Bhubaneswar: The Council of Higher Secondary Education (CHSE) Monday announced results of the annual Plus II Science stream. However, the pass percentage dropped by over 4 per cent this year compared to last year’s. In fact, the Science stream pass percentage was the lowest in...
Bhubaneswar: Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik who won two seats in the recently-concluded assembly elections, Sunday decided to leave the Bijepur seat amid speculations about the fate of the two seats he had won simultaneously. In a letter to the Odisha Legislative Assembly Speaker, the Chief...
Bhubaneswar: A pall of gloom descended Bhubaneswar after first Odia Everester Kalapana Dash’s body reached Biju Patnaik International Airport (BPIA) Sunday morning. People thronged Kalinga Stadium to pay their last respects to the departed soul. The mortal remains of the daring soul touched BPIA at...
Washington: President Donald Trump has terminated India's designation as a beneficiary developing nation under the key GSP trade programme after determining that it has not assured the US that it will provide ‘equitable and reasonable access’ to its markets. The Generalized System of Preference (GSP)...
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi Friday surprised markets by naming Nirmala Sitharaman, formerly the country’s Defence Minister, as the next Finance Minister at a time when Asia’s third-largest economy is stuttering. Amit Shah, president of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), was appointed as the...
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi pressed the refresh button and inducted 20 new faces in his Council of Ministers rewarding giant killers in the Lok Sabha election and dropping some of the most visible faces of his team -- finance minister Arun Jaitley, external...
Bhubaneswar: Naveen Patnaik, who won the state elections with a resounding margin, took oath as the Chief Minister for a fifth consecutive term Wednesday. A 20-member Council of Ministers also took oath along with Patnaik at the Idco Exhibition Grounds here. The Chief Minister-designate was...
Bhubaneswar: The team of Naveen Patnaik, who will be sworn in as Odisha Chief Minister for a fifth consecutive term Wednesday, is likely to be a mix of experienced and new faces, according to the BJD lawmakers who were intimated of their induction. Several BJD...
SURYA NARAYAN PATRO SPEAKER; PRAMILA MALLICK GOVT WHIP Bhubaneswar: The stage is all set for the swearing-in ceremony of Naveen Patnaik who will take oath as Chief Minister of Odisha for a record fifth consecutive term, Wednesday. The ceremony will be held at the Exhibition...
New Delhi: Petrol and diesel prices started rising soon after the last phase of the general election concluded, and have increased by 70-80 paisa per litre in the past nine days. Prices have been on the rise since May 20, a day after the final...
By Aakar Patel Attacks on Bengali Christians and their churches have begun following the BJP's victory in the state. Last...
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By Dilip Cherian The Centre appears keen to give young IPS officers early exposure to the workings and priorities of...
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The demonstration by scores of policemen and officers outside the Delhi Police headquarters on 2 November to protest against some...
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More than three years after ethnic violence erupted in Manipur, there is no let-up in the spiral of killings, displacement,...
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