New Delhi: "Sengol", installed in the new Parliament building in 2023, is now part of NCERT's Class 9 Social Science textbook, which describes it as a "cultural marker of rulership and good governance" and links its tradition to the Chola period. The book titled "Understanding...
Bhubaneswar: The Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG) has flagged several "financial irregularities and deficiencies" in the implementation of the 5T High School Transformation Programme (HSTP) of the previous BJD government in Odisha. The BJD government's School and Mass Education (SME) Department introduced the...
By Harshabardhan Behera, OP Jajpur: Poor sanitation and inadequate infrastructure have left students of Khandahata Government Primary School in Ward 26 of Byasanagar Municipality in Jajpur district studying in an unhealthy and unsafe environment, with parents expressing concern over the lack of basic facilities at...
New Delhi: Worship of goddesses was a long standing tradition in India and many kings and princes since the seventh century continued to invoke goddesses such as Kali, Durga, Bhavani and other forms of Shakti as protectors in times of conflict, the new class IX...
By Bikash Kumar Dhal, OP Banta: Despite government schemes and crores of rupees being spent to improve education, lack of initiative among departmental officials has left several development works incomplete at Bankatira High School under Kadabarang panchayat in Bhadrak district’s Banta block. The school lacks...
New Delhi: Supreme Court Wednesday asked the Centre and the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) to consider extending to the current Class-VI students the exemption from the three-language framework that has been granted to students of Class-VII. On September 17, the top court had...
New Delhi: The National Testing Agency, which recently moved its operations to a new office following a huge controversy over NEET paper leak and administrative lapses, will now be guarded by CISF to ensure foolproof arrangements in the "confidential areas" on its premises, officials said....
By Jayanarayan Menduli, OP Sundaragada: The century-old PM-Shri Bhawani Shankar Government High School in Sundaragada, one of the district’s oldest educational institutions, is facing a shortage of basic infrastructure and hostel facilities, with boys currently staying in the school’s old classrooms. Established in 1907 as...
Bhubaneswar: Orissa High Court has come to the rescue of a candidate who lost an academic year after NLU Odisha mistakenly allowed her to compete under the domicile quota, directing the university to offer her admission if a seat falls vacant by November-end or pay...
Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi Sunday handed over appointment letters to 1,101 newly recruited officers in four state government departments and urged them to stay away from corruption. Addressing the gathering, Majhi said a government job was not merely a means of employment...
By Aakar Patel Attacks on Bengali Christians and their churches have begun following the BJP's victory in the state. Last...
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By Dilip Cherian The Centre appears keen to give young IPS officers early exposure to the workings and priorities of...
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The demonstration by scores of policemen and officers outside the Delhi Police headquarters on 2 November to protest against some...
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More than three years after ethnic violence erupted in Manipur, there is no let-up in the spiral of killings, displacement,...
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