Tag: Today

Anandpur: The construction work of a new bridge on Kusei river near Belabahali village of Anandpur sub division in Keonjhar district would begin today amid tight security. According to sources, elaborate security arrangements have been made at the proposed construction site to avoid any untoward incident. Twenty platoons of armed policemen and five local magistrates […]

Sambalpur: With the water level in its reservoir increasing due to rains in the upper reaches of Mahanadi, the Hirakud dam released this season’s first flood water on Friday. In the first phase, the dam authority released the excess water through number 7 sluice gate. According to sources, 10 sluice gates of the dam will […]

Bhubaneswar: As per the directive of the Orissa High Court, the state government today conducted the second Odisha Joint Entrance Examination (OJEE) for the vacant B.Tech, technical and management seats available in various private colleges across the state. According to sources, as many as 11,490 candidates appeared in the test held in 18 centres in […]

Cuttack: The Board of Secondary Education (BSE) on Friday declared the results of the High School Certificate (HSC) Supplementary examination and State Institute of Open School (SIOS) examination. According to reports, Out of 10,870 students, 4918 have passed the examination with overall pass percentage of 45.58. One student with A1 grade, six with A2, 12 […]

Cuttack: The Board of Secondary Education (BSE) will declare the results of the High School Certificate (HSC) Supplementary examination on Friday. According to sources in BSE, the results would be announced at the Board’s headquarters here at 11.30 AM. Besides, the students can get the details of their results on the two websites of the […]

Baripada: Preparations have reached the final stage for the celebration of the Ratha Yatra of Lord Jagannath and his siblings Lord Balabhadra and Devi Subhadra in Baripada on Thursday. As per tradition, Ratha Yatra is celebrated in this district headquarters town a day after the car festival in Puri. Like the Jagannath Temple in Puri, […]

Bhubaneswar: Seized properties of the chit fund company – Astha Group of Companies – will be auctioned on Friday. According to sources, land belonging to the chit fund company located under Chattrapur and Chilika tehsils will be auctioned today. The base price for the land measuring 3 acres and 537 decimals of owned by the […]

Bhubaneswar: Seeking to target the BJD government in the State and the NDA government at the Centrefor their alleged failures, Odisha Congress on Friday observed ‘Dhikkar Dibas’ across the state. As part of the protest, the members of the Opposition party gheraoed block offices and collectors’ offices across the state. In Bhubaneswar, a group of […]

Bhubaneswar: A total of 54,500 students will appear for the entrance examination for admission into the National Institute of Science Education and Research (NISER), Bhubaneswar today. The entrance test – National Eligibility Screening Test (NEST)- will be conducted for 130 seats in the premier national institute. Tests will be conducted at 102 test centres across […]

Bhubaneswar: The fate of as many as 75,000 students from the Odisha region, which includes Chhattisgarh, West Bengal and Odisha, will be decided on Saturday with the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) all set to declare the results of the Class X examinations today. According to officials, the result would be declared by 2 […]

Puri: A high level meeting will be held at the Sri Jagannath Temple Administraton (SJTA) office hereon Wednesday to discuss the repair of Jagmohan, the chamber facing the sanctum sanctorum of Sri Jagannath Temple in Puri, which has got delayed because of a tug of war between the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) and the […]

Bhubaneswar: After the Director General (DG) of Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) rejected the estimate and the repair plan of Jagamohana at Srimandir prepared by the core committee, Law Minister Arun Sahu has convened a meeting on Friday to chalk out the further course of action. According to sources, the meeting will be attended by […]

Bhubaneswar: A total of 46,200 students are appearing in the Odisha Joint Entrance Examination (OJEE) which is being held in the state on Sunday. Students seeking admission to MBA, MCA, M Tech, M Pharma, B Pharma, Lateral Entry Engineering, BAMS and BHMS are appearing in the examination. Talking to the media here on Saturday, OJEE […]

Bhubaneswar: The main offline test of Joint Entrance Examination (JEE) conducted by Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) will be held today. As per the CBSE notification, the JEE Main offline examination would be held in two sittings from 9.30 am and 12.30 pm for the engineering stream and from 2 pm to 5 pm […]

Bhubaneswar: The annual budget for 2016-17 will be tabled by Finance minister Pradeep Kumar Amat in the Assembly today. Despite lower revenue generation, the state government will present a bigger budget which is likely to be in the region of Rs 95,000 crore. On Friday, the Odisha Council of Ministers had approved the draft budget […]