Pradeep Pattanayak

‘Paan’ is a mouth freshener. A normal ‘paan’ is wrapped in a conical shape with all pan masala and chopped areca nut inside it. But the ‘Raja paan’ is wrapped in a triangular shape.

Raja festival is the only festival that celebrates womanhood and menstruation. Menstruation is viewed as a blessing of giving new life. During this festival, women are given due respect and it reminds that menstruation shouldn’t...

Film Producer Sanjay Nayak said he would file a defamation case against the two heroines and the news channel that broadcast their statements.   

Chief Secretary Pradeep Jena in a tweet asked Tata Power to pull up and restore the damaged electric infrastructure fast. 

After the tragedy, the rescue team and local people retrieved passengers’ bodies from the mangled coaches and kept them at the classrooms and open hall of the school. 

While the base oil of this ‘Phuluri Tela’ is hand-pressed sesame oil,  24 ingredients including some flowers such as Ketaki, Malli, Boula and Champa and some barks and roots, sandalwood powder, camphor, rice grains are...

The district and temple administrations have been asked to make special arrangements for the early darshan of the deity by old, physically disabled and differently-abled persons, women and children.

Sabila Mulla, a woman from West Bengal, is presently at AIIMS in Bhubaneswar to claim her son’s body. But to her utter dismay, the authorities are allegedly forcing her to take another body. As of...

The deceased duo had gone to the pond to take a bath. While bathing, Kurumani’s feet slipped and she went into the deep of the pond. Seeing her drowning, Suryakanti went to her rescue and...

The members of Amala Sangha even went out of their way and donated blood for the injured persons of the triple train crash at Bahanaga Bazar in Balasore district.

Because of a railway staffer’s presence of mind and quickness, the near possible train mishap was avoided at Manjuri Road station under Bhandaripokhari police limits in Bhadrak district yesterday. 

The southwest monsoon has arrived in Kerala, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) informed on Thursday.   

Since the shows are devoid of performances by animals or birds, its mainstay is breathtaking Russian Rope items and jaw-dropping gymnastic items by foreigners.

The driver who was said to be under the influence of alcohol hit cars in areas including Barabati Stadium, Jobra and Chauliaganj. 

A railway team headed by Khordha DRM has initiated the probe to find out how an engine-less train rolled down the tracks on its own. 

There were only a few minutes left for the train to reach Dhanushkodi station. At 11.55 pm, the cyclone had intensified. 

Four persons including two sisters who have come all way from Nepal are doing rounds of hospitals in Bhubaneswar hunting for the bodies of their relatives. 

The raids on the assistant engineer’s properties were conducted on the strength of the search warrants issued by the Special Judge of Sundargarh Vigilance Department.

The Express was running at a speed of 128 kmph speed on the main line and it was supposed to go straight as a goods train was already on the loop line. So, there was...

While undergoing treatment at the Sishu Bhawan in Cuttack, the child breathed his last night.