Pradeep Pattanayak

On Sankranti days, the Sun transits from one zodiac to another. In total, there are twelve Sankrantis in a year. Dhanu Sankranti is one of them.

Today is the birthday of the great astronomer and mathematician of Odisha, Pathani Samanta, whose full name with honourifics was Mahamahopadhyaya Chandrasekhara Singha Harichandana Mahapatra Samanta. 

The recently released National Crime Records Bureau has painted a grim picture of Odisha’s conviction rate. As per the report, the state’s conviction rate is the lowest in the country. 

The counting of cash seized during I-T raids on the properties linked to a liquor trader at Sudapada in Bolangir district ended on Sunday and the total value of the seized amount was reported to...

The family members first spotted the cracks on Saturday night and rushed out of the house in fear. Now they are afraid to enter the house. 

The recently-concluded Bali Yatra is now embroiled in a controversy and Barabati-Cuttack MLA Mohammed Moquim on Sunday demanded an impartial probe into the corruption allegations. 

Two children met their watery graves after they fell into a well near their house at Natakata village under Madhu Sahu Patna panchayat in Dhenkanal on Sunday. 

While addressing the gathering, Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan said the rising crimes against women have let our heads hang in shame.

With the general elections being less than five months away, the state units of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Congress and the incumbent BJD have started flexing their muscles. 

The seizure of black money amounting to hundreds of crores of a non-Odia Congress MP in Odisha is definitely a matter of concern, said Baijayant Panda.

With the district administration turning a deaf ear to the demand to stop sand transportation on the road, the agitating women of Markandapur and Kamalpur villages continued their roadblock by erecting a fence in the...

As per the NCRB report, on average 17 people are dying by suicide on a daily basis.  

Students of Hanaguda Upper Primary School in Jeypore of Koraput district had an unusual menu for their mid-day meal. A banana, instead of an egg, was given to each of them alongside alleged sub-standard rice...

On the sidelines of a workshop, Odisha Public Health director, Dr Niranjan Mishra informed about the plan of establishing such laboratories in the districts and CHCs. 

A non-bailable warrant (NBW) has been issued against singer Sourin Bhatt in connection with the harassment case against him.  

Palpable tension prevailed at BJB Autonomous College in Bhubaneswar after students staged a protest at the main gate on Friday, alleging the partisan handling of cases relating to hooliganism on the college campus by Badagada...

The decision regarding the complete ban on the consumption of paan and gutkha on the premises of Srimandir was taken at the Srimandir Niti sub-committee meeting held on Friday. 

The unseasonal rain under the influence of cyclone Michaung has put paid to the paddy farmers’ hope of a good harvest in Bhadrak district. 

In a shocking incident, a five-year-old boy was charred to death in a fire mishap at Badapada village in Kendrapara’s Pattamundai on Thursday. 

A day after the Shankaracharya of the Puri Gobardhan Peeth, Swami Nischalananda Saraswati expressed his dissatisfaction for being sidelined by the temple admin and the government, the Shree Jagannath Temple Administration chief, Ranjan Das on...