

Centre’s NAMASTE scheme nears 2 years; 91,000 sanitation workers identified
New Delhi: Approximately 80,000 sewer and septic tank workers (SSWs) and 11,000 waste pickers have been identified nationwide as the Centre’s NAMASTE (National Action for Mechanised Sanitation Ecosystem) More...

Dist admns told to set up ‘detention centres’ for illegal B’desh nationals | Bhubaneswar News
Bhubaneswar: The state govt has initiated measures to deport illegal Bangladeshi immigrants, with district collectors receiving instructions to establish ‘detention centres‘ for holding foreigners More...

Central team visits skill devpt training centres | Bhubaneswar News
Bhubaneswar: A central team comprising two members from the ministry of rural development visited various training centres set up under the Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Grameen Kaushalya Yojana (DDU-GKY). More...

Govt sets up exam centres in all 30 districts for CPET-2025
Bhubaneswar: State govt has arranged an exam centre in each district for the convenience of students appearing for the Common PG Entrance Test (CPET)-2025, starting from Monday. Last year, CPET was conducted More...

Centre’s direction fuels Balasore woman’s hope | Bhubaneswar News
Balasore: The Centre’s announcement of a fresh window for Pakistani nationals with expired long-term visas (LTV)s or pending applications has come as a relief to a 72-year-old woman living More...

Govt opens 30 Khelo India centres to nurture rural sports talent | Bhubaneswar News
Bhubaneswar: State govt on Sunday inaugurated 30 Khelo India centres — one in each district — aimed at identifying and nurturing budding talent in rural and semi-urban areas.The initiative was formally launched More...

4 ‘poor’ inmates got financial aid to pay fines since Centre’s 2023 scheme launch | Bhubaneswar News
Bhubaneswar: Only four economically disadvantaged inmates in Odisha have received financial assistance to deposit fines since the inception of the Centre’s ‘support to poor prisoners’ scheme in More...

Matric paper evaluation begins across 51 centres in Odisha | Bhubaneswar News
Cuttack: The Board of Secondary Education (BSE) commenced the evaluation of Class X (matric) examination papers on Wednesday across 51 designated centres in the state.Over 12,300 teachers have been More...

DMK leaders urge Naveen to join opposition against Centre’s delimitation plan | Bhubaneswar News
Bhubaneswar: BJD president Naveen Patnaik could attend the March 22 meeting called by Tamil Nadu chief minister M K Stalin against the Centre’s move to redraw boundaries of Lok Sabha constituencies based More...

Nearly 30% anganwadi centres don’t have their own buildings: Dy CM | Bhubaneswar News
Bhubaneswar: Deputy chief minister Pravati Parida disclosed in the assembly on Saturday that nearly 30% of Odisha’s anganwadi centres operate without their own buildings and out of the total 74,192 centres, More...
