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Bhubaneswar: The Council of Higher Secondary Education has released the form fill-up date for regular and ex-regular students for the Plus 2 board exam 2021. The CHSE has released the schedule and guidelines for the online form fill-up for Regular and Ex-Regular students of Arts, Science, Commerce and Vocational streams including the Correspondence Course students […]

Cuttack: In the wake of a fire mishap in Sadguru hospital in Cuttack last September, Odisha fire services department had ordered an inspection of fire safety arrangements at all Covid facilities in the State while it was further decided to conduct emergency drill every fortnight. Two months later, the Union Home Secretary too shot letters […]

Bhubaneswar: Odisha has reported less vaccine wastage as compared to the other States, informed Odisha Family and Welfare department director Bijay Panighrahi on Monday. Speaking to reporters here, Panigharahi said, “Once a vial is opened, the vaccine has to be administered to a recipient as soon as possible because it gets wasted if not used […]

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik expressed concern over the “drastic reduction” of the share in central taxes and centralization of revenue by introduction of cess on petrol and diesel. He, however, welcomed certain aspects of the union budget 2021-2022. He said the banks have to be made accountable to extend credit to women, farmers […]

Bhubaneswar: In a bid to provide smart address to the residents in Capital city, the Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) has initiated processing for digitisation of houses, a survey for which has already been commenced. Under the initiative, the city residents will be provided with a special house number called Digital Door Number (DDN) which could […]

Cuttack: In a major blow to the Odisha government’s ambitious inter-state bus terminal project in the city, the Orissa High Court on Tuesday directed the administration to maintain status quo of the Goddess Kali Temple situated at the site in Khan Nagar. While hearing a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) filed by a group of local […]

Bhubaneswar: In a major decision ahead of commencement of the budget session, the Odisha government on Tuesday announced that COVID-19 test will not be mandatory for the MLAs and others. Informing this, Odisha Assembly Speaker SN Patro said, “COVID-19 restrictions have not been lifted but relaxed. All the existing social distancing norms and other protocols […]

Jajpur: A special team of Jajpur Police on Tuesday recreated the crime scene to ascertain how the body of Jharaphula Nayak, student of Rama Devi (RD) Women’s University in Bhubaneswar, was dumped on the roadside near Mulapala in Jajpur district after she died last week. After Jajpur District & Sessions Court granted permission, Kuakhia Police […]

Bhubaneswar: The National Institute of Technology (NIT) in Rourkela has signed an MoU with its distinguished alumni Venkata Narasimham Peri for the uplift of backward regions of Koraput, Bolangir and Kalahandi in Odisha. Peri is the sponsor of its Poverty Alleviation Research Centre (PARC). Through this research project, NIT Rourkela aims to make a significant […]

Jeypore: Padma Shri Kamala Pujari has been admitted to the Saheed Laxman Naik Hospital in Koraput district after her health condition worsened on Tuesday. According to sources, Pujari is suffering from multiple old-age related illness, high blood pressure and kidney ailments. Earlier on June 7, she was admitted to the Koraput District Headquarter Hospital (DHH) […]

Bhubaneswar: When the once in a lifetime pandemic has put a glare on how the shortage of doctors in the critical care had resulted in the loss of more precious lives in the State to the contagion lethal virus, the Fifteenth Finance Commission report released recently had dropped a howler at Odisha. The State has […]

Koraput: The ongoing border dispute between Odisha and Andhra Pradesh seems to have reached new heights with the neighbouring state allegedly changing the name of three villages in Koraput district and conducting gram panchayat elections. As per reports, Andhra government has changed names of Tala Ganjeipadar, Patu Sineri and Fagun Sineri in the disputed Kotia […]

Bhubaneswar: Is Odisha government getting too anxious to earn the Heritage City tag for Bhubaneswar? The demolition drive for the Ekamra Kshetra beautification project around the temple of Lord Lingaraj in the capital city is seen being executed at a faster pace, but allegedly without approval of the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) even though […]

Bhubaneswar: Odisha has been allocated Rs 5,528 crore for different railway projects in the Union budget for the 2021-22 financial year. In the previous financial year Odisha was allocated Rs 4,373 crore. The Naveen Patnaik government had asked for around Rs 7,200 crore to expedite the railways projects, both new and old, in the State. […]

Bhubnaeswar: An unidentified woman’s headless body was found near Dasapur area on Bharatpur-Chandaka road in the Capital City on Thursday. It is suspected that the some might have beheaded the woman before dumping her headless torso in the area. “The headless body of a woman was found here. Prime facie, it seems she has been […]