Odisha

Bhubaneswar: Odisha has emerged as one of the top-performing states in the 2023-24 Performance Grading Index for Districts (PGI-D), according to a report released by the Ministry of Education. The state has shown remarkable progress in school education, ranking among the top five states alongside Chandigarh, Punjab, Delhi, and Gujarat. Odisha’s outstanding progress is driven [...]

New Delhi: In the wake of the shocking gang rape incident at Gopalpur beach in Odisha, the All India Congress Committee (AICC) has constituted a fact-finding team to assess the worsening situation of women’s safety in the state. A press release issued by AICC General Secretary K.C. Venugopal stated that the decision was taken following [...]

Bhubaneswar: Schools across Odisha will reopen on Friday after the summer vacation, with strict safety measures in place due to a diarrhoea outbreak in several areas. School and Mass Education Minister Nityananda Gond announced that District Collectors in three affected districts will decide on reopening based on local conditions, with the authority to keep schools [...]

Bhubaneswar: With Prime Minister Narendra Modi scheduled to visit Bhubaneswar on June 20, the Odisha Government has announced a half-day holiday for all government offices under the Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) limits on that day. The Revenue and Disaster Management Department, in a notification, stated that government offices, including Revenue and Magisterial Courts (Executive), will [...]

Bhubaneswar: The Crime Branch of Odisha Police has arrested a person from Rayagada district for posting an AI-generated and doctored obscene video of Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi on social media, informed the Odisha Police in an official statement on Wednesday. The police further noted that an alert citizen, after coming across the morphed and [...]

Bhubaneswar: Following the direction of Dr. Krushna Chandra Mahapatra, Minister, Housing & Urban Development Department, a high-level meeting was held today at the Special Circuit House, Puri, to review the public health preparedness in light of recent Water Bourn Diseases alerts and the upcoming Rathayatra festival. The meeting was chaired by Usha Padhee, Principal Secretary, [...]

Keonjhar: A 17-year-old girl was found hanging from a tree near her home in the Pandapada police station area of Keonjhar district, triggering widespread outrage and allegations of gang-rape and murder. The incident, coming on the heels of the recent gang-rape case at Gopalpur beach in Ganjam, has heightened concerns about women’s safety in the [...]

Puri: The Biju Janata Dal (BJD) held a massive Jana Jagaran Abhiyan rally in Puri today, launching a scathing attack on the BJP-led double engine government over its multiple failures as it completes one year in power. The rally, held under the directive of BJD President Naveen Patnaik, was spearheaded by the Biju Yuva Janata [...]

Bhubaneswar: Two more deaths due to diarrhoea in Jajpur’s Vyasanagar area have raised the district’s death toll to 13, a health official said Wednesday. The patients, admitted in critical condition with severe dehydration, died within 30 minutes. Jajpur reported 37 new cases, with 196 patients under treatment. Tests confirmed cholera in 16 of 49 samples. [...]

Bhubaneswar: The sevayats of Chhatisha Nijog met Biju Janata Dal President and Leader of Opposition (LoP) Naveen Patnaik and extended an invitation to participate in the world-famous Rath Yatra of Lord Jagannath in Puri. During the meeting, the sevayats praised Naveen Patnaik for his contributions to Puri’s development and the preservation of Jagannath culture. The [...]