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…
Sundergarh: The body of a 4-year-old girl who went missing two days ago, was found in a nullah near a farm in Jada village, under Gurundia police station, near Bonai in Sundergarh district. The family of the deceased identified as Deepali Munda, alleged she was murdered. Police detained a neighbour couple. According to reports, Deepali,…
Bhubaneswar: The forest department has commenced the annual crocodile headcount exercise in the Bhitarkanika National Park in Kendrapara district today. The exercise will continue till January 22. As many as 22 teams have been constituted to count the crocodiles in the creeks, rivers, wetland sites in four ranges within the park and its nearby areas. The…
Bhubaneswar: Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi stated that his goal is to make Odisha prosperous by 2036 and a “growth engine of India by 2047.”He emphasized that the state government is fully committed to achieving these objectives.Majhi stated, “You must be aware that our goal is to make Odisha a prosperous state by 2036 and…
