The Biju Janata Dal (BJD) has claimed to have acquired 90% of the Block chairman posts in Odisha, the elections to which were held on Saturday. While the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has alleged that the ruling party has implemented specific strategy to woo and grab the chief post of the block councils, the Congress…Continue Reading
Commissioner of Police for Cuttack and Bhubaneswar has sent out a strict warning against perpetrators of violence trying to disrupt peace and law and order in the Twin Cities in the run-up to the urban elections in Odisha on March 24. Photo: OTV BureauCivic Polls: Twin City Police Says Will Tackle Violence With Iron Hand…Continue Reading
Police on Saturday exhumed the body of a 28-year-old cameraman in Nayagarh district, a little more than one month after he went missing under mysterious circumstances. Manas Kumar Swain, a cameraman by profession from Godipokhari village under Ranpur police limits had been missing from his home since February 5. According to family sources, Manas had gone to…Continue Reading
The elections for the Mayor of Odisha’s Smart Capital City has been long overdue. Here is a reality check on the performance of the BMC when the top civic body of the State has been ranked at 25th nationally in the Municipal Index 2021.As per the Municipal Performance Index 2021, Bhubaneswar with a score of…Continue Reading
National “I’m a firm believer that . . . if kids see that books can be funny and silly, they’ll hang around long enough to see all the other cool things that books can be.” Toby Price with his wife, Leah. Toby Price By Jaclyn Peiser, Washington Post March 12, 2022 | 12:59 PM When…Continue Reading
National There is no evidence to support the claims, which President Volodymyr Zelenskyy of Ukraine, the White House, the Pentagon, and the State Department have all unequivocally denied. By Linda Qiu, New York Times Service March 11, 2022 WASHINGTON — Prominent social media users and conservative voices have amplified a baseless theory promoted by Russian…Continue Reading
National “We’re beginning to hear from employees, in particular young employees who are — believe it or not — concerned.” Translating opportunities for networking, mentoring and advancement to the virtual world isn’t easy. (Gracia Lam/The New York Times) By Corinne Purtill, New York Times Service March 10, 2022 During his internship at a major bank…Continue Reading
The prospect of a nuclear exchange between Russia and the United States seemed, until recently, to have ended with the Cold War. Threats by Russian President Vladimir Putin to use the weapons to keep NATO out of the Ukraine conflict have revived those decades-old fears. The threats come amid the fraying of nuclear arms control…Continue Reading
It’s one of the minor but no less essential aspects of living that the pandemic robbed from us: Doing things the way they had been done. Routines are important for feeling OK, both in day-to-day life and special occasions. I missed Saturdays, when my child and I would walk to a local bakery and get the salmon…Continue Reading
Light a match and watch till it goes out. Go to the middle of Central Park Pond and drop all your jewelry. Scream against the sky. When a young Yoko Ono formulated these actions in the 1950s and 1960s, they heralded a bracingly quirky vision for the arts as a therapeutic practice of everyday life…Continue Reading
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