Odisha

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha Government has launched an innovative online platform “Staff Suggestion Scheme” to encourage government employees to share ideas for improving public service delivery, administrative efficiency, and governance. The initiative, developed by the Centre for Modernising Government Initiative (CMGI) under the General Administration & Public Grievance (GA & PG) Department, aims to foster a [...]

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha Government has issued a draft notification for the constitution of 12 new Notified Area Councils (NACs) in the state. The notification has been issued by the Housing & Urban Development Department on Saturday. The NACs will be constituted in seven districts – Angul, Subarnapur, Balasore, Mayurbhanj, Rayagada, Sambalpur and Bhadrak. The proposed [...]

Bhubaneswar: The Board of Secondary Education (BSE), Odisha, today announced the results of the Matric Supplementary and State Open School Certificate examinations. The pass percentage for the Matric Supplementary exam stands at 56.23%, with 1,944 out of 3,457 students passing successfully. For the State Open School Certificate exam, 5,973 out of 10,809 students cleared, achieving [...]

Bhubaneswar: Odisha celebrated the 79th State-Level Independence Day with grandeur at Mahatma Gandhi Marg, Bhubaneswar, where Chief Minister Mohan Majhi hoisted the national flag and took the salute at a ceremonial parade. He extended his greetings and best wishes to the people of Odisha, all Indians across the country, and those living abroad on the [...]

Bhubaneswar: Biju Janata Dal President and Leader of Opposition in Odisha Assembly Naveen Patnaik has condoled the demise of the 1972 Munich Olympics hockey bronze medallist and father of tennis icon Leander Paes, Dr Vece Paes, who passed away in Kolkata at the age of 80. Taking to his ‘X’ handle, Naveen said that he [...]

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Pradesh Congress Committee (OPCC) President Bhakta Charan Das on Thursday announced the launch of a statewide Mashal Yatra to protest alleged electoral fraud in the 2024 Assembly elections. Das stated that the protest aims to “save democracy and protect the people’s mandate” and will be carried out in all districts of the state [...]

Bhubaneswar: A special POCSO court in Jharsuguda district of Odisha on Wednesday sentenced a 54-year-old person to life imprisonment for raping a blind minor girl in Rengali police station area of the district in May this year. As per the case details, on May 2, the victim, a blind minor girl, visited the accused Giridhari [...]

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Revenue Minister Suresh Pujari on Wednesday appealed to the District Revenue Ministerial Employees to call off their mass leave strike and return to their work immediately. The minister noted that the Additional Chief Secretary (ACS) of the Revenue Department has directed all Collectors to reject leave applications, treat absences as unauthorised, and enforce [...]

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Vigilance apprehended Jagdish Pattnaik, Clerk, and Niranjan Nayak, Peon, from the office of the Chief District Medical Officer (CDMO), Parlakhemundi, earlier today. The duo was caught red-handed while demanding and accepting a bribe of Rs. 25,000 from a young medical doctor. The complainant, a contractual doctor, approached the Vigilance authorities after the accused [...]

New Delhi: Researchers from the National Institute of Technology (NIT) Rourkela have uncovered how natural sugar-like molecules in the human body can alter the behaviour of a protein responsible for bone formation and repair. The findings, published in the journal Biochemistry, can be used for advanced treatments in bone and cartilage regeneration, improved implants, and [...]