OB Special

A few days ago, two ladies, seemingly in their early thirties drove onto the wrong side of a road near Naka Gate and stopped directly in front of my car....

By 2050, approximately two-thirds of the world’s population will live in urban areas, bringing a distinct set of challenges and opportunities for urban development. These challenges of rapid urbanisation include...

(Sailen Routray has translated this into English from the Odia original by Manmohan Choudhury) Gandhiji’s Harijan tour in Odisha was due in the month of May in 1934. To gift...

A man allegedly burns down a textile market in Surat and goods worth about ₹24 crore are destroyed. The immediate explanation sounds almost absurd: ₹10,000 in unpaid salary. Police say...

A few days back, I visited DN Oxypark, one of our premium residential projects, to meet a close friend who lives there. He had purchased his apartment in 2012 and...

When cities invest in tourism, they invest in jobs, entrepreneurship, and growth. Similarly, city river tourism centres on transforming urban waterways into vibrant recreational, cultural, and scenic hubs through riverfront...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha’s digital creators are no longer confined to regional boundaries or regional languages. From viral regional reels to mainstream Hindi comedy, nationwide esports arenas, and intellectual podcasts, content creators...

Cuttack: Chief Minister Mohan Majhi has declared Indonesia as the official partner country for Bali Jatra 2026, which is set to take place from November 26 to December 1 on...

Brahmapur: A significant thaw between Brahmapur MP Pradeep Kumar Panigrahi and Gopalpur MLA Bibhuti Bhusan Jena, coupled with the return of former legislator Bikram Panda to active politics, has added...

There are partnerships in Indian music that seem inevitable in retrospect. Pt Shivkumar Sharma and Pt Hariprasad Chaurasia, however, did not begin as the iconic film-composing duo the country would...