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Odisha: Co-operative Society Managing Director arrested for Rs 75 lakh fraud in Rayagada

Bhubaneswar, May 22: Vigilance officials has arrested a Co-operative Society official on charges of embezzling Rs 75 lakh by manipulating official records, said an official release on Friday.The accused identified as Tarini Prasad Tripathy, Managing Director of K. Singhpur Large Area Multi-Purpose Co-operative Society (LAMPCS) in Rayagada district. He was arrested on Thursday.The Vigilance department’s investigation…

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Two Dead, Two in ICU After Minor Surgeries at VIMSAR in Odisha; Probe Demanded

Sambalpur: Veer Surendra Sai Institute of Medical Sciences and Research (VIMSAR) in odisha s sambalpur is facing serious questions after at least five patients reportedly developed severe complications following minor surgeries in recent days, leading to two deaths and two others being admitted to the ICU. The incidents have triggered concern with doctors demanding an expert-level investigation into…

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Odisha Creates Dedicated ST & SC Welfare Cadre: 1,032 New Govt Jobs Approved

In order to accelerate welfare delivery and make local governance stronger, The Odisha Cabinet gave its official stamp to the “Odisha Ministerial Services Rules, 2026.” These rules lay out how Junior Assistants, Senior Assistants, Assistant Section Officers, and Section Officers get recruited and managed in district offices and subordinate units under the ST & SC…

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“100 is just a number”: Economist Arvind Panagariya tells RBI not to lose sleep over rupee slide

New Delhi, 22/5: Economist Arvind Panagariya has urged the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) not to allow the “psychology of Rs 100 per dollar” determine its policy response, arguing that depreciation is the appropriate response to a rise in oil-related external pressures. Do not let the psychology of Rs 100 per dollar determine your policy…

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No courts, take Bangladeshi infiltrators to BSF instead: Bengal CM Suvendu tells police

Kolkata, 21/5: Any person who allegedly migrated from Bangladesh to India through illegal means will no longer be produced in the courts if caught by police or the Railway Protection Force personnel in West Bengal, the state’s chief minister, Suvendu Adhikari said. The chief minister said that any illegal migrant who entered India from Bangladesh…

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PM Modi summons Council of Ministers to discuss fuel prices, NEET paper leak

New Delhi, 21/5: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday chaired a meeting of the Union Council of Ministers at Sewa Teerth in the national capital, the first such meeting of the year, with the aim to review governance performance, discuss rising fuel priceand crisis within the education sector, as well as larger geopolitical pressures. The…

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