Senior Assistant Editor at The Hindustan Times in Bhubaneswar, Odisha. Previously with The Indian Express, Mail Today, The Telegraph.
Manas Das, a 51-year-old lawyer staying in Bhubaneswar had built a cult like organisation about 16 years ago that promised to deliver justice to a section of underprivileged people of Khurda district, but ended up as their tormentor
The Hindustan Times / September 2021
Thirty years ago, Harihar Behera of Tulubi village in Odisha’s Nayagarh district started building a 3km long road to connect to his village.
The Hindustan Times / August 2021
A 26-year-old former full-back from Odisha who once represented the state in senior national men’s championship, has been working as a migrant labourer to make ends meet.
The Hindustan Times / August 2021
Naveen Patnaik’s Odisha government signed a ₹100 crore deal with Hockey India in 2018 to sponsor the men’s and women’s hockey teams over the next 5 years.
The Hindustan Times / August 2021
Dr Narayani Panda, 84-year-old doctor in western Odisha district of Sambalpur has donated ₹30 lakh from her savings to her alma mater that helped her study MBBS amid financial difficulties over six decades back.
The Hindustan Times / July 2021
In 2006, Budhia Singh became a sporting phenomenon after running 65 kilometres between Puri and Bhubaneswar. But his tryst with success was short-lived
The Hindustan Times / July 2021
A few individuals as well as NGOs are innovating to bridge the great digital divide in Odisha and take education to homes of underprivileged children.
The Hindustan Times / July 2021
Over last decade Naveen Patnaik has created or renamed at least half a dozen departments and buildings, including the state secretariat, but the name game has not led to anything substantial.
The Hindustan Times / June 2021
Aware that the BJP will focus on Odisha after the Bengal polls, the BJD leadership has been trying to strengthen the party's support base in western Odisha districts.
The Hindustan Times / February 2021
Twenty years after the women SHGs started proliferating changing the rural landscape for good, Odisha makes a separate department to administer the SHGs
The Hindustan Times / March 2021
Pradeep Panigrahy, 56 was once eyes and ears of chief minister Naveen Patnaik in Ganjam district. How he earned Patnaik's trust and how he fell from grace.
The Hindustan Times / December 2020
A 50-year-old rape suspect who had remained elusive for 21 years finally lands in Odisha police net.
The Hindustan Times / February 2021
A 32-year-old woman of Odisha's Sundargarh district has been arrested by police in Kalahandi district on charges of marrying multiple men through different Aadhar cards.
The Hindustan Times / February 2021
A teenager who had suffered an acid attack from a youth after spurning his offer for marriage gets back on her feet and marries his lover 12 years later.
The Hindustan Times / March 2021
Unlike their counterparts in Maharashtra, police in a district of Odisha don't kill but injure criminals during encounters.
The Hindustan Times / September 2017
Odisha government employs hundreds of retired employees even as the state groans under high unemployment.
The Hindustan Times / September 2017
The BJP president’s full-throated cry to unseat Odisha CM Naveen Patnaik in 2019 assembly elections is a path that is rocky.
The Hindustan Times / September 2017
Though the BJD finished no 1, it’s the stupendous rise of the BJP that is the talking point in Odisha
The Indian Express / April 2017
After 20 yrs, BJP has returned to Odisha for a National Executive meeting, emboldened by panchayat poll success and a fraying BJD. As Narendra Modi turns his focus on the state, the picture for Naveen Patnaik is no longer rosy.
The Indian Express / April 2017
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