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  • 96.19% Students Clear Odisha Matric Exam 2023; Cuttack & Jatgatsinghpur Best Performing Dists

    96.19% Students Clear Odisha Matric Exam 2023; Cuttack & Jatgatsinghpur Best Performing Dists

    Cuttack: A total of 96.19% students have cleared the annual matric examination this year, the results of which were declared by Board of Secondary Education (BSE), Odisha, around 10 am on Thursday at its office in the presence of Minister Pramila Mallik.

    According to sources, 5,12,460 of 5,21,444 students, who appeared for the examinations, passed. A total of 4158 students have passed with A1 grade, 29855 with A2 grade, 77762 with B1 grade, and 119120 with B2 grade.

    Girls have again outshone boys in the exam with a pass percentage of 97.05 against 95.75. While 2,53,633 boys cleared the exam, 2,58,827 among girls passed.

    This year, Cuttack and Jagatsinghpur have been recognised as the best performing districts with 97.99 per cent pass percentage. Malkangiri district recorded the lowest pass percentage of 92.63 per cent. 3,222 high schools have recorded 100 per cent results.

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    The score cards will be made available at the official websites – bseodisha.ac.in and bseodisha.nic.in – after 12 pm. The students can login into the orissaresults.nic.in to check their results using their roll number and date of birth. And also download their scoreboards from the website. They will also be able to check their scores by sending an SMS OR10Roll Number to 5676750.

    The annual High School Certificate (HSC) Summative Assessment-II examination 2023 was conducted from March 10 to 20. As many as 5.32 lakh students took the high school certificate examination in 3,218 examination centres across the state. In January, the board had released the Summative Assessment I result.

    In 2022, the overall pass percentage was 90.55 per cent, with 8,119 students receiving the A1 grade and and 54,889 got A2 grade.

    The sources further said that BSE Odisha will soon release the schedule for supplementary exams.

  • Elephant Calf Rescued From Well In Odisha’s Keonjhar

    Elephant Calf Rescued From Well In Odisha’s Keonjhar

    Keonjhar: A baby elephant was rescued from an abandoned well after an ardous operation by forest department officials in Champua area of Odisha’s Keonjhar district on Thursday.

    Sources said the elephant calf had slipped into the 10-foot deep well in a forest area along the Baitarani River at Tuntuna under the Champua forest range.

    The baby elephant had aparently got separated from a 24-member herd that had come from the Kalikaprasad Reserve forest on Wednesday night. The herd comprised nine tuskers, six female elephants, and nine calfs. The jumbo herd was moving towards Tuntuna forest through Kanchanpur.

    On being informed, forest officials rushed to the spot and initiated a rescue operation at early this morning and managed to bring out the calf safely by using JCB.

    The condition of the baby elephant was good and it was later released into the forest, according to DFO Dhanraj Hanumant.

  • Odisha’s 2nd Vande Bharat Likely To Run On Puri-Bhubaneswar-Cuttack-Angul-Rourkela Route: Ashwini Vaishnaw

    Odisha’s 2nd Vande Bharat Likely To Run On Puri-Bhubaneswar-Cuttack-Angul-Rourkela Route: Ashwini Vaishnaw

    Puri: Odisha is likely to get its second Vande Bharat Express and the train will run on Puri-Bhubaneswar-Cuttack-Angul-Rourkela route, Railways Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said at flagging-off ceremony of Howrah-Puri Vande Bharat Express here on Thursday.

    He further said that there are plans to introduce Vande Metro service on Puri-Bhubaneswar-Cuttack route. “After Vande Bharat, Vande Sleeper will be introduced and subsequently Vande Metro will be launched,” he added.

    The regular run of the semi high-speed train between Howrah and Puri with 16 coaches will commence from May 20. It will cover a distance of 500 km between Howrah and Puri in about six and a half hours. The service will be available six days a week, except Thursdays, and there will be seven stoppages – Kharagpur, Balasore, Bhadrak, Jajpur Keonjhar Road, Cuttack, Bhubaneswar and Khurda Road – between Puri and Howrah. The train will halt at these stations for two minutes only, the sources said.

    The fare for AC Chair Car is Rs 1,265, including catering charge of Rs 162, and that for Executive Chair Car is Rs 2,420, including catering charge of Rs 195. If a passenger opts for ‘No Food’ option, the catering charge will not be added to the fare.

  • Bengal Firecracker Blast Prime Accused Arrested From Nursing Home In Odisha

    Bengal Firecracker Blast Prime Accused Arrested From Nursing Home In Odisha

    Bhubaneswar: The West Bengal CID on Thursday arrested the prime accused and owner of the illegal firecracker factory in Egra in West Bengal’s East Medinipur district where a blast killed nine people on Tuesday.

    According to reports, Krishnapada alias Bhanu Bag was nabbed from a nursing home in Balasore, where he has been undergoing treatment for 70% burns sustained in the blast. The health condition of the main accused in the case is still “critical”, and it is “now impossible to bring him back to West Bengal”, PTI quoted an officer as saying.

    Bhanu’s son, who was admitted with injuries at a Cuttack hospital, and nephew have also been arrested.

    A known name in the business of illegal firecrackers, Bhanu has been booked under several sections of the Indian Penal Code, including 304 (causing death by negligence), and under sections of the Fire Services Act.

  • Centre’s Help Sought For Smooth Repatriation Of Bodies Of Deceased Migrants To Odisha

    Centre’s Help Sought For Smooth Repatriation Of Bodies Of Deceased Migrants To Odisha

    Bhubaneswar: People from Odisha living abroad have sought the Centre’s intervention to ensure smooth repatriation of bodies of deceased migrants to the state.

    They have pointed out that the repatriation process has been badly affected after Air India scrapped its service to Biju Patnaik International Airport (BPIA) in Bhubaneswar three months ago.

    Social worker and Bahrain Odia Samaj founder Arun Kumar Praharaj, took up the matter with Minister of State for External Affairs V Muraleedharan. He said earlier Air India was flying to Bhubaneswar via Delhi or Mumbai making it possible to send coffins to the state.

    However, after Air India terminated its flight services to Bhubaneswar completely, it has become difficult to ensure timely handover of the body of a deceased Odia migrant to the family back home, Praharaj was quoted by TNIE as saying.

    As per the information received from the employer companies, only Air India has the authority to carry coffin from abroad as all embassies have tie-up with the national carrier.

    After suspension of the flight service to Bhubaneswar, the nearest airport to which it carries a coffin is Visakhapattnam or Kolkata. “This make it extremely difficult for poor families of the migrants as a hearse van or ambulance charges Rs 18,000 or more to transport body to anywhere in the state. Besides, it also delays transport of the coffin. This problem is faced by Odias in many middle-east countries, including Bahrain,” he said.

    Praharaj sought immediate steps to resume Air India services to Bhubaneswar or make alternative arrangement with Indigo or any other connecting airline to carry the coffin to Bhubaneswar. He also demanded that registration of employment contracts of migrant workers with respective Indian embassies be made mandatory to empower the embassies to take necessary actions for resolving the issues faced by migrant workers.

  • Nor’wester Rain, Thunderstorm & Gusty Wind To Continue In Odisha; Change In Day Temp Unlikely

    Nor’wester Rain, Thunderstorm & Gusty Wind To Continue In Odisha; Change In Day Temp Unlikely

    Bhubaneswar: Odisha will continue to experience nor’wester rain with thunderstorm with lightning and gusty surface wind speed reaching 40-50 kmph at some places till Friday morning, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) informed on Thursday.

    Yellow warning has been issued for Keonjhar, Mayurbhanj, Jajpur, Bhadrak, Balasore, Dhenkanal, Cuttack, Khurda, Gajapati and Ganjam till 8.30 am tomorrow. Thunderstorm with lightning is also likely at one or two places in Kendrapada, Jagatsinghpur, Puri, Nayagarh and Kandhamal during this period. There is also a forecast for light to moderate rain at a few places in coastal Odisha, Keonjhar, Mayurbhanj and Dhenkanal and at one or two places in Sundargarh, Angul, Boudh, Kandhamal, Rayagada, Malkangiri, Koraput and Nabarangpur.

    Thunderstorm with lightning and gusty surface wind speed reaching 30-40 kmph is likely at one or two places in Gajapati, Ganjam, Koraput, Malkangiri, Rayagada, Mayurbhanj and Balasore in the subsequent 24 hours. Rain may continue in coastal Odisha, Mayurbhanj, Keonjhar, Dhenkanal, Rayagada, Kandhamal, Malkangiri, Koraput and Nabarangpur.

    There is also yellow warning for thunderstorm with lightning for one or two places in Malkangiri, Koraput, Rayagada, Gajapati, Ganjam, Mayurbhanj, Balasore, Bhadrak and Jajpur on Saturday. Light to moderate rain is also likely to occur at one or two places in coastal Odisha, Keonjhar, Mayurbhanj, Rayagada, Malkangiri and Koraput on this day.

    It will continue to rain in some southern and coastal areas for another 2 days.

    The MeT office further said there will be no large change in the day temperature at many places in the state during the next 5 days. “The mercury will soar to 42oC or more at a few places in interior Odisha – Sundargarh, Sambalpur, Angul, Boudh, Sonepur, Bargarh, Balangir, Kalahandi, Jharsuguda and Nuapada,” it said.

    People have been advised to take precautionary measures while going outside during day time between 11 am and 3 pm.

    At least 22 places in the state recorded maximum temperature of 40 degree Celsius or above on Wednesday. Both Sonepur and Angul turned out to be the hottest places in the state with day temperature of 44.1 degree Celsius.

  • Odisha To Open 106 New Higher Secondary Schools This Year

    Odisha To Open 106 New Higher Secondary Schools This Year

    Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government is all set to open a total of 106 new Higher Secondary schools across the state this year for the benefit of students.

    This was stated by School and Mass Education Secretary Awasthy S shortly after the results of the matriculation examination were declared by the Board of Secondary Education (BSE), Odisha.

    Admission of students to these new schools will be made from the 2023-24 academic session for which all necessary arrangements have been made, she said.

    The state government will impart Plus II education in these new higher secondary schools from this academic session.

    Opening of these new schools will lead to addition of more number of seats for enrolment of students, the Secretary said.

    Sources said the district education officers (DEOs) and other field-level officials of the department have been asked to ensure all arrangements in place to make the admission process to these schools in the upcoming academic session hassle-free.

  • ‘Mo Bus’ Service In 3 More Districts Of Odisha Soon

    ‘Mo Bus’ Service In 3 More Districts Of Odisha Soon

    Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government has decided to make ‘Mo Bus’ service available to three more districts – Sambalpur, Jharsuguda and Ganjam.

    “The area of operation of the Capital Region Urban Transport (CRUT) will be extended to the urban cluster areas covering Sambalpur-Jharsuguda-Belpahar and Berhampur-Gopalpur-Chhatrapur-Hinjilicut-Digapahandi for running Mo Bus service in the districts of Sambalpur, Jharsuguda and Ganjam on Gross Cost Contract Model,” a notification issued by the Housing and Urban Development department said on Thursday.

    The Western Odisha Urban Transport Service Limited (WOUTSL) and the Ganjam Urban Transport Service Limited (GUTSL), constituted in 2013, to provide city bus service in Sambalpur-Bargarh-Jharsuguda and Berhampur-Chhatrapur-Gopalpur-Hinjilicut urban clusters shall be closed/dissolved by the process of voluntary winding up under Section 59 of the Insolvency and Bankruptcy code 2016 on commencement of Mo Bus service by the CRUT in the above mentioned extended service areas, it added.

    At present, the CRUT is running Mo Bus in some urban clusters of Khurda, Cuttack, Puri and Sundargarh districts.

  • Howrah-Puri Vande Bharat Express to run 6 days a week, detailed schedule here

    Howrah-Puri Vande Bharat Express to run 6 days a week, detailed schedule here

    Bhubaneswar: The Howrah-Puri Vande Bharat Express is scheduled to run six days a week, said reliable reports on Tuesday. Reports say that the train will have a total of seven (7) stoppages.

    The information about the stoppages has been provided by the Government of India Ministry of Railways. In a piece of welcoming news for the people of Odisha, the Vande Bharat Express will be flagged off on May 18, 2023, said reliable reports.

    FIND THE ENTIRE SCHEDULE HERE:

    The first full trial run of the Vande Bharat Express in Odisha had taken place on April 28, 2023 and was successful. The trial route of the train was from Howrah to Puri and then back.

    The Puri-Howrah Vande Bharat express started at 6:10 am from Howrah. Then it will touched the stations namely Kharagpur, Bhadrak, Jajpur, Cuttack where it will stopped for 2 minutes. After that, it reached Bhubaneswar and Khurda where it stopped for 2 minutes each. Then the train will reached Puri at 12:32 pm.

    After the first full trial run of the Howrah-Puri Vande Bharat Express. The Odisha Transport Minister Tukuni Sahu wrote a letter to Central Railways Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw on April 28, 2023. In the letter, she urged him to increase the number of Vande Bharat Express trains in Odisha to at least three.

    She wrote, “I would like to request you to introduce Vande Bharat Express trains through Odisha to meet the growing aspirations of people. Request you to introduce the Vande Bharat Express train between Puri and Howrah to offer faster travel options to passengers.”

    It is worth mentioning that, the flag off of the Vande Bharat Express might be attended by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

    Vande Bharat Express is fully manufactured in India and is India’s first semi-high-speed train. It started its first journey in India from New Delhi to Varanasi. Vande Bharat Express has several unique features like bio-vacuum toilets, full Wi-Fi onboard, fully automatic doors, advanced GPS based systems, the trains also boast of disabled friendly zones. The ticket of the trains include the price of two meals onboard the express.

  • Odisha Air Health Services Teams Fly To Nabarangpur To Treat Patients In Remote Areas

    Odisha Air Health Services Teams Fly To Nabarangpur To Treat Patients In Remote Areas

    Bhubaneswar: Continuing Odisha government’s efforts under Mukhya Mantri Bayu Swasthya Seva Yojana to provide improved healthcare to the people of remote areas, two teams of doctors flew to Nabarangpur district in last two days to treat patients.

    While a team of doctors proceeded to the district to provide proper healthcare to the people of remote areas, another team of specialists was sent today as part of efforts to strengthen health services.

    This information was given by the Health and Family Welfare Department.

    It may be noted that the Mukhya Mantri Bayu Swasthya Seva (Air Health Services), launched in December 2021, aims at taking health services to thepeople of remote and backward areas of the state.

    The scheme will benefit people from weaker sections of society and bridge the gap in health care services

    The first team included doctors from different faculties such as Urology (Dr Biswajit), Laparascopic Surgery (Dr Jyotirmaya Nayak), Nephrology (Dr Chinmayananda), Hepatology (Dr Gyana), Cardiology (Dr Pravin Jaiswal) and Anasthesia (Dr Partha).

    Meanwhile, the second team includes — Dr Suchismita Bhuyan, (Asst. Prof, Cardiology), Dr Anija Pattnaik, (Asst Prof, Anesthesia) , Dr Satyajit Samal, (Asst Prof, Urology), Dr Aswini Kumar Sahu, (Asst Prof, Neurology, SCB MCH Cuttack), Dr Swagat Subudhi, (Asso Prof, Surgery), and Dr Sarat Parida, (Asst Prof, Nephrology).