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Bhubaneswar: With schools reopening across the state Thursday after the summer vacation, district administrations have revised school timings and extended precautionary measures amid continuing heatwave conditions and high humidity. The administrations of Cuttack and Khurda have directed all schools to operate during morning hours from...

Bhubaneswar: Senior IPS officer Dayal Gangwar was placed under suspension Thursday, following allegations of harassment levelled by the family of GRP constable Soumya Ranjan Swain, who was lynched on the outskirts of Bhubaneswar last month. A statement said Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi has ordered...

Bhubaneswar: A day after state Vigilance nabbed Mancheswar police station Assistant Sub-Inspector (ASI) Rajesh Kullu and a home guard driver Jyoti Ranjan Behera in a bribery case, the commissionerate police dismissed the duo and another home guard from service under Article 311(2)(b) of the Constitution...

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government has directed collectors of 23 districts to facilitate the availability of government land for the installation of 707 new 4G mobile towers under the Centre's Digital Bharat Nidhi (DBN) programme, an official statement said Thursday. Additional Chief Secretary of the Information...

Keonjhar: Odisha's Health Minister Mukesh Mahaling Thursday had a narrow escape as his car rammed into the pilot vehicle of his convoy on National Highway-49 in Keonjhar district, police said. The accident took place near Jagmohan Square in Telkoi police station area when the minister...

Baripada: The discovery of fossilised shark teeth, molluscan shells and other marine remains at a site in Odisha's Mayurbhanj district has provided fresh evidence that present-day Baripada was once submerged under a shallow sea during the Miocene epoch, a researcher said Thursday. The fossils, estimated...

Bhubaneswar: In a bold move, Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi has ordered stringent action against doctors who have remained absent from duty for prolonged periods, directing Health Department to initiate disciplinary proceedings against 128 Medical Officers and Dental Surgeons across the state. According to...

Bhubaneswar: Members of the Congress-affiliated NSUI held a demonstration in Bhubaneswar Thursday, demanding the resignation of School and Mass Education Minister Nityananda Gond over alleged errors in newly introduced school textbooks. Carrying posters, banners and copies of the popular Odia alphabet primer 'Madhu Barnabodha', NSUI...

Angul: Two armed dacoits hailing from Maharashtra were injured in a gunfight with the police in Odisha's Angul district, an official statement said Thursday. Besides the two injured persons, two other dacoits, also from Maharashtra, were arrested after the encounter. After scrutinising CCTV footage, police...

Bhubaneswar: Acknowledging errors in school textbooks, State Council of Educational Research and Training (SCERT) Director said mistakes had occurred this year and assured they would not be repeated in future editions Thursday. District education officers have been informed about corrective measures. Teachers have been asked...