Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government has introduced clear guidelines regarding maternity leave for women government employees, aiming to resolve confusion surrounding eligibility and duration of leave under various circumstances. As per existing rules, a woman government employee is entitled to 180 days of maternity leave for up to two surviving children. However, there was ambiguity about…
Narayanpur, 21/5: More than 26 Naxalites were killed in an encounter with security forces in the forests along the border of Narayanpur-Bijapur districts in Chhattisgarh, officials said on Wednesday. A ‘supporter’ of police was killed and a police jawan was injured in the gunfight, they said.
Guwahati, 21/5: Mizoram was on Tuesday declared as the first fully literate state under the Centre’s Understanding Lifelong Learning for All in Society (ULLAS) initiative. The announcement was made by Chief Minister Lalduhoma at a celebratory event held at the Mizoram University at Aizawl in the presence of Union Minister of State for Education, Jayant…
Bengaluru,21/5: The High Grounds police in Bengaluru have opened a case against the BJP’s IT cell chief, Amit Malviya, and television anchor Arnab Goswami over allegedly spreading false information about the Congress party having an office in Türkiye. Following a complaint by the Indian Youth Congress’s legal cell head, Shrikant Swaroop BN, the case was…
Bengaluru, 20/5: A Bengaluru court on Tuesday allowed the statutory bail applications moved by gold smuggling suspects Kannada actor Harshavardini Ranya alias Ranya Rao and Tarun Konduru Raju. Vishwanath Channabasappa Gowdar, Presiding Officer, Special Court for Economic Offences, stated that the two were entitled to default bail on executing a personal bond of Rs 2…
New Delhi,20/5: Upping the ante against Rahul Gandhi for his remarks on the Indo-Pak conflict, the BJP on Tuesday called the Congress leader “new age Mir Jafar” and asked if he was aiming for Nishan-e-Pakistan, the highest civilian award of the neighbouring countries by echoing Islamabad’s narrative. A day after Gandhi launched a fresh attack…
Narendrapur, May 19, 2025: As part of its commitment to sustainable infrastructure and resource efficiency through circular economy, Tata Steel Meramandali (TSM) has supplied fly ash and LD slag for the NH-55 (Angul Bypass) project. Fly ash, generated from TSM’s power plant, and LD slag—a byproduct of the basic oxygen furnace (BOF) from steel manufacturing…
Sonipat, 20/5: A court here on Tuesday remanded in judicial custody till May 27 Ali Khan Mahmudabad, the head of Ashoka University’s political science department who was arrested for his social media posts related to Operation Sindoor, his lawyer said. One of Mahmudabad’s lawyers, Kapil Balyan, said that the associate professor was produced before a…
Angul, Odisha: O.P. Jindal School, Angul has achieved a remarkable 100% success rate in the CBSE Class 10 and 12th examinations, marking a proud moment for the school and its community. In the Class 10 exams, all 80 students passed with flying colors. Among them, 19 students scored above 90%. Hitesh Kumar topped the school…
Berhampur, May: TP Southern Odisha Distribution Limited (TPSODL) has successfully completed the upgradation of a critical 33 KV power line to the Army Air Defence College in Gopalpur, Odisha — a key step towards enhancing power reliability for a strategic defence institution. The Army Air Defence College, located along the coastal belt of Odisha, plays…
