Bhubaneswar: The Odisha School Education Programme Authority (OSEPA) on Tuesday announced a WhatsApp-based summer learning initiative for students from Shishu Vatika to Class VIII across govt schools in the state during the summer vacation. Additional director Amita Pattanaik directed all district education officers (DEO-cum-DPCs) to implement the programme to ensure continuity in learning.As per the…
Bhubaneswar: A 31-year-old man, who was granted bail earlier this month for allegedly threatening to bomb the Jagannath Temple, was on Tuesday arrested again for issuing fresh threats to trigger blasts during the Rath Yatra and blow up the Shankaracharya’s mutt in Puri.Police identified the accused as Pratik Mishra, describing him as a habitual offender…
Bhubaneswar: Piyush Ranjan Swain, a student of Odisha Adarsha Vidyalaya (OAV), emerged as one of the top performers in the Joint Entrance Examination (JEE) Main 2026 (Session 2), securing an impressive 99.89 percentile.Besides, 141 students of OAVs qualified for JEE (Advanced) 2026. As many as 7 students scored above 99 percentile, while 34 students secured…
Balasore: A 30-year-old school teacher has gone missing under mysterious circumstances while she was on Census duty in Mayurbhanj district, triggering a police investigation.The missing teacher was identified as Jyotsnarani Sahu, an assistant teacher at Dhenkinenjia Government Upper Primary School under Baripada sadar police station limits. She has been untraceable since Saturday morning after she…
Berhampur: The special court for Pocso Act at Paralakhemundi in Gajapati district on Monday sentenced a 45-year-old man to 10 years of rigorous imprisonment for sexually abusing and attempting to rape a 14-year-old girl in the district four years ago.Bibhu Prasad Panda, the additional district judge-cum-judge of the special court, has also imposed Rs 10,000…
Berhampur: A 19-year-old Agniveer trainee from Bihar died by suicide at the INS Chilika Naval Training Centre, Chilika on Sunday.Police on Monday seized the body and sent it for an autopsy at Banapur hospital.The deceased was identified as Vikash Kumar of Sariour village in Bihar’s Bhojpur district, police said. The reason behind his suicide was…
Berhampur: Residents of silk city and adjoining areas in Ganjam will soon get piped natural gas (PNG) directly in their kitchens, as around 90% of pipeline network work has already been completed, according to the company responsible for city gas distribution.“We are expecting that the steel network will be completed over the next four months….
CUTTACK: The Orissa High Court has quashed a three-year old vigilance case against senior IAS officer Bijay Ketan Upadhyaya, ruling that the prosecution was undermined by a flawed sanction process under anti-corruption law.Upadhyaya, a 2009 Odisha cadre IAS officer is presently Secretary Odia, Language and Culture department.Delivering the judgment on April 17, a single-judge bench…
Keonjhar: Keonjhar fast track court judge Bijay Kumar Mishra on Monday sentenced a 25-year-old man to 20 years in prison and fined him Rs 10,000 for the gang-rape of a 16-year-old girl. In case of non-payment of the fine, the court ordered an additional 6 months in prison. Three others involved in the crime are…
Rourkela: Burglars broke into a locked house on Sunday evening under Kutra police limit in Sundargarh district and decamped with gold ornaments and cash worth about 25 lakh. A scientific team and dog squad went to the house on Monday and examined and tried to get clues about the burglars.According to sources, the house belonged…
