Bhubaneswar: In a major relief for beneficiaries of the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana-Urban (PMAY-U), Odisha government Friday decided to reduce house registration charges to below 1%. The Housing and Urban Development Department has issued a letter in this regard, while the Revenue Department has been...
Bhubaneswar: Leader of the Opposition and BJD president Naveen Patnaik Friday expressed deep concern over the non‑payment of social security pensions to around 18 lakh beneficiaries in Odisha for the past three months due to technical glitches, calling it a serious failure of governance. In...
Bhubaneswar: Suspended IPS officer of Odisha, Dayal Gangwar, had engaged eight policemen in his domestic works, according to an official report. Gangwar, who was serving as an Officer on Special Duty (OSD) in the Home Department, was suspended following allegations of harassment by the family...
Bhubaneswar: The Capital Region Urban Trans port (CRUT) has emerged as a leading example of sustainable and technology-driven public transportation in India, recording an average daily ridership of over three lakh passengers while steadily expanding its green mobility network across Odisha. Over the past two...
Bhubaneswar: The state government Thursday constituted a three-member high-level committee, headed by Development Commissioner-cum-Additional Chief Secretary Deoranjan Kumar Singh, to probe the publication of error-ridden school textbooks for Classes I to VIII and submit its report within seven days. According to the Chief Minister’s Office...
Bhubaneswar: The conservation and recovery of the critically endangered Gharial crocodile at Nandankanan Zoological Park (NZP) has emerged as a major wildlife success story, with sustained efforts leading to encouraging results both in captivity and in the wild. To strengthen the ongoing gharial reintroduction initiative,...
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: State government Thursday ruled out withdrawing school textbooks for Classes I to VIII containing errors, saying teachers have been instructed to identify and correct the mistakes during classroom teaching, while revised editions will be introduced from the 2027-28 academic session. Admitting that textbooks for...
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...
In a disconcerting new report, the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has revealed that almost every child in India is...
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s recent criticism of the Indian Foreign Service (IFS) was not merely an expression of frustration. It...
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India is being shown in such a poor light that it does not stand comparison on the question of a...
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