Metro

Bhubaneswar: With schools reopening across the state Thursday after the summer vacation, district administrations have revised school timings and extended precautionary measures amid continuing heatwave conditions and high humidity. The administrations of Cuttack and Khurda have directed all schools to operate during morning hours from...

Bhubaneswar: Senior IPS officer Dayal Gangwar was placed under suspension Thursday, following allegations of harassment levelled by the family of GRP constable Soumya Ranjan Swain, who was lynched on the outskirts of Bhubaneswar last month. A statement said Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi has ordered...

Bhubaneswar: State government Thursday ruled out withdrawing school textbooks for Classes I to VIII containing errors, saying teachers have been instructed to identify and correct the mistakes during classroom teaching, while revised editions will be introduced from the 2027-28 academic session. Admitting that textbooks for...

Bhubaneswar: A day after state Vigilance nabbed Mancheswar police station Assistant Sub-Inspector (ASI) Rajesh Kullu and a home guard driver Jyoti Ranjan Behera in a bribery case, the commissionerate police dismissed the duo and another home guard from service under Article 311(2)(b) of the Constitution...

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government has directed collectors of 23 districts to facilitate the availability of government land for the installation of 707 new 4G mobile towers under the Centre's Digital Bharat Nidhi (DBN) programme, an official statement said Thursday. Additional Chief Secretary of the Information...

Bhubaneswar: President Droupadi Murmu is set to visit her home district Mayurbhanj in Odisha, where she will participate in a host of developmental and social welfare programmes June 19 and 20, the President's Office said Thursday. The district is gearing up to give her a...

Bhubaneswar: In a bold move, Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi has ordered stringent action against doctors who have remained absent from duty for prolonged periods, directing Health Department to initiate disciplinary proceedings against 128 Medical Officers and Dental Surgeons across the state. According to...

Bhubaneswar: Members of the Congress-affiliated NSUI held a demonstration in Bhubaneswar Thursday, demanding the resignation of School and Mass Education Minister Nityananda Gond over alleged errors in newly introduced school textbooks. Carrying posters, banners and copies of the popular Odia alphabet primer 'Madhu Barnabodha', NSUI...

Bhubaneswar: Acknowledging errors in school textbooks, State Council of Educational Research and Training (SCERT) Director said mistakes had occurred this year and assured they would not be repeated in future editions Thursday. District education officers have been informed about corrective measures. Teachers have been asked...

Bhubaneswar: Schools reopened Thursday in 20 of Odisha's 30 districts after a summer vacation of more than one-and-a-half months, while authorities extended the break in 10 districts due to prevailing heatwave conditions. Summer vacation has been extended till June 20 in Bolangir, Sonepur, Ganjam, Angul,...