Shashi Tharoor Gets His Facts Wrong On Rath Yatra

Shashi Tharoor is a word juggler and more often than not has people scurrying for a dictionary. In his latest piece on Shashi Tharoor’s Word of the Week, he picked the word 'juggernaut', the Anglicized name for Jagannath. The article is an…

Odisha Official In Vigilance Net

Balangir: A joint team of sleuths from the Bargarh, Sonepur and Balangir Vigilance wings on Friday caught the additional tehsildar of Deogan block, Rajendra Choudhury, red-handed while he was receiving a bribe of Rs 20,000 from a person to…

Rape Of Minor Girls Rocks Odisha Assembly

Bhubaneswar: A heated debate on the rising incidents of rape of minor girls in Odisha rocked the Assembly on Friday. Raising the issue during Zero Hour, Congress Legislature Party (CLP) leader Narasingha Mishra drew the Speaker's attention…

Govt Eyes ‘Safe Use’ Of AI In Public Health

The Union Health Ministry is working towards using Artificial Intelligence (AI) in a safe and effective way in public health in the country, Health Minister Harsh Vardhan said in Lok Sabha on Friday. The minister also informed that the…

Lok Sabha Sets A Record During Debate On Railways

Lok Sabha discussed the demand for grants to the Ministry of Railways till 11.58 pm on Thursday, PTI reported. Parliamentary Affairs Minister Prahlad Joshi claimed it was the first time in almost 18 years that the Lower House had discussed…

Odia Girl Debanshi Felicitated In America

Bhubaneswar: Odia girl Debanshi Nikita Choudhury was felicitated by Odisha Society of America (OSA) in the field of art and culture. Noted music director and classical flutist Hariprasad Chaurasia felicitated Debanshi with the ‘Yuva Kala…