Bhubaneswar: The state Higher Secondary Education Directorate Tuesday announced the commencement of Phase-II e-Admission to Plus II vacant seats in Higher Secondary Schools (HSSs) across the state for 2025-26 academic session. The online admission process, which will be carried out through official SAMS Odisha portal...
Bhubaneswar: The Orissa High Court has ruled that there is no such requirement to monitor the blood pressure (BP) of the candidates aspiring for forest officers’ post and to disqualify them from the recruitment test solely on the basis of BP measurement. The High Court’s...
Bhubaneswar: A portion of the false ceiling at Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) office collapsed Tuesday morning, raising serious safety concerns about the newly built civic body building. According to reports, the incident took place around 9am. A small portion of the ceiling collapsed inside the...
Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi Monday said that South Korean steel major POSCO is all set to establish a 6 MTPA green field project in the state's mineral-rich Keonjhar district in a joint venture with the JSW Group. Welcoming the return of POSCO...
Bhubaneswar: Three bandhs in different areas of Odisha over various local issues Tuesday brought life to a standstill with shops remaining shut and vehicular traffic off the roads. In Cuttack district's Salipur, opposition Biju Janata Dal (BJD) observed an eight-hour bandh from 6 am to...
New Delhi: Biju Janata Dal (BJD) leader Amar Patnaik Tuesday said his party would "welcome" the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls but warned that if the exercise was carried out in a manner leading to "disenfranchisement of rightful voters", the BJD would "oppose...
Mumbai/Bhubaneswar: Odisha is open to any kind of investment which adds to its growing economy as it has set a target of becoming a developed state by 2036 and achieving a GDP of USD 1.5-trillion by 2047, Deputy Chief Minister Kanak Vardhan Singh Deo said...
Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi Tuesday thanked the Centre for approving the Rs 8,307.74 crore Capital Region Ring Road project, calling it a landmark infrastructure initiative that will decongest major urban centres and boost the economy. Majhi said the project will also enhance...
Bhubaneswar: National Aluminium Company Limited (NALCO) has chalked out a three-phase strategy to boost production, efficiency, and value addition with an estimated investment of around Rs 30,000 crore. Addressing the media, NALCO Chairman-cum-Managing Director (CMD) Bijendra Pratap Singh Tuesday said the company is committed to...
New Delhi/Bhubaneswar: The Union Cabinet has approved the construction of a six-lane access-controlled capital region ring road (Bhubaneswar Bypass) in Odisha on Hybrid Annuity Mode (HAM) at a total capital cost of Rs 8,307.74 crore, I&B Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said Tuesday. Currently, connectivity between Rameshwar...
The UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD) in its latest report released recently has castigated India for...
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Uttar Pradesh’s latest babu reshuffle, while seemingly routine, is difficult to view in isolation. The Yogi Adityanath government has moved...
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