NEW DELHI: Orissa will hereafter be called 'Odisha' and the Oriya language will be known as 'Odia' with Parliament giving approval to amendment of the Constitution and also passing the related bill.

The Lok Sabha on Tuesday gave the final nod to a constitutional amendment for changing the name of Orissa to Odisha and the Oriya language to Odia. HT Image The related bills, already given a go-ahead ...

In the middle of the fifteenth century, Sarala Das, an apparently unlettered but divinely blessed (his own stout claim, so who are we to dispute it?) scribe set out to render the Mahabharata into Odia ...

Bhubaneswar, Nov 4 (PTI) The name of Orissa was officially changed to Odisha and its language from Oriya to Odia following presidential assent today to the bill passed by Parliament and issuance of a ...

The Lok Sabha on Tuesday cleared legislation seeking to rename Orissa as Odisha and the language spoken in the state as Odia from Oriya. The Lok Sabha on Tuesday cleared legislation seeking to rename ...