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Bhubaneswar: Deepanjali Swain (19) is representing Odisha in the 25th International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD25) at Nairobi. This girl from a slum in Odisha capital was picked for ICPD25, also known as Nairobi Summit,…

Bhubaneswar: In line with an Orissa High Court recommendation, the Odisha government has approved the setting up of six new additional district and sessions courts in the state. The six courts will come up in Cuttack, Bhadrak, Nilagiri…

Bhubaneswar: The once familiar call of Chakulia Pandas roaming around villages in Odisha and reciting ancient religious poems is not heard these days. Gone are the days when these lower class Brahmins were seen walking barefoot along…

Kalinga was a maritime superpower. It means ancient Odias were proficient at ship-building and had sound knowledge of the seasonal winds. While contemporary and later-day literary accounts are replete with mention of the trading activities…

Khurda: As many as 15 houses were burgled at a village in Khurda district early on Thursday. Police said a gang of looters struck Atri village near Baghamari around 1.30 am and decamped with cash, jewelleries and valuables worth lakhs. The…

Rituals succeed where history fails. Bits of our past survives as collective memory through them. History looks for evidence, they don't. They deal with certainties etched into our communal consciousness centuries ago. History may be…

Rayagada: Security personnel on Thursday busted a Maoist camp inside Karkamarka forest under Ambadala police limits in Odisha’s Rayagada district and seized a landmine and several Maoist articles. Acting on a tip-off about the presence of…

New Delhi: In an apparent clean chit to the Central government, the Supreme Court on Thursday dismissed petitions seeking a review of its judgment that refused a CBI investigation into the Rafale fighter jet deal with French firm Dassault…