Senior students at a government school in the city. State-run schools are conducting offline classes
BHUBANESWAR: In the wake of spurt in Covid-19 cases in Odisha, many private school in the city have decided not to start offline classes for the new academic session. The state government had allowed offline classes for classes IX to XII.
However, state-run schools are continuing offline classes for class IX to XII students as the final examinations are yet to be completed and new academic session has not started. A plus two student of BJB higher secondary school has tested Covid-19 positive.
Chairman of Confederation of Odisha Private Schools B N Patnaik said, “All schools have decided to go for online classes this year too from Monday. Until all teachers and students are vaccinated we are not going to resume offline classes and safety of children is of paramount important to us.”
The sepoy’s wife on Monday lodged a complaint with the commissioner of police Saumendra Priyadarshi against DCP (armed) (Representative image)
BHUBANESWAR: A senior police officer of the commissionerate police has landed in controversy for allegedly seeking sexual favours with the help of a sepoy posted at Odisha Special Armed Police’s (OSAP) 7th Battalion here.
The sepoy’s wife on Monday lodged a complaint with the commissioner of police Saumendra Priyadarshi against the deputy commissioner of police (armed) Bijay Kumar Sahoo for forcing her husband to supply women to him.
She alleged that her husband Nihar Ranjan Nayak was being mentally tortured by Sahoo after he turned down the officer’s demand.
Villagers of Potu Senari from Kotia panchayat in Koraput gather to cast votes in the recent panchayat election in Andhra Pradesh
KORAPUT: The Odisha government on Monday decided to file an injunction before the Supreme Court against fresh attempts by Andhra Pradesh to conduct panchayat election in some parts of the Kotia group of villages.
“The government after careful consideration has decided to file a suit under Article-131 of the Constitution before the Supreme Court of India against the state of Andhra Pradesh and its officers for appropriate relief in relation to the Kotia dispute,” a letter by the state’s law department states.
Covid screening at the airport on Monday
BHUBANESWAR: The state’s daily Covid tally on Monday crossed 500. It reported 573 Covid cases after more than four months. The last time Odisha reported more than 573 cases was on November 27, 2020.
For the second consecutive day, Sundargarh district reported a high number of cases 80 but it was Khurda, once the state’s Covid hotspot, that reclaimed its position at the top of the infection charts with 96 cases. On Sunday, Khurda had reported 40 cases.
Nine of the 10 western Odisha districts where night curfew was enforced from Monday together reported 290 cases. Southern Odisha’s Malkangiri and coastal Dhenkanal did not report any cases.
IIT Bhubaneswar director RV Rajakumar said that results of these tests will be published after two weeks of the completion of the examinations
BHUBANESWAR: IIT Bhubaneswar will complete end-semester examinations of all undergraduate (UG) and postgraduate (PG) courses, except first year UG courses, by May 12. Examinations of the first year UG students will end by July 15.
IIT Bhubaneswar director RV Rajakumar told TOI that results of these tests will be published after two weeks of the completion of the examinations. “After two weeks of summer break, new academic year will start in the first week of August this year,” he added.