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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....

Bhubaneswar: Bijayananda Choudhury alias Shri Swami Bijayanandaji Maharaj is the lastest self-styled godman of Odisha to have been arrested for fraud. He allegedly conned a contractor of Rs 3 crore...

Tokyo: Bhavinaben Patel had to be content with a silver medal in her maiden Paralympic Games after losing 0-3 to world number one Chinese paddler Ying Zhou in the women’s...

Kabul: Even as different countries continue to make desperate efforts to evacuate their people from Afghanistan, the story of a British man trying to leave the war-torn country now under...

You have heard of several bizarre acts by human beings. But this one will rank right up there. A Brazilian man took five jabs of different COVID-19 vaccines in a...

Kolkata: A Calcutta University professor was booked for a “controversial” post on social media in which he allegedly “threatened to kill” West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee. A case was...

Bhubaneswar: With the July 31 COVID guidelines ending in the next three days, speculation is rife about possible further relaxation in the ongoing partial lockdown norms in Odisha. Currently, the...