SSVM students break record in HSC results
Bhubaneswar: Students of the Saraswati Sisu Vidya Mandirs (SSVMs), run by the Shiksha Vikash Samiti, Odisha have posted excellent results in the High School Certificate (HSC) Examinations-2015 breaking their previous year record. Of the total 13,939 students of 241 SSVMs who appeared at the annual examinations, 13,880 have cleared the test, registering a pass rate of 99.57 per cent. While 723 SSVM students passed the examinations with Grade A-1, 3,259 secured Grade A-2, 4,326 Grade B-1 and 2,785 Grade B-2.
Tagore Jayanti held in city
Bhubaneswar: The 154th birth anniversary of Nobel laureate poet and novelist Rabindranath Tagore was observed by the Pujya Puja Prativa Parishad here on Thursday with Parishad president Padmakar presiding over the function. Congress leader Niranjan Patnaik joined the event as chief guest. Inaugurating the meeting, freedom fighter Dolagobinda Pradhan spoke about the life and works of Tagore. Trinamool Congress convenor Jnanendra said he would be remembered for his creativity.