Bhubaneswar: The protests against the Central government's Agnipath scheme for the recruitment in the armed forces Friday erupted in Odisha's Cuttack city where the agitators blocked roads and had a faceoff with the police. Demanding scrapping of the new scheme, age relaxation and conduct of...
Bhubaneswar: All educational institutions -- from elementary schools to universities-- reopened in Odisha Friday after an 11-day summer break. Physical classes will start from 10 am and continue till 4 pm. There will be no morning classes that were earlier being conducted due to heat...
Bhubaneswar: Odisha recorded 25 new coronavirus cases Friday, 16 less than the previous day, taking the tally to 12,88,762, a health bulletin said. The toll remained unchanged at 9,126 as there was no more death due to the pathogen in the last 24 hours. Fifty-three...
Bhubaneswar: The Odisha Government Thursday effected a major reshuffle in the middle level of bureaucracy by changing the portfolio of 16 officers including district collectors, sub-collectors, project directors and district rural development agencies. The officers' fresh postings were made following the complete revamp of the...
Bhubaneswar: Protests against the Centre's Agnipath scheme spread to Odisha Friday as hundreds of aspirants for recruitment in the Armed Forces blocked the arterial Ring Road in Cuttack and tore down hoardings in Cantonment area of the silver city. Many among the protestors claimed to...
Bhubaneswar: The southwest monsoon Thursday advanced into some parts of southern Odisha and will further cover some more districts in next two to three days, the Bhubaneswar Centre of IMD said on Thursday. "The southwest monsoon has set in over Odisha today. It covered Malkangiri,...
Bhubaneswar: Odisha recorded 41 new coronavirus cases Tuesday, 19 more than the previous day, taking the tally to 12,88,737, the health department said. The toll remained at 9,126 as there was no more death due to the pathogen in the last 24 hours. Fifty-three other...
Bhubaneswar: Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik will inaugurate the Kalahandi branch of the Kalinga Institute of Social Sciences (KISS) residential school for tribal students, June 17. MP of Kandhamal, Dr Achyuta Samanta, a well-known educationist and social entrepreneur who founded the first tribal residential school in...
Bhubaneswar: The unsung heroes of Fire Services department will soon get a chance to be famous. This is because the Fire Services directorate has decided to reward firefighters who often brave their lives while carrying out various rescue operations in risky and hazardous situations. The...
Puri: A day after having a lavish bath using 108 pitchers of water, the deities-Lord Balabhadra, Devi Subhadra and Lord Jagannath, Wednesday remained indoors in their temple as by tradition they fall `sick' and remain secluded for a fortnight. Only ‘daitapati' servitors are allowed inside...
By Dilip Cherian The Centre appears keen to give young IPS officers early exposure to the workings and priorities of...
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The demonstration by scores of policemen and officers outside the Delhi Police headquarters on 2 November to protest against some...
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More than three years after ethnic violence erupted in Manipur, there is no let-up in the spiral of killings, displacement,...
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The BJP appears to be clueless as to how to handle the people’s fury and the Opposition’s mega rally at...
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