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Bhubaneswar: A consecration ceremony for the installation of a new idol of Lord Buddha was held at the Mahabodhi Society of India’s Bhubaneswar centre on Wednesday. In a small ceremony held under the Holy Bodhi tree, amidst the chanting of hymns, the Venerable Sewali Thero, General Secretary of Mahabodhi Society of India and other monks […]
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Bhubaneswar: As the USA flew home its citizens from a coronavirus-infected cruise ship in Japan on Monday, an engineer from Odisha has made desperate pleas to the Indian and Odisha Governments to evacuate him along with 142 Indians trapped in the ship as global concerns grow over the spread of the disease. Sibasish Nayak, a […]
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Bhubaneswar: The State Government on Wednesday informed that a total of 205 schools, including 90 primary and 115 elementary schools have no classrooms in Odisha. While Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik’s home district Ganjam recorded the highest number of 20 primary schools and 30 elementary schools operating without classrooms, Mayurbahnj recorded the least with one school […]
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Bhubaneswar: It seems holding a fair examination is beyond the capacity of the State Government as an hour of after the examination started, Odia language paper found circulating in mobile phone platforms in Dharmagarh area in Kalahandi district. According to reports, image of Odia question paper was found circulating in mobile phones while the examination […]
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Bhubaneswar: The annual High School Certificate (HSC)-2020 or Matriculation examination, conducted by the Board of Secondary Education (BSE) began on Wednesday across the State. A total of 5,60,891 students are appearing in the HSC exam this year. The exam will end on March 2. Along with matric exam, tests for State Open School, Madhyama Sanskrit […]
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Bhubaneswar: Maintaining that purchase of tickets by activists taking part in rallies as very rare, the East Coast Railway (ECoR) on Tuesday hailed around 500 people – mostly tribals – for purchasing tickets from Bhubaneswar to Dhenkanal after participating in the rally here and thereby setting good example for the general public. “About 500 passengers […]
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Bhubaneswar: The Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC), Bhubaneswar Development Authority (BDA) and Bhubaneswar Smart City Ltd (BSCL) have roped in school children to make Bhubaneswar take the lead in the ongoing Ease of Living Citizens Perception Survey, launched by the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs (MoHUA), said an official release. Homework for parents! Sounds strange, […]
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Bhubaneswar: The Odisha Government on Tuesday presented the annual budget of Rs 1.50 lakh crore for the 2020-21 fiscal. The outlay of the state Budget, tabled by Finance Minister Niranjan Pujari in the Assembly, is about 11 per cent more than that of 2019-20. Maintaining that economic growth of Odisha was estimated at 6.16% as […]
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Bhubaneswar: Odisha unit of Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha, the youth wing of the BJP, on Tuesday announced to hold State-wide protests on February 20 against rising unemployment rate in Odisha. The Morcha activists will stage demonstration in all district headquarters and also in Bhubaneswar to mark their protest. Addressing a press conference at the State […]
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Bhubaneswar: The Odisha Government on Tuesday, in a written reply, informed the State Assembly that a massive 20 lakh households lives in kutcha (thatched) houses in the State. “Twenty lakh households in Odisha live in kutcha houses. They are yet to receive any assistance under various rural housing schemes,” informed Panchayati Raj and Drinking Water […]
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