The School and Mass Education (S&ME) department has decided to live stream the Plus II board exams conducted by the Council of Higher Secondary Education (CHSE) from next year to bring in more transparency.

With general elections scheduled for April-May next year, the government Wednesday extended the the Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Anna Yojana (PMGKAY) scheme to provide five kilograms of free foodgrains per month to 81.35 crore poor for another five years that would cost the exchequer about `11.80 lakh crore.

Dignitaries including Odia Language, Literature and Culture Commissioner-cum-Secretary Sujata R Karthikeyan, Director Dilip Routrai and Odisha Lalit Kala Akademi President Sudarsan Pattnaik flag off a mobile art exhibition van in Bhubaneswar.

A rare melanistic leopard has been spotted during the ongoing camera trap tiger census in Odisha’s forest areas.

Keeping in view the passengers’ demand, the East Coast Railway (ECoR) has decided to increase the services of special trains currently running under its jurisdiction.

Biju Janata Dal (BJD) Wednesday dubbed the Centre’s decision to extend Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Anna Yojana (PMGKAY) for five more years as a ‘poll gimmick’

The Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) concluded the laser scanning of the outer walls of the Srimandir Ratnabhandar in Puri, Wednesday. The central agency has taken pictures of 49 points – 37 Tuesday and 12 Wednesday – on the outer wall of the temple treasury.

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) will organise block-level camps to enable people to exchange coins and soiled notes.

Around 2.5 lakh tribal people belonging to 13 Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Groups (PVTGs) in Odisha will benefit from the Pradhan Mantri Janjati Adivasi Nyaya Maha Abhiyan (PM-JANMAN) that was approved by the Union Cabinet Tuesday.

Promotion of millets in Odisha got a shot in the arm as Odisha Millets Mission (OMM) received the award for ‘Global Model on Millet Promotion’ at International Nutri-Cereal Convention (INCC) 5.0 organised by Indian Institute of Millets Research in Hyderabad from November 27 to 28.

 A local court in Keonjhar district Wednesday sentenced three persons to life imprisonment for raping a 14- year-old girl in March 2022.

An additional 129 teachers in this district have again come under scanner on charge of submitting fake educational certificates while joining service, a report said Wednesday.

Congress MP Rahul Gandhi Wednesday hailed Kerala’s healthcare and palliative care sector as one of the best in the country, and said he was pleased with the level of community participation in Kerala when it comes to healthcare and education.

The Union Cabinet has approved a central scheme to provide drones to 15,000 progressive women Self Help Groups (SHGs) with an outlay of Rs 1,261 crore for two years beginning 2024-25

Anju, an Indian mother of two children who travelled to Pakistan to marry her Facebook friend, returned to India through the Wagah-Attari border Wednesday, officials said.

The Union Cabinet has given its nod for continuing fast track special courts for another three years for delivering swift justice in cases involving sexual offences.

India experienced extreme weather events almost every day in the first nine months of this year which led to nearly 3,000 deaths, according to a report released Wednesday.

Coal and Mines Minister Pralhad Joshi Wednesday launched the auction of 20 critical minerals worth Rs 45,000 crore.

India’s finished steel imports from China touched a four-year high in the first seven months of the fiscal year that began in April, according to provisional government data reviewed by Reuters Wednesday.

Odisha batters had a disappointing outing in their Vijay Hazare Trophy match against Saurashtra as they suffered a four-wicket loss in their Group A tie in Bangalore, Wednesday.