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Bhubaneswar: Denizens of Bhubaneswar came together recently to protest over climate inaction. More than 300 people walked from Ram Mandir Square to Master Canteen Square, performing and sloganeering about climate change. Celebrities such as Anu Choudhury and Partha Sarathi joined the...

Bhubaneswar: There is no corner that has been left untouched by Gandhian philosophy, be it his mind, the space he lives in or the life he leads. On Gandhi Jayanti, Odisha Bytes walked down the memory lane with 97-year-old Bhabani Pattnaik as he...

Bhubaneswar: The number of registered vehicles in Bhubaneswar have outnumbered the city's population. This has prompted the odisha government to start working on a low-carbon mobility plan for the Smart City. Housing & urban development department and Bhubaneswar Development Authority...

Bhubaneswar: The Capital Region Urban Transport (CRUT) on Thursday announced that it will launch a new route, No. 32 connecting Bhubaneswar Railway Station (Master Canteen) with Lingaraj Temple. The route will be inaugurated on World Tourism Day, September 27. The new...

Bhubaneswar: Fancy number plates too invite hefty fines following the implementation of the new Motor Vehicle Act, 2019. The Commissionerate Police here has issued a notice to a car owner here for writing "POLICE" on his vehicle's rear number plate. The...

Bhubaneswar: Mo Bus commuters will be treated to a free newspaper every day, tweeted Capital Region Urban Transport (CRUT) MD Arun Bothra. The IPS officer was seen distributing copies of an English daily inside a Mo Bus in the morning...

Debutant author Manu Dhawan, who completed his schooling in Rourkela, has been bewitched with writing since childhood. Dhawan's first novel, The Unprodigal, was published by Rupa and recently launched at an event at Title Waves in Mumbai. Odisha Bytes caught with...

Bhubaneswar: The trend of street food on wheels is gaining popularity in Bhubaneswar, both among the young and old alike. And there is no one particular hub with these "meals on wheels" setting shop in every corner of the city....

Bhubaneswar: It will continue to be a riddle for me as to why Guruji (Kelucharan Mohapatra) picked the two of us for his duet compositions even when I was only one year into Odissi training, said danseuse Kumkum Mohanty...

Bhubaneswar: A book is a book is a book. A passionate book lover would never differentiate between a brand new and a second-hand book. Some avid readers prefer tainted, old or used books. They say it depicts more than...