The Nirvik Bureau, Bhubaneswar, 5th July 2026 The BJP government in Odisha completed two years in power recently. Its track record has been very mediocre with the biggest casualty being the law & order situation in the state. Every other day there are violent crimes being committed across the state and the government appears incompetent to stem the rot. Apart from the deteriorating law & order situation, there are failures in most areas of governance. None more prominent and humiliating for all Odias than the textbooks fiasco. We have all seen with horror the kind of blunders made in the new textbooks for students in class...
Read moreSobhan Kar, Bhubaneswar, 1 February 2025 Finance Minister, Nirmala Sitharaman, presented a budget today that means many things to many people or sectors. Hence, I would like to call it a "busy" budget. The budget has made proposals for various tax reforms, including an announcement that...
Read moreVipul Agarwal, Delhi, 19 June 2026 While reading horoscopes, I often wonder whether a...
ଭବେଶ ଚନ୍ଦ୍ର କର, କେନ୍ଦୁଝର, ୧୪ ଜୁନ ୨୦୨୬ ସେଦିନ ରାତିରେ ଆମେ ଘରକୁ ଫେରି ଖାଇସାରି ବିଶ୍ରାମ...
Ambika Prasad Kanungo, Bhubaneswar, 7 July 2026 A healthy democracy does not depend solely on an elected government; it thrives on the presence of a strong, vigilant, and responsible opposition. While the government is entrusted with the responsibility of governance, the opposition serves as the institutional...
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