Bhubaneswar: The Congress and BJD have sharply opposed the state government’s decision to let MPs and MLAs recommend teachers’ transfers within their constituencies, calling it arbitrary and vulnerable to misuse. According to an official letter addressed to the Directors of Elementary and Secondary Education, legislators...
Bhubaneswar: The state Cabinet, led by Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi, approved six proposals, including the merger of the state-sponsored Mamata Yojana with the Centre’s Pradhan Mantri Matru Vandana Yojana (PMMVY), Wednesday. Following the merger, the new initiative will be named Mamata-PMMVY, Majhi said. Earlier,...
Bhubaneswar: As part of a broader push towards green and renewable energy, the state government is gearing up to launch a comprehensive Electric Vehicle (EV) policy, aimed at strengthening the infrastructure required for EV adoption, Deputy Chief Minister and Energy Minister Kanak Vardhan Singh Deo...
Bhubaneswar: A court in Odisha's Bolangir district Wednesday completed hearing in the 2018 Patnagarh wedding gift blast case . The Patnagarh Additional District Judge (ADJ) court reserved the judgment, which is expected to be pronounced May 28, a government advocate said. Two persons, including the...
Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government Wednesday decided to reserve 11.25 per cent of seats for the students belonging to the Socially and Economically Backward Class (SEBC), taking the total ratio of quota in education to 50 per cent in the state. The decision was taken at...
Bhubaneswar: Odisha's Opposition BJD Wednesday urged the police to prepare a database of street hawkers and regulate them in the wake of the incident of rape of a girl involving a West Bengal based hawker. The regional party in a memorandum to the Superintendent of...
Bhubaneswar: A Tricolour bike rally was held in Bhubaneswar Wednesday to mark the success of 'Operation Sindoor', with Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi flagging off the event at Kalinga Stadium and praising the armed forces for their decisive action against terrorists in Jammu and...
School and Mass Education Minister of Odisha Wednesday stated that the CHSE is preparing to announce the Plus 2 examination results soon.
Bhubaneswar: ISKCON Tuesday said it has no role in naming the newly built Jagannath Temple at Digha in West Bengal as a ‘Dham’ and its activities are confined to performing worship and rituals. The International Society for Krishna Consciousness is just one of the 27...
Bhubaneswar: The National Commission for Scheduled Tribes (NCST) has issued a notice to the Odisha government asking it to submit within seven days a detailed action taken report on the alleged rape of a tribal girl at a state-run hostel in Koraput district. The NCST...
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