*HIS CURRENT SALARY IS RS.52,000/- PER MONTH*. Sri Behera (DOB-11.01.1970) entered into Govt service in July 1994 as Secretary, Gaisilet GP with initial salary Rs.500/- per month. On 4.6.2009, he was promoted to the rank of VLW. The post was redisgnated as PEO in 2012. He has been working as PEO, Katabhal G.P. since 2024 along…
In ongoing DA searches today against Sri Kartikeswar Behera, PEO by officers of Odisha Vigilance, *Cash Rs.2.98 Lakhs* unearthed from his residential house at Kandagada and seized. Searches continuing. Further report follows.
Deep depression brings extreme rainfall threats to coastal OdishaIndia Meteorological Department officials have issued severe weather warnings for southern Odisha as a well-marked low-pressure system intensifies into a deep depression. This active weather system currently lies over the west-central and adjoining northwest Bay of Bengal, moving steadily west-northwestwards. It is positioned approximately 310 kilometers southeast…
Odisha’s misty highlands could grow tea. That was the clear message Assam’s top tea researchers gave a visiting team of Odisha journalists in Dibrugarh this week. The climate is suitable, they said. What is missing is a formal request from Bhubaneswar.The visit, organised by the Press Information Bureau, Bhubaneswar, took the media group to Dibrugarh…
Bhubaneswar: Odisha Assembly’s Monsoon session commences today with the Mines and Minerals Development and Regulation (MMDR) Act issue likely to stir things up in the House.Yesterday, the Biju Janata Dal (BJD) had requested the Speaker, Surama Padhy to table a motion in the House regarding the MMDR issue. The Congress too is prepared to corner…
Bhubaneswar: State-owned Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) has discovered natural gas in a deepwater well in the Mahanadi Offshore Basin, around 43 km off Konark on the Odisha coast, marking the first well drilled by the company in the basin under its ongoing Samudra Manthan deepwater exploration campaign.The discovery was made on September 18…
Today i.e on 22.09.2026, on the allegation of possession of disproportionate assets( DA) by Kartikeswar Behera, PEO, Katabhal G.P and I/c PEOs of Firingimal G.P & Gourenmunda G.P, all under Gaisilet Block, Dist.Baragada beyond his known sources of income, simultaneous house searches are being conducted by Odisha Vigilance led by 5 DSPs, 8 Inspectors, 2…
A festive procession turned into a scene of terror in Bhubaneswar on Sunday night when a group of youths transporting a Ganesh idol was violently intercepted and attacked by armed assailants.Capital Police have registered a case and arrested the main suspect, 19-year-old Guru Sabar, while a manhunt is underway for his absconding brother.According to police…
Bhubaneswar, September 21: BJD president and Leader of Opposition Naveen Patnaik on Monday said the party will raise issues including MMDR Amendment Act, textbook printing blunder and plight of farmers in the State during the Monsoon Session of the State Assembly, starting Tuesday.Chairing the BJD Legislature Party meeting to finalise the strategy to corner the…
Bhubaneswar: The office of the Chief Electoral Officer (CEO), Odisha, has asked the Bhadrak district administration to suspend the Executive Officer (EO)-cum-Assistant Electoral Registration Officer (AERO) of Dhamnagar Notified Area Council (NAC) over alleged irregularities in the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls.Additional Chief Electoral Officer (CEO)-cum-Special Secretary to government, Sushanta Kumar Mishra,…
