Odisha's School and Mass Education Minister Nityananda Gond on Thursday asserted that media accounts detailing errors in Class 1 Odia textbooks distributed by the state to private English-medium schools are exaggerated. The state government will soon distribute revised copies of...
State-owned Coal India Ltd (CIL) announced on Thursday that it has been named the preferred bidder for the Gadadharpur iron ore deposit in Odisha, marking the country’s largest coal producer's entry into iron ore mining. CIL focuses primarily on coal...
The Odisha government has made the decision to set up 360-degree security cameras along its coast to strengthen weather surveillance networks, Disaster Management Minister Suresh Pujari announced on Thursday. Pujari noted that the state was recently hit by simultaneous flooding...
Odisha Police on Thursday busted an illegal arms-making manufacturing unit hidden inside a forest in Ganjam district and apprehended two people reportedly linked to the network, authorities said. A police squad uncovered the facility near the Siarimala forest under the...
Seven Class 10 students from a state-run residential school in Odisha's Rayagada district were expelled after reportedly ragging and physically assaulting their juniors for coming back to the hostel late, authorities said on Thursday. The assault took place on Sunday...
Two former officials of a cooperative bank in Odisha have been taken into custody for allegedly embezzling government funds by fraudulently creating loans against customers' fixed deposits, according to officials. The arrested persons have been identified as Dichen Kumar Mishra,...
