Team work, technology, transparency, transformation and time limit will be the five factors on which performance of government officials and projects will be judged
The burning of Madhu Barnabodha, long acknowledged as Odisha's blue book of grammar and punctuation, by Koshal activists has opened old wounds but carving new state looks impossible
Once a haven for the Royal Bengal tiger, it had as many as 132 in 2002, the numbers have alarmingly dwindled over the years. At last count, Odisha have only 28 tigers
In Odisha, more than 1,000 cases of rapes of minors have been reported in the first six months of 2019. Uttar Pradesh tops the list with close to 3,500 cases.
Inadequate compensation, fast exhausting relief material and discrepancy in assessing damage to property is making villagers in Bhoisahi in Satapada district gasping for their future
Cyclone Fani continues to haunt Puri division. After enduring most of the summer without power, many villagers are bracing for the rains without a proper roof on their heads.
The imposing nine-century-old Emaar Mutt right in front of the temple, which provided a vantage platform for the high and mighty for viewing the Rath Yatra in the past, has been completely razed to the ground.
As news of the Geographical Indication recognition to ‘Odishara Rasagola’ broke, Twitter was abuzz with naysayers calling it a ‘minor’ victory that leaves the question on its origin unanswered.
The fact that it took four long years for Odisha to get the Geographical Indication tag for its Rasagola is a severe indictment of the way the Odisha government has gone about the business of securing the recognition.
BJP’s enfant terrible Bijoy Mohapatra's loss in Odisha's Patkura assembly constituency proves for the umpteenth time that BJD chief Naveen Patnaik has perfected the art of winning elections and has no match in state politics
This year, the Shree Jagannath Temple Administration (SJTA), the governing body of the Lord Jagannath temple, invited bids to auction the broadcast rights of the procession.
If exit polls' projections prove close to actual results, Naveen Patnaik's BJD will have to scale down its expectations from the next coalition government at the Centre.
Lights were also back on the entire 3-km long Bada Danda (Grand Road) from the Jagannath temple gates to the Gundicha temple, the palace of the Gajapati King and the district hospitals, all on the Grand Road.
Puri and Khurda districts are reeling under power and drinking water shortage as rescue operations post-cyclone Fani are in full swing. Generator operators are in demand, even for charging mobile phones.
Indian Coast Guard deploys ships, choppers in rescue operations as 'Fani', one of the most destructive cyclones to have come off the Indian Ocean in recent years, leaves Odisha in ruins
