The Odisha Government on Thursday issued the Covid-19 unlock guidelines for the month of January 2022.As per the notification issued by the Special Relief Commissioner (SRC), night curfew shall be imposed in all urban areas of the State from 10 pm to 5 am every day.There shall be no movement of vehicles except for exigencies…Continue Reading
Following the Orissa High Court’s ruling that there will be no reservation for backward classes in the upcoming three-tier Panchayat elections to comply with the Supreme Court directions, the reservation draft list has been released. However, political slugfest over the release of the list without quota for backward classes has heated up the State politics.The ruling…Continue Reading
A farmer from Balasore district in Odisha allegedly ended his life over crop damage on account of adverse weather and debt burden. He took the extreme step by consuming poison several days back, but died on Tuesday.As per reports, Samarendra Kundu, a resident of Khoerda village under Bhograi Block of the district earned his living…Continue Reading
The Odisha Forest department on Monday termed the death of two elephants who died on Saturday after they were hit by a goods train near Bhusandapur Railway Station under Tangi Forest Division in Khordha, as ‘accidental’.“We had information about the elephant herd crossing tracks and we were in contact with the railways. The goods train…Continue Reading
Notwithstanding the detection of cases of Omicron variant of Covid-19 in Odisha, the State Mass Education Minister Samir Dash on Saturday said that the Summative Assessment-I of Class 10 students scheduled to be held on January 5, 2022 will be conducted on the scheduled dates.The marks obtained by the students in the term examination will…Continue Reading
Notwithstanding the detection of cases of Omicron variant of Covid-19 in Odisha, the State Mass Education Minister Samir Dash on Saturday said that the Summative Assessment-I of Class 10 students scheduled to be held on January 5, 2022 will be conducted on the scheduled dates.The marks obtained by the students in the term examination will…Continue Reading
“I am 86 now and since my childhood, I have been struggling for a drop of water,” said an elderly man from Nuagaon village in Ganjam, home district of Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik.The Octogenarian went on to say, “Elections after elections, we get assurances to get the drinking water crisis solved. The politicians assure…Continue Reading
A State where hospitals don’t have doctors, how far the newly-launched air ambulance service will serve the purpose, questioned the Opposition post the launch of ‘Mukhyamantri Vayu Swasthya Seva’ (Air Health Services) at the Biju Patnaik International Airport in Bhubaneswar on Monday. The service was flagged off by Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik today.In the first…Continue Reading
Students of undergraduate (+3 Degree) courses in Odisha hitherto will have ‘Ethics and Values’ as one of the subjects of study as the State Higher Education Department has introduced the new chapters in the curriculum. The course which aims at developing a student into a good human being and responsible citizen was unveiled at an event…Continue Reading
A special POCSO court in Mayurbhanj district on Tuesday awarded a 62-year-old man to 10 years rigourous imprisonment after convicting him of sexually assaulting a two-and-a-half year old girl in 2014. As per sources, a villager of Jamada area in Mayurbhanj district had taken his daughter to a marriage function in March, 2014 where the accused,…Continue Reading