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Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi Thursday congratulated two girl students from the state for scoring a perfect 500 out of 500 marks in the CBSE Class 10 board examination. The results of the CBSE 10 board examination were announced Wednesday. In a post...

Bhubaneswar: The first phase of the Census-House listing Operations (HLO) commenced across all 30 districts of Odisha Thursday, officials said. The exercise will continue till May 15, they said. More than one lakh trained enumerators and over 17,000 supervisors have been engaged for the one-month...

Bhubaneswar: The Indian Coast Guard station at Paradip port town Wednesday made a seizure of betel nuts worth over Rs 1.5 crore, which were illegally smuggled from Bangladesh to India by sea route. In a swift and meticulously planned operation, the Indian Coast Guard apprehended...

Bhubaneswar: The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) Wednesday announced the Class X board exam results, with Odisha recording an impressive overall pass percentage of 93.66 per cent. In the region-wise pass percentage, Bhubaneswar region got 94.67 per cent. Students across Bhubaneswar delivered an outstanding...

Bhubaneswar: In a major push toward modernising urban governance, the Housing & Urban Development (H&UD) department has rolled out the Odisha Secretariat Workflow Automation System (OSWAS) across all 115 urban local bodies (ULBs) in the state. The initiative marks a decisive shift from fragmented, paper-based...

Konark: A schoolgirl was allegedly raped by one of her seniors Tuesday, a police official said Wednesday. According to the official, the girl, a Class VIII student of a local school and a resident of Ward-5 of Konark NAC, was on her way to attend...

Bhubaneswar: The ruling BJP and Opposition BJD Wednesday held separate programmes ahead of the three-day special session of Parliament on the Women's Reservation Bill, each claiming credit for championing women's empowerment. The BJP rank and file, including Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi, praised Prime Minister...

Bhubaneswar/Baripada: The Odisha government Wednesday ordered an investigation after one girl died and over 100 students fell ill after having a meal at a tribal residential school in Mayurbhanj, even as the BJD sought a judicial probe and warned of a 12-hour bandh in the...

Bhubaneswar: Teenaa Rath, a student from Puri, has secured a perfect 500 out of 500 in the CBSE Class X board examination, results of which were declaredb Wednesday. Teenaa, a student of Mothers' Public School at Puri, scored 500 out of 500 in the examination...

Bhubaneswar:  BJD chief Naveen Patnaik Wednesday urged Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi to convene a special session of the Assembly within 48 hours to discuss ways to protect the state's interest in the delimitation bill. He, however, welcomed the Women's Reservation Bill. Patnaik, in...