Bhubaneswar: The one-day special assembly session on women’s participation in democracy will be held on Thursday amid tight security, with the ruling BJP pitching it as a push for greater women’s empowerment, even as opposition BJD and Congress dismissed it as “political propaganda” they plan to counter.Parliamentary affairs minister Mukesh Mahaling met governor Hari Babu…
Bhubaneswar: Odisha govt on Wednesday directed public authorities to disclose details such as foreign tours of the chief minister and ministers, transfer policies and other key information within three days. The information, to be submitted in both Odia and English, is part of the proactive disclosure under the RTI Act, 2005, and in line with…
Bhubaneswar: Odisha Govt High School NPS Teachers’ Association has urged the state to allow multiple inter-district mutual transfers for secondary TGT teachers, claiming the existing one-time provision is causing hardship and mental stress among educators.In a memorandum submitted to chief minister Mohan Charan Majhi, and school and mass education minister Nityananda Gond on Wednesday, the…
Bhubaneswar: A total of 10,120 students were allotted seats in private schools through the second round of centralised online lottery conducted by the Directorate of Elementary Education on Wednesday. The process helped admit students under Section 12(1)(c) of the Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education (RCFCE) Act, 2009, for the 2026-27 academic session….
Bhubaneswar: Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) will set up a carcass incineration plant at Palasuni to dispose of the carcasses of small animals, including those of street dogs. On an average, the BMC deals with at least 10 stray animal carcasses in a day, which it currently buries.Debi Prasad Kund, in charge of the BMC’s animal…
Koraput: A 23-year-old man, arrested on Monday in connection with the alleged abduction of a minor girl, was found dead at Dabugaon police station in Nabarangpur district on Wednesday morning, sparking tension in the area.The deceased has been identified as Purna Kalar, a resident of Anchala village under Dabugaon police station limits. Police had arrested…
Bhubaneswar: Technical snag forced a Delhi-Bhubaneswar Air India Express flight to divert mid-air and land in Jaipur on Wednesday morning.Sources in Biju Patnaik International Airport (BPIA) said the flight, which took off from Delhi at 6.30 in the morning with nearly 180 passengers and eight crew members, was supposed to reach Bhubaneswar at 8.35am.But following…
Bhubaneswar: The state plans to set up a centre of excellence – Odisha Resource Center for Ageing & Divyangjan (ORCAD) – to oversee welfare of the elderly and differently abled population and anchor a statewide multi-tier system for ageing and disability governance.Proposed by the social security and empowerment of persons with disabilities (SSEPD) department, the…
BJD members met Jitu Munda in his village Keonjhar: Jitu Munda’s trouble doesn’t seem to be over yet. Denied by Odisha Grameen Bank to withdraw money from his sister’s account and asked to provide her death certificate, Jitu had dug up her skeletal remains and taken it to the bank as proof.The incident created a…
Rourkela: Four persons died in the bus-truck collision near Chandiposh in Sundargarh district on Tuesday night. Nineteen injured are undergoing treatment in different hospitals, with two of them being in a critical condition.The deceased were identified as bus drivers Niranjan Rout (52) of Rourkela and Manas Kumar Panda (36) of Jajpur, helper Siba Prasad Nayak…
