Will Odisha Show Faith In Naveen Patnaik Again?

The 78-year-old Naveen is on the cusp of creating history. He must win the forthcoming assembly polls to become India's longest-serving chief minister, a record held by Sikkim's Pawan Kumar......

Biju Janata Dal backs Vaishnaw in RS polls; no alliance, says BJP

The ruling Biju Janata Dal in Odisha on Wednesday announced that it will support the Bharatiya Janata Party’s Ashwini Vaishnaw in the upcoming Rajya Sabha elections in the state. IMAGE:......

Practicing Hindu, never ate beef, clarifies YouTuber Jani over Puri temple row

After her recent visit to Shree Jagannath Temple in Puri snowballed into a controversy, social media influencer Kamiya Jani on Sunday issued a clarification claiming that she is a Hindu and never......

Patnaik's close aide VK Pandian formally joins BJD

Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik's close aide and former IAS officer V Karthikeyan Pandian on Monday formally joined the ruling Biju Janata Dal (BJD). IMAGE: Former IAS officer V Karthikeyan......

India is Wikipedia's fifth largest market

Online encyclopedia Wikipedia has a long-term commitment to India and is focussing on bringing more users to its platform by meeting language needs of communities and introducing tools to ease......

'Odisha Rasagola' bags much-awaited GI tag

Since 2015, Odisha has been embroiled in a bitter battle over the origin of the delicacy with West Bengal, which had in 2017 secured the GI tag for 'Banglar Rasogolla'. Odisha on Monday bagged the......

Regional languages rule TV!

The four south Indian languages grew by 7% while regional languages within the Hindi speaking markets (such as Bhojpuri, Bangla, Marathi, etc) grew by 26%.Urvi Malvania reports. Photograph: Ahmad......

The babu who planned demonetisation

'GST had to come close on the heels of demonetisation as part of the same package,' Shaktikanta Das tells Subhomoy Bhattacharjee.Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com Though I had asked him for......

'Godard is never of the past'

'He provokes you intellectually so hard that you really break out of your shell and come up with something creative.''He can extract a creation out of you, such is the power of Godard and his......

Ajay Devgn, Suriya win National Awards

IMAGE: Aparrna Balamurali and Suriya in Soorarai Pottru. Tamil film Soorarai Pottru won the National Award for Best Feature at the 68th National Film Awards for 2020. The film, inspired by the......

The INSPIRATION behind television shows

Till the lockdown was imposed in March, more than 200 Zee staffers had spent over 2,500 hours across 28 regions in Punjab, Bihar, Madhya Pradesh, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh and West......

Bollywood mourns Mohammad Aziz

Mohammad Aziz sang over 20,000 songs including evergreen tracks like My Name Is Lakhan, Aap Ke Aa Jane Se and Dil Le Gayi Teri Bindiya. Singer Mohammed Aziz, the voice behind evergreen tracks like......

Hockey World Cup kicks off with glittering ceremony in Odisha

IMAGE: Actress Disha Patani enthralled the audience at the FIH World Cup opening on Wednesday. Photograph: Twitter Men's Hockey World Cup, 2023 got underway on Wednesday evening with a spectacular......

If India wants to win Gold in Paris...

'If we want to ensure this isn't a once-in-four-decade phenomenon, then we have to produce 1,800 players all the time, create infrastructure, so that we are constantly challenging at the top of the......

Think you know a lot about Sport? Take this challenge!

Norma Godinho challenges sporting know-it-alls. IMAGE: August 25, 2019. P V Sindhu wins the World Championship final against Japan's Nozomi Okuhara. Photograph: Vincent Kessler/Reuters   Just......