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Tokyo: India’s Avani Lekhara grabbed the gold medal in the women’s 10m Air Rifle Standing (SH1) event at the Tokyo Paralympics on Monday. The Indian shooter achieved a Paralympics record...

Bhubaneswar: "Mindblowing! I think, this is the best performance till date. Arundhati, you should represent India at international level. We will be so proud of you," said actress and judge...

During the summer of 2003, two years after the collapse of Taliban rule in Afghanistan, one of my colleagues Alok Rath and I travelled to Kabul to facilitate a training...

New Delhi: The Supreme Court will begin physical hearing of cases from September 1. A hybrid model of final hearing of some cases will be followed from Tuesday to Thursday...

“Some people are born great, some achieve greatness and some have greatness thrust upon them,” goes a famous saying. One of those from Odisha who would aptly fit the 'achieve...

New Delhi: The Bharatiya Pensioners Manch (BPM) has urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to exempt pension from income tax so that the country’s senior citizens get some financial relief. The...

Odias have the habit of late-evening snacking with Bara, Piyaji, Singara aka Samosa and Alu Chop.  We all have our own favourite, in the culinary jargon, finger sacks. But do...

Bhubaneswar: Plans to start overseas flights from Bhubaneswar under the UDAN International scheme might not take off owing to subsidy related issues. Under the central scheme, the state government needs...

Uttam Nayak, a person with disabilities (PwDs), is from a village under Dhamnagar block in Odisha's Bhadrak district. He has been living in Bhubaneswar for the last several years. Uttam,...

One of the reasons why Hinduism faces ridicule from monotheistic religions is the plethora of gods and goddesses in its pantheon - upwards of 30 million as per some texts....