Metro

Bhubaneswar: In view of the heatwave condition prevailing across the state, the Board of Secondary Education (BSE), Odisha, Wednesday announced a revised schedule for the conduct of the Madhyama exams and the State Open School Certificate Examination (SOSCE). There will be no afternoon shift for...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha unit of Congress has issued a notice to its MLA Sura Routray who claimed that Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik "takes the final call" on the appointment of his party's state unit president. Routray, who often courts controversy, recently made the statement amid the...

Bhubaneswar: In the last 24 hours, Odisha recorded ten (10) new Covid-19 cases, of which one (01) is in the age group of newborn to 18 years, taking tally in the state to 12,88,017. Active caseload in the state now stands at 80. Odisha reported...

Bhubaneswar: The Budget collection of Odisha region has exceeded the budget target during the last fiscal, CBDT Chairman JB Mohapatra said Tuesday. The region has collected Rs 15,481 crore in the last financial year against a target of Rs 14,000 crore, and the collection during...

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government, after consultation with literary writers brought in some changes Tuesday to the ‘Manoj Das International Literary Award’. The award has been created in memory of eminent litterateur Manoj Das. Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik had launched the award in May last year....

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha Parents’ Federation (OPF) wrote Tuesday to Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan seeking the extension of Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education (RTE) Act, 2009 up to Class-XII. At present, the RTE Act is being implemented for students up to Class...

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government has decided to conduct an annual convention of all mayors and chairpersons of urban local bodies (ULBs) in the state. This decision was taken in the wake of overwhelming response from the ULB chiefs during a two-day orientation workshop organised in...

Bhubaneswar: The Congress is likely to appoint a president for its Odisha unit within a week. This information was given by the party’s state in-charge A Chellakumar. He provided this information after he held a series of meetings here Tuesday with senior Congress leaders of...

Bhubaneswar: The State government Tuesday decided to shut the classroom teaching for UG and PG students at colleges and universities from April 27 to May 2. This was informed by Higher Education Department of the Odisha government. However, other activities of HEIs such as examination,...

Bhubaneswar: Despite successive electoral debacles in Odisha, including in the recently-concluded panchayat and civic polls, the BJP is striving to win 120 Assembly seats in the 147-member House in the 2024 general elections, party state chief Samir Mohanty said. Mohanty, while visiting a village near...