Odisha

Puri: An Archeological Survey of India (ASI) team has begun the inspection work of Srimandir’s Garbha Gruha (sanctum sanctorum) here today. The team comprising officials of ASI Technical Core Committee and CBRI, Roorkee will inspect the first and second floors, walls, corbel and steel cross of the Garbha Gruha for which scaffolding has been put [...]

Bhubaneswar: Patnagarh MLA Saroj Meher, who was arrested for allegedly forcing a PWD engineer to do sit-ups over poor construction of road, was granted conditional bail here today. The Bhubaneswar Special ADJ-II Court granted bail to the MLA on the surety of Rs 25,000 and two bailers. The court also asked the legislator to cooperate [...]

Bhubaneswar: The first phase of provisional admission of students into MBBS (Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery) and BDS (Bachelor of Dental Surgery) courses began in Odisha today. The first round of admission will continue till July 10 at the Odisha Joint Entrance Examination (OJEE) office Gandamunda, Bhubaneswar. Earlier, the OJEE authorities had released the [...]

BMC Officials Make Field Visit, Constructions Blocking Drainage on Radar Bhubaneswar: With the monsoon rains remain active senior officials of Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) today visited several vulnerable/sensitive locations, which are affected by water-logging and urban flooding in case of incessant rains. The senior BMC officials were also directed to visit all 37 vulnerable points [...]

Cuttack: The conjoined twin girls from Odisha’s Dhenkanal district died at Sishu Bhawan in Cuttack today while undergoing treatment. The twin girls were born on July 1 at Dhenkanal District Headquarters Hospital (DHH) to Renubala Behera of Khalpal village in Parjang block. They were conjoined at chest to stomach and weighed around 4.3 kg. The [...]

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha Government today issued a notification directing teachers in all the government and aided non-government colleges in the State to perform duty for at least seven hours on every working day and students to have at least 75% attendance. “In order to improve teaching-learning outcome in Government and Aided non-Government colleges of the [...]

Bhubaneswar: The Himachal Pradesh Government today made a contribution of Rs 3 crore towards Odisha Chief Minister’s Relief Fund (CMRF) for the restoration work in Fani-affected areas in the State. Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Jairam Thakur wrote to his Odisha counterpart Naveen Patnaik expressing solidarity with the people of Odisha and expressed sympathies for [...]

Bhubaneswar: The deadline for admission into +2 courses in the first phase at junior colleges in Odisha has been extended by two days, informed School & Mass Education Department on Friday. “Due to server-related glitches, the admission dates for first phase of Plus ll admission have been prolonged for two extra days”, informed School & [...]

Bhubaneswar: The Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) has issued issued thunderstorm and rainfall alert for 12 districts of Odisha till 7 pm today. The regional centre of the met department issued the alert for Khurda, Nayagarh, Cuttack, Keonjhar, Balasore, Bhadrak, Kendrapara, Mayurbhanj, Jagatsinghpur, Puri, Malkangiri and Koraput districts In its latest bulletin, the IMD predicted that [...]

Berhampur: The first-ever pasteurized and vitamin added milk ATM was opened in Silk City here on Thursday. Ganjam Collector Vijay Amruta Kulange inaugurated the user-friendly milk vending machine on the premises of Ganjam-Gajapati Cooperative Milk Producers’ Association office near Gate Bazaar here in the presence of local MLA Bikram Kumar Panda. The ATM has been [...]