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Odisha school enrolment declines below national average: CAG report

India, Dec. 10 -- A performance audit of Odisha's school education system has found a decline in Gross Enrolment Ratio (GER), Net Enrolment Rate (NER) and transition rates - key indicators of the educ... Read More


Orissa HC orders husband to pay monthly maintenance from date of application

India, Dec. 9 -- Orissa High Court has ruled that maintenance payments under the Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act must commence from the date of filing the application, not from when the... Read More


ASI resumes operation to remove sand from 13th-century Sun Temple in Konark

India, Dec. 8 -- Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) officials have started drilling into the weathered walls of the Jagamohan (assembly hall) of the Sun temple at Konark, the only surviving edifice ... Read More


Odisha teenager dies days after setting herself afire over stalker's harassment

India, Dec. 8 -- A teenager, who set herself on fire in Odisha's Sundargarh district over alleged harassment from a 24-year-old stalker and suffered 92% burn injuries on late Friday, succumbed to her ... Read More


Odisha: Internet shutdown in Malkangiri after clashes over woman's murder

India, Dec. 8 -- The Malkangiri administration in Odisha has imposed internet shutdown for the next 24 hours across the district and prohibited congregation of more than 5 people in two villages follo... Read More


Group clash in Malkangiri: Prohibitory order imposed in two villages

India, Dec. 8 -- Prohibitory orders were clamped in two villages in Odisha's Malkangiri district following a clash between two groups over the alleged killing of a tribal woman whose headless body had... Read More


Odisha teen attempts suicide; one arrested

Bhubaneswar, Dec. 7 -- A 17-year-old girl student allegedly attempted suicide in Odisha's Sundergarh district, police said on Saturday, adding that they have arrested a 25-year-old man for allegedly h... Read More


Odisha teen attempts suicide; one arrested

Bhubaneswar, Dec. 7 -- A 17-year-old girl student allegedly attempted suicide in Odisha's Sundergarh district, police said on Saturday, adding that they have arrested a 25-year-old man for allegedly h... Read More


Odisha teen critical with 90% burns after self-immolation; 25-year-old man held

India, Dec. 7 -- A 25-year-old man was arrested on Saturday, a day after an 18-year-old college student set herself on fire in Odisha's Sundargarh district. The girl, an undergraduate student of a lo... Read More


No reservation required for super-speciality faculty posts: Orissa HC

India, Dec. 3 -- The Orissa High Court has ruled that reservation provisions need not apply to recruitment for positions in super speciality medical disciplines, upholding a 2021 advertisement by the ... Read More