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As the circumstances leading to the death of Rakbar Khan, who was lynched by a ‘gau rakshak’ mob in Alwar in Rajasthan on Saturday night on suspicion of illegally carrying cattle, come to the fore, it is becoming increasingly clear that his life could have been saved had the cops been a little less callous […]

The ‘Smart City’ had never seen anything like it before. Marooned people being rescued by fire and ODRAF personnel; bikes, cars and even buses with passengers floating in water bang in the middle of busy roads; people having to move upstairs after inundation of the ground floor and going without electricity, food and drinking water […]

The mask has fallen off. The slip is showing. And the jumla of ‘equi-distance’ now lies in tatters. By chickening out of the debate on the no confidence motion moved by the Opposition on Friday, the Biju Janata Dal (BJD) has proved that it is not averse to cutting deals with the BJP on the […]

As the sordid details of how gangster Syed Usman Ali alias ‘Tito’ built his Empire of Crime unravels layer by layer, it is becoming increasingly clear that the Kendrapara don flourished with active political patronage at every stage. The similarities of Tito’s case with the rise and fall of the Dhalasamant brothers, who ran a […]

Naveen’s minders must be finding it hard to suppress a chuckle. After all, their sustained efforts to take the wind of out of the sail of Bhasha Andolan, the unique, three-year long movement to press for making Odia the language of all official communication, by driving a wedge between the key persons leading the movement […]

Of late – since his much publicized US visit in September, to be more precise – there has been a spate of reports and commentaries in the national media about the ‘metamorphosis’ of Rahul Gandhi. The commentators would have us believe that the Congress scion has undergone a complete makeover after returning from his nearly […]

By Sandeep Sahu Amid the symphony of dipped-in-sentimentalism messages that reverberated on Facebook since early morning on Utkal Dibasa today was one that struck a discordant note. “Aame Nuhun Udia, Aame Samalpuria; Aame Nuhun Utkali, Aamar Jati Koshali” (“We are not U(O)dias, We are Samabalpurias; We are not Utkali, Our creed is Koshali,” said the […]

By Sandeep Sahu By now, everyone who knows him knows his ways. Maverick former Supreme Court judge Markandey Katju revels in offending people, communities, states and everything else that one can think of. So, aren’t we Odias falling into his trap and obliging him by giving him what he craves most – attention – by […]

By Sandeep Sahu The humble egg is in news like never before. Whenever it has been in the news in the past, it has invariably been for its non-availability or exorbitant rate because trucks laden with the stuff were held up on their way from neighbouring Andhra Pradesh due to a strike, a public demonstration […]

By Sandeep Sahu Shatrughna Behera must be fidgeting in his grave, anxious to come out and shout out at the top of his voice for anybody who cares to listen; “No, I did not commit suicide because my unmarried handicapped daughter had suddenly become a burden. I committed suicide because I knew that with the […]

With the onset of the Covid-19 second wave in some states in mid-April, a concerted campaign started taking place which was led by some states and the Opposition parties in power there.

Rukmini Harana Ekadashi falls on June 21st this year. On this holy day - Lord Jagannath, an aspect of Lord Vishnu, marries Rukmini, an aspect of Devi Lakshmi.

Fantasy cricket has seen incredible growth in the last few years. However, when it started 20 years ago with a game called Super Selector, it was very different from its current money-spinning avatar.

Mucor is a fungus that is present everywhere around us and can cause mucormycosis or black fungus. Black fungus only causes disease in people with extremely poor immunity.

In 1909, Pandit Gopabandhu established an ideal school, Satyabadi Vana Vidyalaya at Sakhigopal. This was a catalyst in spreading national consciousness, in Odisha.