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Bangladeshi immigrants

Three suspected Bangladeshi infiltrators identified

Kendrapara: During an ongoing verification drive aimed at identifying suspected Bangladeshi immigrants in this coastal district, law-enforcement authorities have so far identified three individuals believed to be illegal settlers, officials said. Police sources confirmed that the verification of several other suspected immigrants is still underway....

SpiceJet

Mumbai-Bhubaneswar flight ticket costs Rs 84K

Mumbai/Bhubaneswar: Airfares reached levels never seen before Friday, with a one-way one-stop economy-class SpiceJet Kolkata-Mumbai flight ticket for December 6 costing up to Rs 90,000, and a similar ticket of Air India for Mumbai-Bhubaneswar going up to Rs 84,485, according to the airlines’ websites. A...

Odisha

Matric examination from February 19

Bhubaneswar: The matriculation examination for 2026 will begin February 19 and conclude March 2, the Board of Secondary Education (BSE), Odisha said in its schedule released Friday. The First Language (mother tongue) paper is set for February 19, followed by the Second Language (English/Hindi) exam...

National Education Policy

State set to revise school curriculum

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government is moving forward with its ambitious plan to revise the entire school curriculum from Class I to Class XII in alignment with the National Education Policy (NEP) 2020. This major overhaul, announced by School and Mass Education Minister Nityananda Gond in...

Sujeet Kumar Odisha

Drop colonial title ‘Lord’ from textbooks: BJP MP

New Delhi/Bhubaneswar: During Zero Hour in the Rajya Sabha, BJP MP from Odisha, Sujeet Kumar, called for an urgent review of school textbooks, government documents, and official websites that continue to refer to British Governors-General and Viceroys with the colonial honorific 'Lord'. Kumar said he...

PMGSY

Odisha leads ‘unsatisfactory’ PMGSY roadmap in India

New Delhi/Bhubaneswar: Inspection of rural roads under Pradhan Mantri Gramin Sadak Yojana (PMGSY) during the last three years and 2025-26 revealed that the maximum number of completed road projects of unsatisfactory quality was reported from Odisha, the Rajya Sabha was informed Friday. Minister of State...

Mahanadi Bachao Andolan

Prioritise non-monsoon water flow: MBA

Bhubaneswar: Mahanadi Bachao Andolan (MBA), Friday called on the state government to prioritise securing non-monsoon continuous water flow and establish a clear basis for any bilateral negotiations with Chhattisgarh regarding the Mahanadi river water dispute. Following Thursday’s discussion in the state Assembly and Friday’s technical...

 

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