Odisha

Bhubaneswar: The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) declared the Class 10 examination results on April 15. As many as 25, 08,319 students had registered for the examination. Odisha student Tina Rath has scored 500 out of 500 marks, securing a perfect 100% and topping both the country and the state.In Odisha, 65,204 students from…

Bhubaneswar: The door-to-door phase of the first-ever Digital Census 2026 (House Listing and Housing Census) commenced across all 30 districts of Odisha today.According to reports, more than 90,200 enumerators will visit households throughout the state to collect data. The Directorate of Census Operations has appointed 15,140 supervisors to oversee the massive exercise.Each enumerator has been…

Kendrapada: The Odisha government Wednesday effected a two-month ban on fishing off the state’s 484-km coast as part of its annual practice to allow unhindered breeding of fishes.The ban on marine fishing until June 14 is likely to adversely affect the livelihoods of the state’s countless fisherfolk, even though the government argues the move would benefit…

Bhubaneswar, April 15: Odisha’s Minister for Higher Education, Sports & Youth, Suryabanshi Suraj, met with Governor Hari Babu Kambhampati on the occasion of the Odia New Year.Governor Kambhampati highlighted the significance of the day, saying, ” Maha Vishuba Sankranti marks the Odia New Year, along with the celebrations of Pana Sankranti, Hanuman Jayanti, Babasaheb Ambedkar’s birth…

One person was killed and 14 others, including children, were seriously injured after a Bhubaneswar-bound minibus crashed into a tree on National Highway-16 near Matiapada under Simulia police limits in Odisha’s Balasore district. Balasore: One person was killed and 14 others, including children, were seriously injured after a Bhubaneswar-bound minibus crashed into a tree on…

Sonepur police arrested two men and seized fake currency worth Rs 8.47 lakh during a late-night patrol near Block Chhak, exposing a counterfeit note racket operating across western Odisha. Sub-Inspector Anil Behera and his team stopped a black Scorpio (registration number OD 34 Z 1919) after noticing suspicious movement around 8:30 p.m. Officers found a…

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha Sub-Ordinate Staff Selection Commission (OSSSC) has issued the admit cards for the recruitment examination for the posts of Forester, Forest Guard, and Excise Constable under CRE-2025 (II).The examinations will commence on April 16, 2026, and will be conducted in Computer-Based Recruitment Examination (CBRE) mode across all districts of Odisha until May 5, 2026.As…

Bhubaneswar: A girl was found dead under suspicious circumstances in a hostel room in the capital city of Odisha on Wednesday. The body of the girl has been recovered from the hostel room in Industrial Colony under Kharvel Nagar Police limits.The deceased has been identified as T*k*l* Rout. She was from  Sidhamula area of Nayagarh district….

Nabarangpur: Development has stalled for hundreds of villages in the district, cut off by poor or non-existent roads. In emergencies, residents are forced to carry patients to hospitals on slings or makeshift cots, highlighting the stark lack of basic infrastructure.In as many as 259 villages in Nabarangpur district, the situation is so dire that even motorcycles…