As has becomes tradition for many British series, the big finale for the second season of “All Creatures Great and Small” includes a visit from Saint Nicholas.  Or in this case, Nicholas Ralph. The star of the good-hearted series – based on James Herriot’s books about a 1930s British veterinary surgeon set in the Yorkshire Dales…Continue Reading

Kenneth Branagh’s new adaptation of “Death on the Nile” arrives with a lot of preconceived baggage. We know Agatha Christie. We know Poirot. Christie’s influence on the murder mystery genre cannot be overstated. Her stories feature heavily in the contemporary media landscape; reruns of various incarnations regularly appear in television schedules. David Suchet’s portrayal of…Continue Reading

A law that gives tax breaks to developers building affordable housing is about to expire. AFP via Getty Images Crazy leftists may not like it, but if they want more affordable housing, the city is going to have to keep offering developers a half-a-century-old tax break that makes such projects themselves affordable. The law that…Continue Reading

Schools Chancellor David Banks must change course from the prior administration’s school admissions policy. Gregory P. Mango New schools Chancellor David Banks last week basically apologized for the new “standards” for admission to the city’s screened middle and high schools — and rightly so. “As I got here, there were a number of things that…Continue Reading

The State Election Commission (SEC) of Odisha has issued a revised set of instructions for the counting exercise to be followed after the five phased Panchayat Elections in the State.With significant improvement in the Covid situation in the State, the SEC has now relaxed some restrictions previously imposed on the counting procedure. Earlier, the SEC had…Continue Reading

Palpable tension prevailed at the Sector-7 of Cuttack Development Authority (CDA) area in Cuttack after local residents openly protested the construction of an open drain by the Cuttack Municipal Corporation (CMC).As per reports, the Satellite City of CDA already has an underground drainage system. So the construction of an open drain in the area by…Continue Reading