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Bhubaneswar: As many as 367 students were booked for malpractice on the first day of the annual High School Certificate (HSC) examinations on Tuesday, sources said. No reports of any untoward incident in any of the centres where the examinations were held were reported, sources said.  School and Mass Education secretary Usha Padhee too visited […]

Bhubneshwar: Chief Minister Naveen Pattnaik on Tuesday flagged off ‘Dial Free Ambulance Service’ in Deogarh and Bargarh district.   Under Odisha Emergency Medical Ambulance (OEMAS) Service, a fleet of three ambulances was allotted to Deogarh district while 15 ambulances were provided to Bargarh. The emergency ambulance service was launched in collaboration with Mumbai based company, Ziqitza […]

Bhubaneswar: Condemning the attack on Culture, Tourism and Law Minister Maheswar Mohanty in Puri last week, senior Congress leader Niranjan Patnaik on Tuesday alleged that the crime and law and order situation in Puri has reached horrendous levels in the last ten years.  “If cabinet ministers are being fired at, people will think twice before […]

Bhubaneswar: Barsa Swony Choudhury, daughter-in-law of former Minister and senior ruling BJD leader Raghunath Mohanty on Tuesday met State Commission for Women (SCW) chairperson Lopamudra Buxipatra appealing her to ensure early submission of chargesheet against her in-laws and husband who were arrested for allegedly torturing her for more dowry last year. Barsa too on January […]

Bhubaneswar: Terming the Odisha Lokayukta Bill, 2014, which was passed in the Assembly on Friday as ‘weak’, the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) State unit on Saturday alleged that the Bill has no provision to ensure safety and security to complainant and also ignored many basic things. “The Odisha Lokayukta Bill, 2014 is not just a […]

Vishal Dev new Industries Secy  Bhubaneswar: The State Government on Friday effected a minor reshuffle in the bureaucracy and appointed 1996-batch IAS officer Vishal Dev as the Commissioner-cum-Secretary, Industries Department. However, he will continue as the CMD of IDCO and IDCOL. As per a General Administration Department notification issued on Friday, 1988-batch IAS officer Parag […]

Bhubaneswar: The All India Congress Committee (AICC) on Thursday appointed Union Chemicals and Fertilisers minister Srikant Jena as the chairman of the Odisha Congress campaign committee. Jena would oversee the party preparations for the ensuing Assembly and general elections. Besides Jena, 24 members like Kalahandi MP Bhakta Das, PCC president Jayadev Jena, Congress chief whip […]

Bhubaneswar: Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Thursday inaugurated the most ambitious project e-Vidyalaya of School and Mass Education Department. In the first phase the project will be implemented in 4,000 high schools under ICT. Later, it will be extended to additional 2000 high schools. Through this project the teachers would be teaching through Smart Board […]