OB Special

On today’s date, five years back—30th July 2015—Odias did something which was unimaginable just a couple of years back. They more or less convinced the world that what they have...

The furiously wriggling worm flung itself inches into the air, crashed on the floor, wiggled some more and went flat as a soggy piece of thread. That was the end...

Bhubaneswar: Eighteen-year-old Mahek Agrawall of Bhubaneswar was adjudged winner of Corona Creativity contest, organized by leading news websites www.odishabytes.com and www.odishasambad.in, here on Monday. Mumbai’s Sudipta Satpathy and Cuttack’s Aniket Lenka finished second...

What is Kangana Ranaut's fight about -- Sushant Singh Rajput or herself? This is getting more perplexing by the day. Her good battle to ensure justice for the dead actor...

With the passage of Bijay Mohanty, Odisha's film industry is close to losing a generation of actors passionate about cinema. His departure after film and theatre personality Bijay Mishra is...

There's a hint of despair in the air. One million plus cases already and nobody's sure where it is headed. A few lakhs more would mean the disease is not...

"After me, the deluge." Madame de Pompadour, the profligate mistress of French monarch Louis XV, is supposed to have said in casual indifference to the suffering of people due to...

Dynasty per se should not be a dirty word in India, a country steeped in feudal tendencies. In fact, going by our popular culture, there's certain adoration for the idea...

How quickly things change! When we launched Corona Diaries on March 21, COVID-19 was still shaping into a pandemic. It had completed its cross-continental jump by then, spreading from Wuhan...

In a regular World Health Organization (WHO) briefing, Dr Mike Ryan said on Friday that it is unlikely that COVID-19 will be completely eliminated if the current conditions persisted. He...