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Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government Wednesday laid down clear guidelines for maternity leave of women employees. The guideline was made public after Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi approved it. It said that maternity leave of 180 days can be availed three months before the expected delivery...

Bhubaneswar: Girls performed better than boys in the Plus 2 board examinations in Odisha, the results of which were declared Wednesday. About 82.77 per cent of students cleared the examinations conducted by the Council of Higher Secondary Education (CHSE), School and Mass Education Minister Nityananda...

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha Police arrested a woman and her daughter from Kolkata for allegedly duping nearly 34,000 people across five states and even Bangladesh through chit funds, a senior officer said Wednesday. The Economic Offences Wing (EOW) of the Odisha Police's Crime Branch arrested Dwipika...

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government is planning to hold elections to students' unions in colleges and universities this year, after a gap of seven years. Speaking to reporters here, Higher Education Minister Suryabanshi Suraj said, Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi had earlier promised that students' union...

Bhubaneswar: The Council of Higher Secondary Education (CHSE), Odisha Wednesday released the Plus 2 results for the Arts, Science, Commerce and Vocational streams. Students can check their results on the official website at chseodisha.nic.in. This year, Plus 2 examinations for all streams—Arts, Science, Commerce, and...

Bhubaneswar: Opposition BJD Wednesday staged a demonstration outside the Raj Bhavan in Bhubaneswar demanding 27 per cent reservation for students belonging to the Socially and Economically Backward Classes (SEBCs) in Odisha. A BJD delegation, which included MPs, MLAs and senior leaders, besides students, met Governor...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha’s Higher Education Minister Suryabanshi Suraj Wednesday said that Plus 3 classes in the state will begin July 15 this year. Speaking to reporters in Bhubaneswar, the minister informed that the third phase of Plus 3 admissions will remain open until the results of...

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government has decided to provide an enhanced pension of Rs 3,500 per month to beneficiaries aged 80 years and above and persons with more than 80 per cent disability from June this year, an official notification said. As per the notification issued...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha government has decided to develop adventure tourism destinations to attract travellers, especially youth from across the country and visitors from abroad. The Odisha Adventure Tourism Guidelines-2025 was finalised in a meeting held here under the chairmanship of Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi Tuesday...

Bhubaneswar: Opposition BJD Tuesday called upon Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi to “prove his tribal identity” and save the life and livelihood of the Adivasis in Malkangiri, who are facing inundation due to the Polavaram project of neighbouring Andhra Pradesh. Addressing a press conference...