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  • Heat wave returns to Odisha as 14 places witness 40 degrees C temperature or more

    Heat wave returns to Odisha as 14 places witness 40 degrees C temperature or more

    Bhubaneswar: At a time when the India Meteorological Department (IMD) has predicted a low-pressure area over the Southeast Bay of Bengal and adjoining South Andaman Sea, heat wave has returned to Odisha as 14 places of the State witnessed temperature above 40 degrees Celsius on Monday.

    According to the regional centre of the IMD in Bhubaneswar, Boudh witnessed today’s highest temperature of 42 degrees Celsius.

    Boudh was followed by Jharsuguda, where the people sizzled at a temperature of 41.6 degrees, while Sambalpur and Rourkela reported 41.6 and 41.4 degrees Celsius respectively.

    Likewise, Angul recorded 41.1 degrees Celsius, Sundargarh boiled at 41 degrees Celsius today. The other places where, the day temperature soared above the 40 degrees Celsius temperature mark today are Talcher (40.8), Balangir (40.5), Jagatsinghpur (40.5), Chandbali (40.2), Titilagarh (40), Sonepur (40), Niagara (40), Kendrapara (40).

    The capital city of Bhubaneswar reported temperature of 38.2 degrees Celsius while in Cuttack the temperature touched to 39.5 degrees Celsius.

    Hirakud witnessed 39.9, Bargarh 39.5, Nuapada 39.4, Bhawanipatna 39, Deogarh 39, Malkangiri 39, Dhenkanal 38.1, Jajpur 38, Phulbani 37 9, Bhadrak 37 and 37.2 in Parlakhemundi.

    Likewise, five places namely Baripada, Chhatrapur, Khurda, Balasore and Keonjhar recorded 37 degrees Celsius.

  • Odisha Matric results by 3rd week of May!

    Odisha Matric results by 3rd week of May!

    Cuttack: The School and Mass Education Department government of Odisha on Sunday informed that the results of the matric exams will be announced in May.

    The Department further specified that, it is the aim of the Board to publish the results in and error-free manner within the specified time.

    The dates for the publication of Matriculation and Plus II results will be announced shortly, the Minister Samir Das said today.

    Further on April 17, 2023 the BSE President, Ramashish Hazra informed that the matric results will be announced by the third week of May.

    The Board of Secondary Education (BSE) is scheduled has begun the evaluation of answer papers of students who had appeared for the annual high school certificate (HSC) Summative Assessment-II examination 2022 from April 3, 2023.

    The evaluation of Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC), Madhyama, and State Open School Certificate (SOSC) answer papers will also be conducted along with the evaluation of Odisha Matric answer papers from April 3.

    According to the Board of Secondary Education (BSE) Odisha, the answer papers will be evaluated by around 13,000 teachers in 56 centres across the State. The answer papers will go from the exam centers to the evaluation centers under high security cover.

    A huge number of teachers, chief examiners, Deputy Chief Examiners, Assistant Examiners and scrutinizers shall be engaged for the evaluation work.

    The BSE Odisha aims to complete the evaluation in 15 days, said reports.

    The Matric exam was conducted from March 10 to 20 in 3029 centres across the state. A total of 5,32,000 students had registered for the High School Certificate exam. For the State Open School Certificate Examination (SOSC) and Madhyama examinations, 7194 and 2094 students had registered, respectively.

    In view of the summer, drinking water and related facilities have been provided in all the rating centers on behalf of the district education authorities.

  • Jharkhand CM Hemant Soren Faces Protest In Odisha’s Mayurbhanj

    Jharkhand CM Hemant Soren Faces Protest In Odisha’s Mayurbhanj

    Baripada: Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren was shown black flags during his visit to the memorial of Pandit Raghunath Murmu in Odisha’s Mayurbhanj district.

    Sources said Soren visited the memorial to pay his respects to the tribal icon who developed the Ol Chiki script for Santali language.

    Soren reached Dandbosh village on the outskirts of Rairangpur town on Friday after President Droupadi Murmu paid her tribute to the legendary Santali scholar.

    Soon, tribal leader and former MP Salkhan Murmu led his supporters to the demonstration, alleging that Soren was working against the interest of tribals.

    The demonstrators showed black flags to the Jharkhand chief minister, apart from raising slogans against him. However, the police personnel swung into action and chased them away.

    Soren later addressed a gathering in the area.

  • Two More Odisha-Cadre IAS Officers To Get Married This Month

    Two More Odisha-Cadre IAS Officers To Get Married This Month

    Bhubaneswar: Giving love another chance, two more Odisha-cadre IAS officers are set to take the wedding vows again.

    According to sources, Samarth Verma, who is currently serving as Puri Collector, and his fellow officer and Rayagada Collector Swadha Dev Singh will tie the nuptial knot at Varanasi on May 15.

    Samarth is a mechanical engineer from IIT Kanpur and 2010-batch IAS officer. He was earlier married to Shuchi Singh, an allied officer working with the Indian Railways.

    Swadha is the former wife of Chanchal Rana, a 2014-batch officer currently posted as Balangir Collector. She is a 2013-batch officer.

    Notably, Chanchal Rana and Ananya Das, a fellow officer and Sambalpur Collector, got married at a hotel in Guwahati, Assam, on May 2. Ananya was earlier married to IAS officer Abdaal M. Akhtar, currently posted as Koraput Collector.

  • 4 Killed, 5 Policemen & 2 Others Injured In Separate Mishaps In Odisha

    4 Killed, 5 Policemen & 2 Others Injured In Separate Mishaps In Odisha

    Bhubaneswar: Four persons were killed and seven injured in separate road accidents in three districts of Odisha in the last 24 hours.

    In Dhenkanal, two members of a family died after their bike rammed into tree in Kankadahada police limits. The deceased were identified as Duggu Mankadia and his nephew Siddhant Mankadia of Malhar Sahi. The duo fell unconscious under the impact of the collision and were rushed to the nearest Kamakhyanagar hospital by locals, who found them lying in a pool of blood, but doctors there declared them dead on arrival, sources said.

    Two more persons were killed and as many sustained critical injuries as a broiler-laden truck hit a stationary dumper at College Chhak in Balasore’s Soro this morning. The accident took place while the vehicle was on its way to Khurda from Kolkata in West Bengal. The driver and the helper of the truck were severely injured and later declared dead in a hospital.

    Five policemen were critically injured when a patrolling vehicle overturned after hitting a roadside banyan tree while en route Subalaya police station in Sonepur district early this morning, the sources added.

  • Odisha CM Naveen Patnaik Announces Rs 111 Crore Assistance For Kendu Leaf Pluckers

    Odisha CM Naveen Patnaik Announces Rs 111 Crore Assistance For Kendu Leaf Pluckers

    Bhubaneswar: Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Friday announced Rs 111 crore financial assistance for kendu leaf beneficiaries in second phase.

    According to a CMO release, more than 8 lakh kendu leaf workers of all the 22 districts except Jharsuguda, where poll code is in force, will get this assistance.

    The release further said that each kendu leaf plucker will get financial assistance of Rs 1,000 along with Rs 2,000 and Rs 160 for water bottles and sandals respectively. Similarly, Rs 1,500 will be given as financial assistance to each kendu leaf regular and seasonal worker.

    While demanding complete withdrawal of GST on the collection of the leaf, the CM had announced a special special package for the welfare of kendu pluckers and other employees in November last year.

    In the first phase, assistance worth Rs 83 crore was directly deposited in the bank accounts of the beneficiaries.

    Odisha is the third largest producer of Kendu leaf with 20% of the countries annual production. At least 18 districts, including Bargarh, Balangir, Sundargarh, Angul, Deogarh, Kalahandi, Kandhamal, Malkanagri, Nabarangpur, Koraput and Sambalpur, have maximum kendu leaf growing areas. An important non-wood forest products, the leaves are used for wrapping Bidis.

  • President in Odisha day-2, to visit Simlipal sanctuary today

    President in Odisha day-2, to visit Simlipal sanctuary today

    Mayurbhanj: The President of India Droupadi Murmu is scheduled to visit the famous Simlipal National park today. She will have lunch at the sanctuary, said reports. The lunch served to her will be pure vegetarian without onion and garlic.

    President Droupadi Murmu had reached her home state of Odisha yesterday. She is on a three-day visit starting from Thursday.

    According to the schedule, President Murmu laid the foundation stones for the Skill Training Hub and Community Centre at Pahadpur on May 4. Then she visited the Brahma Kumaris Centre in Hatbadra and launch the ‘Addiction Free Odisha’ campaign of Brahma Kumaris Centre there.

    Later, the President will attend a civic reception, which will be hosted in her honour by the Rairangpur Municipality at Rairangpur Stadium in the evening today.

    On May 5 that is today, President Murmu will pay her tributes to Pt Raghunath Murmu on his birth anniversary. She will also visit the Similipal National Park and later on Baripada on the same day.

    On the last day of her visit, President Droupadi Murmu will grace the 12th convocation of Maharaja Sriram Chandra Bhanja Deo University at Baripada on May 6.

    The President had visited her home state twice earlier after assuming office in July 2022. It is however worth mentioning that this time, her visit will be confined to Mayurbhanj district only.

  • IAS Samarth Verma to get married to IAS Swadha Dev Singh

    IAS Samarth Verma to get married to IAS Swadha Dev Singh

    Bhubaneswar: Yet another IAS couple is set to tie the knot soon, say reports. The Puri Collector Samarth Verma is all set to get married to Rayagada Collector Swadha Dev Singh.

    According to reports, the wedding between the two IAS officers will take place at Samarth Verma’s native place in Varanasi of Uttar Pradesh on May 15, 2023.

    Earlier, Swadha Dev Singh was married to Bolangir Collector Chanchal Rana, who is now married to Sambalpur Collector Ananya Das. On the other hand, Verma is also separated from his first wife who is a senior Indian railways officer, Suchi Singh.

    It is worth mentioning that, Sambalpur Collector Ananya Das was earlier married to Koraput Collector Abdaal Akhtar and Chanchal Rana was earlier married to Rayagada Collector Swadha Dev Singh.

    IAS Samarth Verma and IAS Swadha Dev Singh had earlier divorced their spouses Suchi Singh and Chanchal Rana respectively, said reliable reports.

    Some senior officials, servants have been invited to the wedding. After the Ratha yatra second coordination meeting on May 6, the Puri District Collector will go on leave for the impending marriage. On the other hand, it has been reported that Rayagada District Magistrate is going on leave for marriage from May 7.

    According to available information, the 2011 batch IAS officer Samarth Verma had  previously served as Kendrapara District Magistrate, BMC Commissioner, Rayagada PDDI and Sambalpur District Magistrate.

    Similarly, Rayagada District Collector Swadha Dev Singh previously served as Nuapada District Collector and in Rourkela as an Additional District Collector.

  • Odisha’s Simlipal To Remain Closed For 2 Days, Jungle Safari For Prez Murmu On May 5

    Odisha’s Simlipal To Remain Closed For 2 Days, Jungle Safari For Prez Murmu On May 5

    Bhubaneswar: President Droupadi Murmu is likely to go on a ‘safari’ at Similipal National Park in Mayurbhanj district during her three-day visit to Odisha from May 4.

    According to sources, arrangements have already been made for the safari and Field Director cum RCCF on Tuesday announced closure of Similipal Tiger Reserve for two days – May 4 and May 5. “There will be no entry or exit from the Tiger Reserve for visitors /tourists vehicles during the period.”

    Murmu’s visit to the national park, a tiger reserve spread over an area of 2,750 km, on May 5 will be the first by a President of the country. She is likely to spend the entire day inside the sanctuary.

    This will also be the President’s third visit to the state since being sworn in to the high office in July 2022.

    After arriving at Kalaikunda Airport in West Bengal in an IAF jet from Delhi, she will board an IAF helicopter to Odisha and land at Badampahar helipad in Mayurbhanj district around 10.15 am on May 4. She visit his in-law’s village Pahadpur and attend other events before making a night halt at the inspection bungalow in Rairangpur.

    On May 5, she will visit Pandit Raghunath Murmu’s village, Dandbosh and Similipal National Park. She will then spend the night at a guest house in Baripada.

    On May 6, she will attend the convocation ceremony of Maharaja Sriram Chandra Bhanja Deo University, Baripada, around 10 am and deliver the convocation address. She will leave the campus at 12.15 pm and fly back to Delhi, sources added.

  • Odisha Govt To Introduce Solar-Powered Boats In Chilika Soon

    Odisha Govt To Introduce Solar-Powered Boats In Chilika Soon

    Bhubaneswar: In order to streamline boat services in waterways, the Odisha government plans to introduce solar powered boats on experimental basis in Chilika lake soon.

    The government plans to replace the mechanised boats in use in rivers, lakes, sea and water bodies with solar powered boats for transportation of passengers as well as goods. It aims at reducing environmental pollution and transport cost of water communication.

    The solar powered boats will be introduced on pilot basis in Chilika lakh for 3 months, said Usha Padhee, secretary, Commerce and Transport department. It is expected to bring down the transport cost of mechanised boats by Rs 7 lakh per annum. If the pilot project becomes successful, it will be extended to other waterways in the state, she added.

    The secretary further said the Odisha Boat Regulations would be changed after 19 years. New bylaws will be brought for the waterways in the state in 2 months. It will be prepared in the line of Central laws.

    The government is holding discussion with all stakeholders including boat owners, manufacturers, water authorities and police-makers regarding formulation of the bylaws.

    As per the new regulations, only one type of boats will ply in the waterways across the state. The design of this boat has already been prepared with application of latest technology, said the secretary. These boats can transport passengers as well as goods in rivers, lakes and sea, she added.