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Bhubaneswar: The Council of Higher Secondary Examination (CHSE) Friday released the complete schedule of the annual Plus-II examination 2024 – which will commence February 16 and will continue till March 20. Notably, the council has released the examination scheduled for arts, science, commerce, distance education...

Bhubaneswar: Setting the tone for the 2024 general elections, ruling BJD president and Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik Friday called upon the party rank and file to effectively counter the misinformation campaign by opposition political parties as they do not have any issue to target...

Bhubaneswar: Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik felicitated 20 students who aced the 17th state-level Young Astronomer Talent Search (YATS) program, hosted by Tata Steel in association with Pathani Samanta Planetarium under S&T Dept at Pathani Samanta Planetarium (PSP) here, Wednesday. This edition of YATS saw the...

Bhubaneswar: The Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Bhubaneswar is seeing a surge in placements during the ongoing campus recruitment process. Despite the gloomy scenario in the job markets and the recession hitting the global economy, the placements at the institute are showing promising trends with...

Bhubaneswar: Energy Conservation plays a vital role in mitigating climate change and every watt of energy saved contributes to our sustainable future, said Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on National Energy Conservation Day, Thursday. He said, “Let's all join hands for an energy-efficient economy and society,...

Bhubaneswar: Following the failure to set up a waste-to-energy plant at Daruthenga in 2014, and later another unsuccessful venture of micro composting centres (MCC) and material recovery facilities at 43 locations, the Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) has now decided to build a 350-tonne MCC at...

Bhubaneswar: Seventeen candidates were sent to the Bird Academy at Kochi, Kerala by the government of Odisha to undergo training in airport ground handling, Thursday. The move is part of bolstering skill of the youth of the state under (Nutana Unnata Abhilasha) Nua Odisha initiative...

Bhubaneswar/Phulbani: An encounter took place between Maoists and security forces in Odisha's Boudh district Thursday, a senior police officer said. According to ADG (Operation) Dev Datta Singh the encounter between the security personnel and Maoists started at about noon and continued till evening at Nalikumbha...

Bhubaneswar: Biju Janata Dal president and Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik Thursday called upon the party rank and file to re-dedicate themselves to the service of the people. He suggested party workers and leaders to undertake plantation programmes, blood donation camps and other social activities...

Bhubaneswar: Numerous sawmills functional at various places in Jayadev Assembly constituency on outskirts of Bhubaneswar in Khurda district have become a threat to forests, a source said Thursday. According to the source, a sawmill is operational inside the forest in Bhingarpur panchayat of Balianta block....