Bhubaneswar, May 24: The Odisha Government on Sunday transferred SPs of 10 districts as part of a major reshuffle in the IPS and OPS cadres.The Home Department has issued the transfer and posting orders for 18 senior police officers, including Indian Police Service (IPS) and Odisha Police Service (OPS) cadres.Smit Parmar, who was serving as…
Authorities in Kandhamal suspended an Additional Development Officer (ADO) and a Panchayat Executive Officer (PEO) after allegations of Rs 38 lakh fraud surfaced in Dharakot Panchayat.The irregularities reportedly occurred under the MGNREGA scheme during pond excavation work.The District Collector ordered the suspension following complaints of financial mismanagement. Officials confirmed that the fraud involved inflated expenses…
Bhubaneswar: The state government has undertaken a major reshuffle in the Indian Police Service (IPS) cadre.Superintendents of Police (SPs) from eight districts have been transferred as part of this exercise. The affected districts are Nabarangpur, Khurda, Rayagada, Bargarh, Nayagarh, Ganjam, Boudh, and Kandhamal.According to an official notification issued by the Home Department, a total of…
Sundargarh: A suspected case of food poisoning claimed four lives and left at least 17 others ill after they attended a funeral feast at Nuadihi village under Hemgiri block of Odisha’s Sundargarh district.According to reports, villagers had gathered for a dashaha (post-funeral ritual feast) in Nuadihi when several attendees began suffering from vomiting, stomach pain…
Berhampur: At least 20 people were injured after a pickup van overturned near Sapuakhata under Jarada police limits in Ganjam district on late Saturday night.All the injured people have been admitted to the Patrapur hospital. Later, five of the injured people were transferred to the Berhampur MKCG hospital as their condition was critical.According to sources,…
Islamabad, 24/5: Iran’s Ambassador to Pakistan Reza Amiri Moghadam said on Sunday that a “positive stride” was taking place, apparently towards a peace deal between his country and the US, following the latest mediatory efforts by Pakistan. He said in a social media statement that Pakistan’s interior minister, Mohsin Naqvi, after returning from Tehran, “congratulated…
Washington DC,24/6:A suspect who opened fired at a White House checkpoint died after being shot by officers who returned fire, the US Secret Service said on Saturday. According to Secret Service, the suspect pulled a gun out of his bag and started shooting at officers when he approached the checkpoint at 17th Street and Pennsylvania…
Nabarangpur: In a significant verdict in the much-discussed Baunshbeda violence case, a court in Nabarangpur district today sentenced 19 persons to life imprisonment for their involvement in a triple murder and arson incident that took place in 2016.Additional District and Sessions Judge Sunita Pattnaik of Umarkote pronounced the verdict in connection with two separate cases…
Rayagada Police arrested three more accused in the high-profile Nikhil Hadapa murder case, taking the total number of arrests to 12. The fresh arrests were made on Friday and the accused were produced in court before being sent to judicial custody.The arrested individuals have been identified as Amit Meleka, Hemant Meleka, and Biki Behera. After…
New Delhi, May 23: US Ambassador to India Sergio Gor on Saturday announced that US Secretary of State Marco Rubio had extended an invitation from US President Donald Trump to Prime Minister Narendra Modi to visit the White House in the near future.Sharing the update on X, Gor wrote, “News! Secretary Marco Rubio extended an…
