Odisha News

Koraput: A state-level poetry recitation event was held in Kotia panchayat under Pottangi block in the district on Tuesday, bringing together literary voices from across Odisha in a celebration of language and culture. The Kotia cluster of villages has remained a sensitive Odisha-Andhra Pradesh border issue for over six decades, with both states laying claim…

While 60 students are currently under treatment at PRM, 40 are recovering at the Rasgovindpur health centre Bhubaneswar: A Class 5 student died on Tuesday and more than 100 others fell ill in a suspected case of food poisoning after they consumed stale pakhala (fermented rice), saga bhaja (fried green leaves) and aloo bharta at…

Bhubaneswar: A senior faculty member of an autonomous college in Balasore was suspended on Tuesday following complaints of harassment lodged against him by a student recently.She sent the complaint to the regional director of education, who directed the college’s internal complaints committee (ICC) to investigate and submit a report. As a precautionary measure, the college…

Cuttack: Orissa high court has directed the Orissa High Court Bar Association to submit a fresh list of advocates to represent all 59 wards under Cuttack Municipal Corporation in connection with an ongoing PIL on civic issues affecting the city.A special bench comprising Justices K R Mohapatra and V Narasingh issued the direction while taking…

Bhubaneswar: Alleging irregularities in the implementation of reservation norms, the All Odisha Students’ Union of the visually-impaired has urged the state govt to strictly enforce 5% quota for persons with disabilities (PwDs) in BEd admissions, as mandated under the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (RPwD) Act, 2016.In a letter addressed to the principal secretary of…

Bhubaneswar: The crime branch’s special task force (STF), which is digging the background of suspected terror operative Sheikh Imran (22), has identified two close associates of the Bhubaneswar native. Imran was arrested by Delhi police on Saturday for alleged links with a radical organisation.On Monday, separate STF teams carried out searches at the residences of…

Bhubaneswar: Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Monday raided a private college in Bhubaneswar over its suspected links with the paper leak ahead of the sub-inspector (SI) recruitment exam.A CBI source said they received information that some functionaries of the institute were connected to a racket involved in leaking the question papers ahead of the…

Bhubaneswar: In a move aimed at augmenting its revenue and ensuring better upkeep of sanitation facilities, the Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) has decided to grant advertisement rights on public toilets and loos managed by it across the city.The civic body currently does not levy any user charges for its public toilet facilities and manages their…

An Olive Ridley geo-tagged Bhubaneswar: Olive ridley sea turtles look for a safer haven if not comfortable nesting and laying eggs at a particular rookery. Offering fresh insight into their breeding behaviour and habitat, the satellite tagging of olive ridley sea turtles, started along Odisha coast last Dec, confirmed inter-rookery movement between two of the…