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Bhubaneswar: December played a major role in Hemananda Biswal's life. Not only was he born on the first day of the twelfth month of the year but also sworn in...

The recent controversy around a Muslim woman's 'right to wear a hijab' versus 'follow a dress code' in an education institution has sparked many trains of thought. The dominant one...

The city is seeing a boom in the restaurant business and every one of us thinks it is a lucrative business. I have seen many restaurants closing down — Moti...

Bhubaneswar: In his nearly 25 years in politics, Naveen Patnaik has proved quite skilful at leading others into the guessing game, leaving not just his rivals bemused but also his...

As I turn the pages of the newspaper each day, not a single day passes without the reported news of at least one girl or woman getting raped in different...

Bhubaneswar: As rural Odisha readies to vote in the first phase of three-tier panchayat elections on Wednesday, the biggest challenge before the ruling Biju Janata Dal (BJD) is to effectively...

Bhubaneswar: Defending Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik for not attending his office at Lok Seva Bhawan or the state Assembly here, Biju Janata Dal spokesperson Pratap Keshari Deb said the former’s...

In the 1980s it had become evident that bona fide requirements of communities in rural areas cannot be entirely met from natural forests and Social Forestry Projects were started in...

Leaves were probably one of the earliest culinary tools. It was used to store and transfer food. Using them to then cook would have been the next step for our...

It's not easy to be a Bachchan scion. No choices for guessing that the reference here is Abhishek Bachchan, who turns 46 today. So, Happy Birthday Abhishek! To stand tall...