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Bhubaneswar:With people being confined to their homes due to five-phase lockdown in the country, several digital libraries, e-learning and online reading platforms have given free access  to the readers to make social distancing a bit easier.  Despite this, more than 30,000 copies of Pink Gender,...

Bhubaneswar: Actor Sushant Singh Rajput's shocking demise has once again put the spotlight on the importance of mental health care in one’s life. Primary information about the tragedy suggests that the actor was in deep depression and attending several counselling sessions to deal with his...

Bhubaneswar: Migrant workers suffering from untold miseries in other states, following a spike in COVID-19 cases, is not uncommon these days. However, the scenario in Odisha is quite different with the stranded artisans from states like Maharashtra, West Bengal and Bihar being offered livelihood opportunities...

Nayagarh: Ever since the emergence of the summit structure (Dadhinauti) of an ancient temple from the waters of River Mahanadi, Padmabati village under Bhapur block in Nayagarh district has been hogging all the headlines. According to some elderly people of the village, it is Gopinath...

Puri: The Shree Jagannath Temple Administration (SJTA) has decided to distribute specially-made masks among the Srimandir servitors in the wake of novel coronavirus outbreak. The servitors will wear the masks while performing the rituals at the 12th century shrine, said SJTA chief administrator Krishan Kumar...

New Delhi: The Supreme Court Wednesday granted bail to a tribal woman from Gajapati district after considering her claim that she was a juvenile during the commission of offence and also that she has a one-year-old child. A three-judge bench of the apex court comprising...

Bhubaneswar: Odia Language Literature and Culture department celebrated International Archives Day here Tuesday. The online event was attended by several dignitaries including Culture Minister Jyoti Prakash Panigrahi, Commissioner-cum-Principal secretary Manoranjan Panigrahi, Director Bijay Kumar Nayak and ex-technical director of National Information Centre Rabindra Narayan Behera....

Jaipur:  Beware, the second wave of locust attacks are coming. Yes there is a strong possibility of locust attacks in India once again. The Centre’s ‘Locust Warning Organisation’ will press into service 25 drones as the threat increases. It will also buy 60 vehicle-mounted insecticide...

Bhubaneswar: Postponement of all cultural programmes followed by the closure of auditoriums due to coronavirus outbreak has not only affected the livelihoods of the performers, the viewers have also been deprived of their sources of entertainment. With the pandemic driving lives online across the globe,...

Bhubaneswar : Curtains rolled down on the first edition of Covid-19 International Film Festival (CIFF) Friday after exhibition of more than a hundred short and documentary films. The online festival aimed at providing windows to the promising filmmakers and spreading positivity during these difficult hours,...