Former Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik has expressed his dissatisfaction regarding the omission of the 1817 Paika Rebellion from the newly released Class 8 history textbook by the National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT). He characterized the uprising as a “watershed moment in Odisha’s history,” asserting that its exclusion is an injustice to...
Former Odisha Chief Minister and BJD leader Naveen Patnaik on Tuesday accused the BJP-led state government of “institutional betrayal” and “planned injustice” following the tragic death of a college student who self-immolated after allegedly facing sexual harassment and weeks of seeking assistance from authorities. The 20-year-old B.Ed. student from Fakir Mohan (Autonomous) College in Balasore...