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Bhubaneswar: The creation of 'Maa', the creator herself, snowballed into a major controversy in Odisha on Tuesday. Here we are talking about a Sambalpuri bandha saree, which grabbed the headlines...

Bhubaneswar: There many interesting stories about this firebrand socialist leader George Fernandes, who was defence minister of India during the Kargil War in 1999. However, he would be most remembered for...

Bhubaneswar: Around 300 villagers spent 12 hours perched on three manchas (elevated wooden platforms) as heavy rain and strong wind lashed Odisha's Bhadrak district in 1971. It was a very...

Bhubaneswar: Call it COVID mismanagement, pandemic pandemonium or whatever you like but the reality is going to strike you as hard: thousands of deaths and counting, the deadly coronavirus is...

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government’s recent decision to remove the commissioner of Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) Prem Chandra Chaudhury when the capital city is reeling under COVID-19 pandemic has thrown up...

Bhubaneswar: The recent outburst by senior BJD leader Pravat Biswal and his MLA son Souvic against an IAS officer in front of the Cuttack collector and video cameras might not...

Bhubaneswar: The just-concluded elections in West Bengal might have come as a breather for the Biju Janata Dal (BJD) what with the results underlining the continuing dominance of certain regional...

Bhubaneswar: In an electoral democracy, can governance be ever bereft of politics? Well, for those well-versed with the goings on in the most populous democracy, the answer is a BIG...

Why this unprecedented hullaballoo over conduct of Lord Jagannath’s Rath Yatra in Puri? Could it have been handled better? Was such a high-voltage controversy in the run-up to Tuesday’s event...

Hey Bhubaneswar. Tough times require tough responses. And surely what you are currently going through is possibly the toughest the city has ever experienced. You, of course, are a tough...