Bhubaneswar: The Centre has directed the states to enhance COVID testing in order to effectively track the spread of the pandemic. "It is seen from the data available on the...
Bhubaneswar: The State Election Commission (SEC) on Tuesday recommended the suspension of a college principal and a sub-divisional police officer (SDPO) after a video of a meeting held at the...
Bhubaneswar: He is a nightmare for Red Sandalwood smugglers, and it is said that woods can be smuggled out of the forest in Seshachalam only while he is taking a nap....
Kolkata: Legendary Bengali cartoonist and Padma Shri awardee Narayan Debnath passed away here on Tuesday morning. He was 96. Debnath created some of the immortal cartoon characters for Bengali readers...
Jajpur: The lone tigress in Satkosia tiger reserve has not been sighted for nearly two months since November. But forest officials have ruled out its death, saying that last week...
Bhubaneswar: The State Election Commission (SEC) has sought a report from the Balangir district collector into allegations that the sarpanch post in Bileisarda village under Puintala block of the district...
Bhubaneswar: The third wave has already peaked in a few big cities and the COVID curve has started to bend. This was revealed in an analysis of the daily COVID...
Bhubaneswar: Imagine you are in a remote village with no access to the internet and lack cash. How will you make payment for any service or commodity? Well, digital payment...
Bhubaneswar: The active caseload went past 80,000 as Odisha added 11,086 fresh COVID-19 cases to its affected tally on Tuesday. These include 1061 in the age group of 18 years....
At around 2 am on Monday that my phone rang many times, but was unanswered. It was my friend from Montreal (Sudeshna, one of the senior disciples of Pandit Birju...