OB Special

Every year, lakhs of youth appear for the Civil Services Examination conducted by the Union Public Service Commission for recruitment to one of the most coveted services of the Government...

They are not afraid to speak their mind. They make themselves heard. They are the ‘trouble makers.’ They are Unapologetic and Defiant. They are ‘Outrageous’ and Inconvenient for their family...

Two incidents and vitriolic exchange of words between two interest groups kept the media space filled towards the second fortnight of April. The one at the national level was the...

Bhubaneswar: The man whom Mahatma Gandhi described as a great patriot, who wore himself out in giving shape and reality to various nation-building schemes, is none other than an Odia,...

Science is unequivocal about the impending danger the world faces and the proofs it has presented. Our own experience of the last few decades corroborates that. When the crisis is...

Bhubaneswar: Biju Patnaik. The name means different things to different people in his home state and overseas. Apart from his inspiring achievements and tales of bravery, one aspect that merits...

Bhubaneswar: Different countries around the world observe their traditional New Year’s Day according to their own customs, in addition to the Christian tradition of the year beginning on January 1...

  When I first moved to Bhubaneswar in 1996, this beautiful capital city had wide, tree-lined avenues and balmy weather. It had a lovely old-world charm and a laid-back atmosphere,...

At a time when the deafening noise of the Russian bombing of Ukrainian cities has been relegated to ambient music status, two small incidents created some noise in the media....

I got married a few months prior to joining as Divisional Forest Officer, Dhenkanal, in 1986. Sandeep Tripathi, an IFS officer of 1984 batch, was posted as a probationer there....