5,634 High School teachers to be recruited on contract basis in Odisha

Bhubaneswar, October 21: As many as 5634 contractual teachers, including 494 Trained Intermediate and Matric teachers and 5,100 Trained Graduate Science and Arts teachers will be recruited in Government high school level soon. School and Mass Education Minister Debi Prasad Mishra on Tuesday approved the file after the State Finance department gave its nod on […]

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Looters again break car glass; laptop, camera stolen in city

Bhubaneswar, October 20: In an open challenge to Commissionerate Police, bike-borne miscreants are on a looting spree as another broad daylight robbery by breaking open car window glasses took place here in Shaeednagar. This is the fourth such loot in the capital city of Bhubaneswar in a week. This time looters looted a laptop, a […]

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60,000 Sikshya Sahyaks to go on leave en masse from Nov 11

Bhubaneswar, October 20: More than 60,000 Sikshya Sahyaks have decided to go on leave en masse from November 11 in protest against the state government’s apathy in resolving their issues. The teachers have been demanding regular teacher status, pay band of Rs 29,300-34,800 and ESI facility among many other issues. Decision to this effect was […]

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Two burglar gangs busted; cash, property seized, 7 held

Bhubaneswar, October 17: The Commissionerate Police on Friday busted two notorious gangs of burglars and arrested seven persons, including a man and his son and recovered properties worth more than Rs 8 lakh from their possession. The seized items included Rs 2.6 lakh in cash, 28 mobile phones and 90 grams of gold ornaments worth […]

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Southwest monsoon withdraws from interior parts of Odisha

Bhubaneswar, October 17: The Meteorological Centre, Bhubaneswar here on Friday informed that the southwest monsoon has withdrawn from some parts of the interior districts of Odisha today.   According to a press release issued by the Centre Director (I/C) SC Sahu, it has withdrawn from the districts of Jharsuguda, Baragarh and some portions of the […]

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Utkal Bharat seeks SC-monitored probe into chit fund scam

Utkal Bharat chief MA Kharabela Swain Bhubaneswar, October 16: Expressing deep concern over the ongoing CBI probe process into the mega chit fund scam, the Utkal Bharat, a regional political outfit, here on Thursday urged the Supreme Court to directly monitor the investigation in the State and pleaded it to shift the trial outside Odisha […]

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Hudhud: Evacuation begins, flights, trains cancelled in Odisha

Bhubaneswar, October 11: With the prediction of the India Meteorological Department (IMD) that the cyclonic storm Hudhud would badly affect the southern parts of the State, the Odisha government on Friday began evacuating people from vulnerable areas to ensure zero causality even as two flights and 39 trains on the route were cancelled. The Airport […]

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