On detailed analysis, it was seen that the attendance in classes 1 to 5 in districts such as Malkanagiri, Boudh, Gajapati, Sambalpur and Nuapada was less than the state average, he wrote.
Patnaik, popularly known as Jitu Patnaik, is a former independent MLA from the Champua assembly constituency.
The deceased student’s relative alleged that he was subjected to ragging for which he committed suicide or somebody pushed him down.
The Department has asked the Directorate of Prisons and Correctional Services to take necessary action accordingly.
The suspects, aged between 19 and 28, are from Chhattisgarh and they had hired a small house at Jamunanaki village in Biramitrapur block, an officer said.
The polling was by and large peaceful barring some sporadic incidents of violence in isolated places, SEC A P Padhi told reporters adding that the voting percentage may go up after final reports come in.
According to a report from Jajpur district, four bodies were fished out from the Kharasrota river since Friday, they said.
Nihar Kant Pradhan and security guard Ajay Panda had misappropriated around Rs 52 lakh on the pretext of disbursing loans to different organisations and joint liability groups, police said.
Opposition BJP and Congress won only 14 seats each, while Independent candidates won two seats. Other parties also won two seats, they said The counting began on Saturday and will continue till Monday.
Earlier, devotees required double vaccination certificates or RTPCR-negative reports obtained within 72 hours for entering the temple.
Both District Planning Board Deputy Director Ashwini Mallik and Assistant Director Debashis Mohapatra have sustained injuries and were hospitalised.
Odisha Panchayat Polls 2022: Counting of votes will take place at Block, Sadar level on February 26, 27 and 28.
The State Government employees may avail any optional holiday on any of the festive occasion /commemorative days listed above.
The process is all set to be conducted on January 05, 2022. The same was confirmed by the State Mass Education Minister Samir Ranjan Dash.
The 55-year-old actor, a chronic renal patient who has been undergoing dialysis for the last few years, is on ventilator support in a hospital in Cuttack, a treating doctor said.
The cyclonic storm is likely to reach the west-central Bay of Bengal off the coast of north Andhra Pradesh and Odisha by Saturday morning, the IMD said.
The new variant, first identified in southern Africa, contains a large number of spike-protein mutations, suggesting re-infection risk and potential vaccine resistance.
Section 144 of the CrPC will be from the Kalua temple to a pandal in Gosani Nuagam, the official said on Wednesday.
As many as 353 new cases were registered in quarantine centres, while the remaining 249 infections were detected during contact tracing, he said.
“The Depression intensify into a Deep Depression and crossed north Odisha coast near Chandbali by 13th early morning”, tweeted the IMD.
“Chilika MLA Prasanta Kumar Jagadev is hereby suspended from the Biju Janata Dal with immediate effect,” BJD President and Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik said in an order issued on Wednesday.
The online news channel’s editor was initially detained for interrogation on Friday and later apprehended, while one of its reporters was also taken into custody, Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP) US Dash said.
The incident occurred late on Sunday night at the level crossing in Haladiapadar area of Berhampur town, Berhampur Government Railway Police’s Assistant Sub-Inspector Abhimanyu Sethi said.
The socking incident occured at Sialjodi village under the Golamunda block of Kalahandi district.
Work in both the offices came to a standstill for about three hours as stray cattle invaded office rooms, officials said.