Odisha

Bhubaneswar: Odisha has witnessed a 31.5% deficit rainfall in the month of June, an official informed. The State got an average rainfall of 148.3 mm during June this year against the Long Term Average (LTA) of 216.5 mm, recording a deficit of 31.5%. Generally, Odisha experiences 9.9 rainy days in the month of June on [...]

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha Government has directed the officials to verify the teachers’ certificates as part of transparency in the recruitment and promotion process. The direction in the wake of allegations of fake certification submission during teachers’ appointment, reports said. The School & Mass Education (S&ME) Department wrote a letter to the Odisha School Education Programme [...]

Puri: Odisha Director General of Police (DGP) Rajendra Prasad Sharma on Sunday held a meeting to review security arrangements in the pilgrim city of Puri for the upcoming world famous Rath Yatra. The meeting held at Town Hall, Puri was attended by several senior police officers where they were briefed on the security arrangements for [...]

Bhubaneswar: The second Odisha Joint Entrance Examination (OJEE) will be held on July 21 in order to fill up vacant seats of B.Tech, MBA, MCA and Lateral Entry MCA in private technical institutions, according to an OJEE notification. The students interested to appear the exam can apply between June 30 and July 10. The admit [...]

Bhubaneswar: Odisha’s famous sand artist and padmashree awardee Sudarsan Pattnaik will take part in International Sand Sculpting Championship 2019 to be held in Boston in US next month. The Puri-born sand artist has received the invitation to represent India for the championship from organizer Meredith Corso. As many as 15 sculptors from across the world [...]

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik condoled the demise of noted Ollywood cine producer Keshab Rout, who passed away on Sunday at his residence in Cuttack. Rout, well known for producing family genre movies in Ollywood, died of cardiac arrest, reports stated. He was 68. ବିଶିଷ୍ଟ ଚଳଚ୍ଚିତ୍ର ପ୍ରଯୋଜକ କେଶବ ରାଉତଙ୍କ ଦେହାନ୍ତ ବିଷୟରେ ଜାଣି ମୁଁ ଦୁଃଖିତ। [...]

Bhubaneswar: The 126th Heritage Walk with 27 participants ended with many beautiful experinces for all, but the visit to the medicinal plant garden Ekamra Van stole the show as the participants were delighted to know all about the various plant species, their roles in our lives and how traditionally they have become part of our [...]

Bhubaneswar: In order to bring in reforms and far reaching improvements in the higher education institutions, the Odisha Government will not allow teachers to teach in private tuitions and coaching centers in the state. Government teachers have to be more proactive in the institutions to bring in the best of the students. Regular parent teacher [...]

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha Government appointed three new Collectors in a minor bureaucratic reshuffle on Saturday. Nikhil Pavan Kalyan has been appointed as the Collector and DM of Sundergarh district, according to a notification issued by the General Administration and Public Grievance Department. The 2012 batch IAS officer is currently posted as the Collector and District [...]

Bhubaneswar: Odisha BJP has appointed Dhamnagar MLA Bishnu Sethi as the deputy leader of the party in the State Assembly. Besides, Mohan Charan Majhi, who represents Keonjhar Sadar constituency, has been named as the chief whip of the party. Earlier, BJP national president Amit Shah appointed Bhawanipatna MLA Pradipta Naik as the leader of BJP [...]