PRASANJIT SAHU, OP Bhubaneswar: Vehicles fitted with illegally tinted window glasses continue to ply freely on the streets of Bhubaneswar, raising questions over traffic enforcement in the state capital. Despite strict regulations and penalties for traffic violations, several luxury cars with heavily tinted windows are reportedly moving around the city without any apparent action from the authorities....

TRINATH MOHANTY, OP Bhubaneswar: Several police officers in the Bhubaneswar-Kataka Commissionerate Police have continued to serve in the same police jurisdiction for years, raising questions over the implementation of government transfer norms. Some officers have reportedly remained in the Commissionerate for more than nine years, while a few have completed over 12 years. According to police transfer...

Melvin Durai I’m not Italian, but pizza is one of my comfort foods. I could eat pizza almost every day without complaining. That doesn’t mean, however, that I could eat any pizza. The quality of pizza can vary considerably, depending on how you make it or where you buy it. Pizza also comes with toppings -- and...

RABINARAYAN JENA, OP Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government is planning to introduce smart property cards to modernise the state’s land and property registration system, replacing the existing land pass book system that has been in operation since 2006. The proposed initiative aims to establish a transparent, simplified, efficient and technology-driven digital system for maintaining property ownership records. The...

Dani Rodrik People facing a diagnosis of terminal illness, the Swiss-American psychiatrist Elisabeth Kübler-Ross famously wrote, experience five stages of grief: denial, anger, bargaining, depression, and acceptance. The same could also be said of our response to AI's rapidly expanding capabilities. At first, it seemed as if AI would not amount to more than a glorified search...

The infidelity of the Nvidia co-founder, Jensen Huang, the AI tech giant company’s CEO, who recently admitted he had been cheating on his wife, could have been dismissed as a personal issue and a private affair. But the enormity of the moral turpitude is such that its impact affects the US’ national security and, on a much...

Today's celestial influences highlight important areas of life, from professional ambitions to family responsibilities. Ganesha's predictions for each zodiac sign guide where to focus your energy and where patience may be required. Aries: Do something really exciting today – perhaps you could put on your trekking boots and explore unknown territories. Ganesha advises you to keep busy...

Nandapur: A young couple were killed in a hit-and-run incident after a speeding car rammed into them from behind near an HP petrol pump at Nandapur block headquarters in Koraput district Tuesday. Police have detained four oc cupants of the vehicle for questioning. The deceased were identified as Parshu Hantal, 20, and his wife, Jema Pangi, 21,...

Brahmapur: Former Brahmapur MLA Bikram Kumar Panda appeared at Gosaninuagaon police station for the third time Tuesday in connection with allegations that witnesses in advocate Pitabas Panda's murder case were threatened from inside jail. Panda, who is out on bail in the murder case, was questioned alongside Susant Panigrahi, the then Brahmapur jail doctor, who was also...

Nuapada: Nuapada police have arrested a 32-year-old man from Delhi for allegedly cheating a local resident of more than Rs 35 lakh by promising to secure him a Coca-Cola distributorship in the district. The accused, identified as Dinesh Nayak, son of Pitam bar Nayak of Jagannathpur village under Soro police station in Baleshwar district, was absconding after...