Bhubaneswar: Odisha Food Supplies and Consumer Welfare Minister Krushna Chandra Patra on Wednesday warned ineligible PDS beneficiaries to surrender their ration cards or face stern actions.Emphasisng that the Odisha government keen to get rid of corruption in the various welfare schemes, Patra said that the process to identify bogus beneficiaries in underway.He acknowledged that many taxpayers…
Jagatsinghpur: A doctor and a pharmacist were brutally attacked by a group of miscreants at the Deriki Primary Health Centre under Naugaon block in Jagatsinghpur district last night.According to reports, the incident occurred late on Tuesday night when five youths, allegedly in an inebriated state, were creating a ruckus near the medical facility. When the…
Bhubaneswar: The State Cabinet has given its post-facto approval for a government guarantee of Rs 3108.21 crore in favour of GRIDCO Ltd.The guarantee will enable GRIDCO Ltd to swap high-interest term loans with lower-interest loans from commercial banks and financial institutions, ultimately reducing the interest burden on the company.The government’s decision is expected to have…
Bhubaneswar: Odisha Vigilance officials on Wednesday apprehended Dr Biswanath Adhek, a Surgery Specialist at the Badamba Community Health Centre (CHC) in Cuttack district, for allegedly demanding and accepting a bribe of Rs. 2,000.This amount was the second installment of an overall demand of Rs 5,000 from a complainant, in exchange for issuing a favorable post-mortem report…
Bhubaneswar: Appreciating the efforts of the SOG Jawans, Odisha CM Mohan Majhi has announced a Rs 17,000 hike in their risk allowance. In a post on X, CM Majhi has announced to raise the risk allowance of the Special Operations Group (SOG) from Rs 8,000 to Rs 25,000 per month.Taking to X, CM Majhi has praised…
Bhubaneswar: Senior IAS officer, Amrit Mohan Prasad of Odisha cadre has been appointed in an additional charge as the Director General of Bureau of Civil Aviation Security (DG, BCAS) for six months. In a notification issued on January 21, the Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions had given the letter.IAS officer Amrit Mohan Prasad is…
Cuttack: Cuttack police busted a cybercrime racket and arrested the mastermind from Muniguda in Rayagada district. According to reports, police had received inputs that a gang was robbing gullible people by asking them to invest in online trading through fake trading applications. Recently, an employee of a private company and resident of Cuttack CDA Sector 9,…
Malkangiri: As many as 10 Maoists have been killed in a massive joint operation of Odisha-Chhattisgarh security personnel early on January 21 morning.Acting on a tip off, the inter-state operation was launched by Odisha and Chhattisgarh police and CRPF personnel in the border areas of Nuapada district of Odisha and Gariabandh district of Chhattisgarh. The attack…
Renowned sand artist Sudarsan Pattnaik has created a 47-foot-long sand sculpture of U.S. President-elect Donald J. Trump on Puri Beach, Odisha, ahead of Trump’s inauguration as the 47th President of the United States.Pattnaik, a Padma Shri awardee, expressed his admiration for President-elect Trump, stating, “I am a big fan of President-elect Donald Trump.”The sand art,…
Bhubaneswar: Acting on intelligence inputs, the Special Operation Group (SOG) of Odisha Police, Special Force of Chhattisgarh Police and CRPF jawans launched a joint inter-state anti-Naxal operation in Kularighat Reserve Forest under Mainpur police limits in of Gariabandh district of neighbouring Chhattisgarh on Sunday On Sunday night, intelligence inputs were received about the presence of a…
