32 students of DAV Chandrasekharpur qualify for JEE Advanced

Bhubaneswar, October 27: As many as 32 Students of DAV Public School, Chandrasekharpur have meritoriously qualified in the recently published JEE Advanced Exam. Among the qualifiers, two students are within All-India Rank (AIR) 500, seven are within 5,000 and maximum numbers are within 10,000 AIR. While Vedagya Bhalotia secured AIR 54 ( Reserved) Aryan Agrawal […]

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Odisha CM inaugurates Football for School programme

Bhubaneswar, October 27: Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Wednesday inaugurated the Football for School programme at Kalinga Institute of Social Sciences (KISS) in a joint venture with Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA). He inaugurated the ceremony in a virtual meeting. The inauguration ceremony was held amid proper Covid protocols in the presence of KIIT […]

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Elephant tusk seized, one arrested in Odisha’s Angul

Bhubaneswar, October 27: One elephant tusk was seized during a joint raid by Special Task Force (STF) of the Odisha Crime Branch and Angul Forest Division officials while the smuggler – Sudar Nayak of Hatasiunali village in Ranibandha area under Thakurgarh police station in Angul district was arrested while striking the deal. Acting on a […]

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Mo College: CM releases Rs 1.5 crore matching grant

Bhubaneswar, October 26: Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Tuesday released the first tranche of matching grant of Rs 1.5 crore to 12 colleges and two universities under the “Mo College” campaign through video conferencing from his residence Naveen Niwas here. As per the mandate of the campaign, this is double the amount made by various […]

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Odisha CM Naveen Patnaik announces 34 child-friendly police stations

Bhubaneswar, October 26: Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Tuesday directed to set up child-friendly police stations in each of the 34 police districts in the State. “The Chief Minister has directed for establishment 34 child-friendly police stations, realising the need for child friendly environment within police station for kids, who would be coming to police […]

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FIH Odisha Men’s Hockey Junior World Cup to be held sans spectators in Odisha’s Bhubaneswar

New Delhi/Bhubaneswar, October 26: The FIH Odisha Men’s Hockey Junior World Cup Bhubaneswar-2021 scheduled to begin on November 24, will be a telecast-only affair as Hockey India and FIH jointly decided to hold the marquee quadrennial tournament under closed-doors. With the sheer popularity of the sport in this region and expected crowds in the Kalinga […]

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Orissa High Court declares appointment of 378 OCS officers valid

Cuttack, October 26: The Orissa High Court on Tuesday declared the appointment of as many as 378 Odisha Civil Service (OCS) officers as valid and quashed the decision of the State Administrative Tribunal’s (SAT) decision. On the basis of an Odisha Public Service Commission (OPSC) advertisements of 2006, as many as 73 OAS (Class-I), 207 […]

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ABHYAS: DRDO successfully flight test high speed expendable aerial target off Odisha coast

ABHYAS is designed & developed by DRDO’s Aeronautical Development Establishment (ADE), Bengaluru The current flight test is carried out as a part of developmental flight trials Balasore, October 22: ABHYAS – the High-speed Expendable Aerial Target (HEAT) was successfully flight-tested on Friday by Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) from the Integrated Test Range (ITR), […]

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CM launches Biju Swasthya Smart Card in Odisha’s Mayurbhanj

Mayurbhanj, October 22: Stepping up the transformation of public healthcare in Odisha, Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Thursday launched distribution of Biju Swasthya Kalyan Yojana (BSKY) Smart Health Cards in Mayurbhanj district. The Chief Minister distributed the BSKY Smart Cards in a special function held in the district headquarters at Baripada. On the occasion, the […]

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