Bhubaneswar: The Housing and Urban Development (H&UD) department has directed all Urban Local Bodies (ULBs) to observe July 14 as NAMASTE Day across the state to honour the invaluable contribution of Safai Mitras and strengthen the adoption of safe and mechanised sanitation practices. The observance is being organised in line with the initiative of the Ministry of...

Bhubaneswar: The Higher Education Department Friday announced the results of the entrance examinations for admission to the two-year BEd, MEd and BHEd programmes for the 2026-27 academic session. Candidates who appeared for the examinations can now check their provisional results by logging into the SAMS portal. Admissions will be conducted in 31 teacher education institutions under the...

Bhubaneswar: The Biju Janata Dal (BJD) has alleged that despite the BJP government’s claims of development under a ‘double-engine government’, members of the primitive Juang tribal community in Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi’s home district of Kendujhar continue to migrate in search of livelihood due to lack of local employment. The allegation comes in the wake of...

Dhamnagar: The ongoing protest against a proposed government liquor shop in Nadigaon panchayat under this block in Bhadrak district has now turned into a full-fledged public movement. The matter came to the fore after hundreds of women and men gathered at the district Collectorate Thursday and submitted a memorandum to the district administration demanding that the proposal...

Brahmapur: Ganjam police have arrested 24 persons during a week-long special enforcement drive against the illegal possession, storage, transportation and sale of explosive substances across the district. The operation was conducted in all police station areas under the provisions of the Explosives Act, the Explosive Substances Act, the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS), and the Odisha Fireworks and...

Baripada: A junior engineer (JE) posted at Badasahi block in Mayurbhanj district was arrested by the Vigilance department Friday for allegedly accepting a Rs 32,000 bribe to clear a contractor’s bill under the VB-G RAM G scheme. The accused, identified as Sushil Singh, was caught red-handed while allegedly accepting the bribe at the block office. According to...

Bancho: A six-year-old girl, Kumari Payal Pradhan, daughter of Nirakar Pradhan of Dudugaon village under Tartara panchayat in Anandapur sub-division of Keonjhar district, has allegedly been deprived of disability pension despite being certified as 100 per cent permanently visually impaired. According to the disability certificate issued by the Government Medical Board, Payal has total permanent blindness in...

By Dhurjati Mukherjee Nearly 75% of the world’s population lives in countries classified as water-insecure or critically water-insecure. The prediction of below-normal rainfall this year in India due to El Nino effect may further cause a crisis in the country. The world is already in the state of ‘water bankruptcy’. In many basins and aquifers, long-term overuse...

By Sourjeet Pradhani Every year, the streets of Puri become a sea of people as millions gather to witness the majestic Rath Yatra of Lord Jagannath. For devotees, this festival is an expression of unwavering faith. For administrators, it presents one of the most complex public management challenges in the world. Managing millions of pilgrims, thousands of servitors,...

For a country that prides itself on producing world-class financial talent, India displays surprisingly little faith in its own bankers. We’ve produced institution builders like Deepak Parekh; Indian professionals have gone on to lead some of the world’s biggest global banks, and an Indian now heads the World Bank. Yet when it comes to choosing the people...