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Bhubaneswar: The Odisha vigilance Wednesday arrested the superintendent of excise of Dhenkanal on the charge of corruption, an official said. "Acting on an intelligence input, our team Tuesday intercepted the official near Deulasahi road in Dhenkanal when she was travelling back home from office with...

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha Public Service Commission (OPSC) Wednesday said it will re-conduct the Anthropology optional Papers I and II of the Odisha Civil Services (OCS) Main Written Examination 2023 because of serious faults detected during the tests held April 27. The written examination for Anthropology...

Bhubaneswar: The Biju Janata Dal (BJD) Wednesday welcomed the Union Cabinet's decision to include caste enumeration in the next Census exercise. BJD president and former Odisha chief minister Naveen Patnaik claimed that his regional outfit had been demanding a caste-based census for long, as his...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi Wednesday disbursed Rs 1,025 crore for 51 lakh farmers under the CM Kisan Assistance Scheme during Krushak Dibas held on the occasion of ‘Akshaya Tritiya’ in Bhubaneswar. Financial assistance of Rs 2,000 each was credited to the bank...

Bhubaneswar: In a push to upgrade healthcare infrastructure, the Odisha government has announced an investment of nearly Rs 9,200 crore to transform four of the state's key medical institutions. The decision was taken during a high-level meeting chaired by Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi in...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha government has raised the minimum daily wages of workers by Rs 10, effective from April 1, an official said. Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi approved a proposal for the daily wage hike Tuesday, he said, adding that the decision will benefit lakhs of...

By Arindam Ganguly, OP Bhubaneswar: In a significant but controversial shift under the National Education Policy (NEP), 2020 and the newly-framed National Curriculum Framework for School Education (NCFSE), 2023, the NCERT has revised the Class VII history textbooks. Among the most debated changes is the...

Bhubaneswar: The Enforcement Directorate Tuesday said it has attached assets worth Rs 1,428 crore of Goldenland Group of Companies in a chit fund case. In a statement, the ED claimed that its investigations have revealed persons, entities and companies associated with Golden Land Developers Ltd...

Cuttack: The National Investigation Agency (NIA) Tuesday recorded the statements of a Cuttack-based family who survived the Pahalgam attack, officials said. A three-member team of the NIA met the family of Ranjit Bhol (69), who, along with his wife Sashi Kumari Nayak (65), younger son...

Bhubaneswar: Congress legislature party leader Rama Chandra Kadam Tuesday wrote to Governor Hari Babu Kambhampati and Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi, urging them to convene a special session of the Odisha Assembly to express solidarity with the families of those killed in the Pahagam terror...