his memory after he was cremated in the village last year according to his last wish.

The duo has been sent to police custody for seven days by the Thane district court to facilitate further investigations into the case.

The recent order of the National Green Tribunal (NGT) scrapping the environment clearance granted to the Posco project has put brakes on the state government's land acquisition in Dhinkia.

The Odia film industry got a wake up call in 2013.Most of the 38 releases fell flat on their face at the box office.There were only two hits, but no blockbuster.

NEW DELHI: War and terrorism, fight for basic rights, search for roots and identity are the main themes of films lined up in the Indian section of the 33rd International Film Festival of India.

NEW DELHI: Bollywood blockbuster Lagaan won the Best Popular Film Award, while Kannada film Dweepa by Girish Kasaravalli was adjudged the Best Feature Film in the 49th edition of the National Film Awards announced on Friday.