Bhubaneswar: Nearly half of the 9,500 building plan violation cases registered under Odisha Development Authority Act, 1982 remain pending across the city’s three zones.Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) officials said the violations largely relate to construction without obtaining plan approval, failure to adhere to sanctioned building plans, encroachment, unauthorised extensions and other structural deviations. Authorities said…

Bhubaneswar: At least 16,000 students have skipped the annual Class X board exam in the past two years, triggering concern in the school and mass education department about absenteeism.Data available with the Board of Secondary Education (BSE) revealed that 8,364 students who had filled up examination forms this year did not appear for the exam….