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In a shocking development, a jilted lover with the help of his friend, raped a 14-year-old minor girl in Kharinashi under Mahakalapada police station of Kendrapara district and set her on fire to destroy evidences. The girl is battling for…

By Srikant Mohanty: “Tell me I am clever, Tell me I am talented, Tell me I am cute, Tell me I am sensitive, graceful and wise, Tell me I am perfect- But tell me the truth”. This wonderful quote by Shel Silverstein- the American poet, singer…

By Srikant Mohanty: Fitness is a holistic term. Especially, in the last decades, teeming millions in India had lesser needs for a daily work-out in a gym for burning the extra calories because the daily routines in life included a certain…

At a tender college going age, she became the heartthrob of youth in Odisha. But, call it as destiny; Prakruti Mishra soon started getting more brickbats than bouquets. Some people term her arrogant, while others call her childish. But, she…

Senior Congress leader and former president of Odisha Pradesh Mahila Congress (OPMC) Ashima Mahananda died of cancer on Wednesday. She was undergoing treatment at Hemalata Hospital in Bhubaneswar for past few months. Mahananda passed away…

Odia, the first language of Odisha will soon get classical language status. Once achieved, Odia will be the sixth in India to get this status after Malayalam, Telugu, Kannada, Sanskrit and Tamil. . The State has been making the demand ever…

After two Gram Sabhas in Rayagada district, it's the turn of another Gram Sabha in Odisha's Kalahandi district to say NO to bauxite mining in the Niyamgiri Hills by Vedanta. Another nine Gram Sabhas will be held soon in both these…

The government intensified its fogging operations across the state after dengue cases increased in seven districts after the Millennium City Cuttack. It's high time the local administration as well the citizens should adopt adequate…

The government-appointed inquiry commission acted in haste to give a clean chit to VSS Medical College and Hospital in Burla where nine new-born babies died within a span of 24 hours on Saturday. Even as two more deaths took place in the…

Just four days after the first Gram Sabha at Serkapadi village rejected bauxite mining in Niyamgiri hills, the second Gram Sabha held at Kesarpadi in Rayagada district, has also opposed the mining by Vedanta. 10 more Gram Sabhas to be held…