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Bhubaneswar: Directorate of Higher Secondary Education (DHSE), Odisha, Wednesday released the Phase-I merit list for Plus II e-admissions for the 2026-27 academic session. A total of 4,61,325 students applied for admission, of whom 4,29,219 were selected in the first phase, taking the selection rate to...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Police Wednesday launched a search operation at Bhubaneswar court here after it received an e-mail threatening bomb explosions on the premises, officials said. The court received an e-mail where the sender threatened to explode bombs on the court premises, police said. After receiving...

Puri: Odisha Police has unveiled a multi-layer security blueprint including surveillance from land, water and air for the annual Rath Yatra in Puri July 16, which is likely to be attended by lakhs of people, an official said Wednesday. The security blueprint mostly focuses on...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Police Wednesday launched the e-Zero FIR system for cyber financial fraud cases, aiming to speed up case registration, improve police response and enhance the chances of preventing further financial losses. Director General of Police Yogesh Bahadur Khurania launched the system, describing it as...

By Manoj Kumar Jena, OP Bhubaneswar: Sometimes, obsession can drive people to extremes. Whether it is wealth, career, appearance or material possessions, an obsession with any one thing can either help someone achieve wonders or, when taken too far, become a drawback. But for 19-year-old...

By Arindam Ganguly, OP Bhubaneswar: Odisha has retained its ‘Prachesta-2’ grade in the Performance Grading Index (PGI) 2.0 for 2025–26, released by the Union Ministry of Education, reflecting steady performance in school education while underscoring the need to improve learning outcomes. The state scored 651.5...

Bhubaneswar: The Bhubaneswar Local Committee of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) staged a protest outside the office of the Additional District Magistrate (ADM), demanding the resignation of School and Mass Education Minister Nityananda Gond over alleged irregularities in the preparation and distribution of new...

Bhubaneswar: A special court has sentenced a man to life imprisonment for burning a 15-year-old girl to death in Kalahandi district in 2017, the state Crime Branch said. Additional Sessions Judge-cum-Special Court Tuesday convicted Tumeswar Das under relevant sections of the IPC in connection with...

Puri: Governor Hari Babu Kambhampati urged students of Shree Jagannath Sanskrit University to harness the potential of Sanskrit to drive innovation in Artificial Intelligence (AI), digital technologies and scientific research while preserving India’s rich knowledge heritage. Addressing the 46th Foundation Day celebrations of the university...

Bhubaneswar: The Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) Tuesday allotted permanent houses to 114 eligible families through a transparent lottery system under the Neelamadhab Housing Project at Chandrasekharpur. The beneficiaries, drawn from more than 10 slums across the city, received their housing allotments in the presence of...