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Bhubaneswar/Berhampur, Oct 1 (PTI) A day after postponing the written examination for sub-inspectors, the police in Odisha's Ganjam district on Wednesday arrested 117 people, including 114 aspirants, on charges of cheating, forgery and fraud, a senior official said. The action came after a crackdown on a racket allegedly involved in sabotaging the upcoming sub-inspector recruitment examination (written) on October 5-6 conducted by the Odisha Police Recruitment Board (OPRB). Of the 117 arrested ...Read More >
Bhubaneswar: Police have arrested 117 people over suspected malpractice, which led to deferment of written test for the Combined Police Service Examination 2024, officials informed on Wednesday. Among them are 114 candidates and three agents accused of facilitating the racket. They have been booked under Sections s319(2)/318(4)/338/336(3)/340(2)/111/61(2)/3(5) of BNS along with with Section 11(1)/12(1) of The Odisha Public Examination (Prevention of Unfair Means) Act 2024. According to police, ...Read More >
Bhubaneswar, Oct 1 (UNI) In a major crackdown, Odisha Police have detained 119 individuals, including 117 aspirants and two middlemen, in connection with a recruitment scam linked to the Sub-Inspector (SI) examination conducted by the Odisha Police Recruitment Board (OPRB). The arrests followed the abrupt postponement of the SI written examination, originally scheduled for October 5 and 6, which the OPRB cited as due to "unforeseen reasons." Fresh dates are yet to be announced. The sudden pos ...Read More >
Bhubaneswar: The Opposition Biju Janata Dal (BJD) on Tuesday raised sharp concerns over the BJP-led Odisha government's labour reforms, warning that the measures could compromise workers' rights and women's safety if implemented without adequate safeguards. The criticism came a day after the state Cabinet approved amendments to key labour laws, including the Factories Act, 1948, and the Odisha Shops and Commercial Establishments Act, 1956. The reforms seek to extend daily working hours from 9 ...Read More >
Bhubaneswar, Sept 30 (UNI) The Biju Janata Dal (BJD) today lashed out at the BJP government in Odisha over the postponement of the Police Sub-Inspector (SI) examination, alleging large-scale malpractice and a massive recruitment scam. BJD spokesperson Dr. Lenin Mohanty, in a statement, claimed that the Odisha Police Recruitment Board (OPRB) was involved in irregularities in the recruitment process. He said Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi, who also holds the Home portfolio, must clarify the r ...Read More >
Bhubaneswar: The BJD will launch its one-month-long yatra from October 9 to make people aware of the alleged failures of the BJP government in the State, a party leader said on Monday. The annual 'Jan Sampark Padayatra' will continue till November 9 in every Assembly constituency, block, and panchayat across the State, BJD leader Debi Prasad Mishra said. "The BJD usually holds such processions from October 2 every year, but Dussehra falls on that day in 2025. So, we have decided to commence the ...Read More >
Bhubaneswar : The Odisha Cabinet on Monday approved an outlay of Rs 12,000 crore to set up 2,200 primary schools under Godabarish Adarsha Vidyalaya (GAV) scheme in three years from 2025-26, Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi said. The State Cabinet meeting, chaired by Majhi, also approved three other proposals including beautification of Maa Tarini Temple at Ghatagaon in Keonjhar district at a cost of Rs 226 crore. Briefing mediapersons after the meeting, the Chief Minister said at least one mod ...Read More >
The Odisha Cabinet on Monday approved an outlay of Rs 12,000 crore to set up 2,200 primary schools under the Godabarish Adarsha Vidyalaya (GAV) scheme in three years from 2025-26, Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi said. The state Cabinet meeting, chaired by Majhi, also approved three other proposals including beautification of the Maa Tarini Temple at Ghatagaon in Keonjhar district at a cost of Rs 226 crore. Briefing media persons after the meeting, the chief minister said at least one model p ...Read More >
Bhubaneswar: The murder of Kalahandi school teacher and principal Mamita Meher has once again become a flashpoint, as her family demands a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) probe amid fresh allegations of political interference and administrative lapses. Speaking to reporters, Meher's parents on Sunday expressed profound grief and frustration over the handling of the case, claiming that justice has yet to be served. "Since losing our daughter, our lives have been filled with sorrow. Justic ...Read More >
Bhubaneswar: Odisha Cabinet Monday approved an outlay of Rs 12,000 crore to set up 2,200 primary schools under the Godabarish Adarsha Vidyalaya (GAV) scheme in three years from 2025-26, Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi said. The state Cabinet meeting, chaired by CM Majhi, also approved three other proposals including beautification of the Maa Tarini Temple at Ghatagaon in Keonjhar district at a cost of Rs 226 crore. Briefing media persons after the meeting, the Chief Minister said at least on ...Read More >
Bhubaneswar: The Biju Janata Dal (BJD) announced a month-long 'Jan Sampark Padayatra' starting October 9, aimed at exposing the alleged inefficiencies and governance lapses of the BJP government in Odisha. The annual campaign, running until November 9, will cover constituencies, blocks, and panchayats across the state. The yatra, coinciding with Gopabandhu Jayanti, was rescheduled from its usual October 2 start due to Dussehra festivities. Talking about the padayatra, BJD Senior Vice Presiden ...Read More >
BHUBANESWAR: The Election Commission of India (ECI) on Sunday indicated that by-election for the Nuapada Assembly constituency will be held along with the Bihar Assembly elections. In a release, the ECI said it has decided to deploy 470 officers, including 320 from IAS, 60 from IPS and 90 from other central services as central observers (general, police and expenditure) for the Bihar Assembly polls and the by-elections in seven states, including Odisha's Nuapada segment. Sources said the date o ...Read More >
BHUBANESWAR: Focused push for development of rural infrastructure notwithstanding, only 6 per cent of the allocation made for the ambitious 'Bikashita Gaon Bikashita Odisha' scheme has been spent in the last fiscal. Several projects are still awaiting government approval, although nearly half of the current financial year has already passed. The scheme, announced as a replacement of the previous BJD government's 'Ama Odisha Nabin Odisha' initiative, was launched with an outlay of Rs 5,000 crore ...Read More >
Bhubaneswar: The bypoll to Nuapada Assembly constituency in Odisha is likely to held alongside the upcoming Bihar Legislative Assembly elections. Though the poll dates are expected after the final electoral roll publication on September 30, the Election Commission of India (ECI) on Sunday announced deployment of 470 officers as Central Observers-covering General, Police, and Expenditure categories-across Bihar and other states including Nuapada, where bye-elections are scheduled, to ensure smoo ...Read More >
Bhubaneswar/Rourkela, Sep 25 (PTI) At least six people, including three women, were killed and 10 others injured as a truck collided with a bus in Odisha's Sundargarh district on Thursday, police said. The accident happened around 11 am on NH-520 near the K Balang police station, they said. "Five people were killed on the spot, and another succumbed to his injuries later. At least 10 people were critically injured," DIG, Western Range, Brijesh Kumar Rai told reporters. Five of the deceased co ...Read More >
Rourkela: At least six persons, including two women, were killed and 10 others injured in a collision between a truck and a bus with passengers on board in Sundargarh district on Thursday. The accident occurred on National Highway 520 around 11 am at a place near K Balang police station, a senior officer said. "Five persons were killed on the spot, and another succumbed to his injuries later. At least 10 others were critically injured," DIG, Western Range, Brijesh Kumar Rai told reporters. Loc ...Read More >
Bhubaneswar: A day after suspending its firebrand woman leader Shreemayee Mishra for alleged anti-party activities, the Opposition Biju Janata Dal (BJD) on Wednesday termed her a "habitual liar". Addressing a press conference at Sankha Bhavan, Biju Mahila Janata Dal (BMJD) president Snehangini Chhuria and party spokesperson Lenin Mohanty accused Shreemayee of misleading the public with false claims. "The BJD is one of the most successful regional political parties in India. Under the leadership ...Read More >
Bhubaneswar, Two hundred and eighty-nine migrant labourers from Odisha died while working outside the state during the last five years, Labour and Employees' State Insurance minister Ganesh Ram Singkhuntia told the Assembly on Tuesday. While replying to a query of BJD legislator Ananta Narayan Jena, the minister said the migrant workers from Odisha died during the period 2021 to 2025 . As per the statement of the minister, death of 14 migrant labourers were reported in 2021, which rose to 31 i ...Read More >
The BJP government has also reduced the budget of the Panchayati Raj and Drinking Water Department, Mishra claimed. Another BJD leader and former minister Arun Sahoo accused the state government of hijacking the power of elected representatives of Panchayati Raj Institutions (PRIs). "The BJP government is making efforts to paralyse panchayats, panchayat samities and zilla parishads of the state during the last 15 months of its rule," Sahoo alleged. He pointed to a recent decision by the state ...Read More >
Bhubaneswar: The venue of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's public meeting during his scheduled visit to Odisha on September 27 has been shifted to Jharsuguda from Berhampur in view of heavy rainfall warning, sources said on Tuesday. The state is likely to experience heavy to very heavy rainfall till September 29 under the influence of back-to-back low-pressure areas over the Bay of Bengal. The IMD has warned of heavy rain along with thunderstorm/lightning and gusty surface wind speed reaching 40- ...Read More >
Bhubaneswar, Sep 23 (SocialNews.XYZ) Workers and leaders of the Opposition party Biju Janata Dal (BJD) on Tuesday held a massive protest against curtailment of Panchayati Raj powers in Odisha. They engaged in a scuffle with the police at Lower PMG in Bhubaneswar while marching ahead to gherao the state Assembly in protest against the Odisha government's alleged attempt to limit the powers of elected representatives under the Panchayati Raj Institutions. Hundreds of BJD workers, party supported ...Read More >
Bhubaneswar, Sep 15 (PTI) A manhunt was underway for one more person in connection with the gang rape of a Dalit college student near a beach in Odisha's Puri, police said on Tuesday. The 19-year-old woman, along with her boyfriend, was sitting in the Casurina forest near the Baliharchandi temple when a group of youths clicked their photos and videos, and asked them to pay in return for deleting those, SP Prateek Singh said. When they refused to pay, two youths in the group raped the woman whi ...Read More >
Bhubaneswar, Sep 15 (PTI) A manhunt was underway for one more person in connection with the gang rape of a college student near a beach in Odisha's Puri, police said on Tuesday. The 19-year-old woman, along with her boyfriend, was sitting near the Baliharchandi temple when a group of local youths clicked their photos and videos and asked them for money in return for deleting those, SP Prateek Singh said. When they refused to pay, two youths in the group raped the woman while the others assault ...Read More >
Bhubaneswar: The Biju Janata Dal (BJD) workers on Monday took out a protest rally here to highlight the "acute scarcity" of fertilisers in the State. A scuffle ensued when the protesters attempted to break the barricade and enter the Raj Bhavan, and police stopped them. The police used mild force to disperse the crowd. However, the police later allowed some selected BJD leaders to enter the Raj Bhavan premises and submit a memorandum to Governor Hari Babu Kambhampati. During the rally, the prot ...Read More >
Bhubaneswar: In line with the directions of the Election Commission of India (ECI) and keeping July 1, 2025, as the qualifying date, a meeting was held on Monday at the office of the Chief Electoral Officer (CEO), Odisha, with all recognised political parties regarding the ongoing special summary revision (SSR) for the upcoming by-election to the Nuapada assembly constituency.Chief electoral officer RS Gopalan emphasised the need for all recognised political parties to promptly appoint booth-lev ...Read More >
Bhubaneswar: A scuffle broke out on Monday between workers of the opposition Biju Janata Dal (BJD) and the police near the Raj Bhavan (Governor's House) during a protest over the ongoing fertiliser shortage across the state. The protestors led by the senior party leaders marching towards the Raj Bhavan faced off the police personnel when the latter stopped them at the barricade near the Governor's residence. Later, a delegation of the BJD leaders also met the Governor and submitted a memorandu ...Read More >
Kolkata: Questioning the timing of SIR in Bihar just ahead of the assembly elections and calling it "an exercise of deleting the targeted groups", Congress general secretary K C Venugopal claimed on Thursday in Kolkata that the "SIR is planned by the Election Commission of India, specially what is witnessed in Bihar, is an exercise of deleting some targeted group-SC, ST, OBC, minority community and poor people of the country." Venugopal alleged that ECI has lost its impartiality and said that " ...Read More >
BHUBANESWAR: General secretary of All India Congress Committee (AICC) KC Venugopal on Sunday said that the BJP, which talks about patriotism, must answer why it allowed the cricket match between India and Pakistan in the Asia Cup to take place. Venugopal, who is on a three-day visit to the state, criticised the BJP's "double standards" and said, "Whenever the leader of the Opposition Rahul Gandhi raises issues about China in the Parliament, they brand him as China's man. But when Prime Minister ...Read More >
Bhubaneswar: The Congress party is actively positioning itself as the principal opposition in Odisha, asserted AICC General Secretary (Organisation) K.C. Venugopal on Sunday. Speaking to the media, Venugopal emphasised the party's commitment to challenging the BJP government both at the Centre and in the state. "We are deeply engaged in the fight against the BJP government at both levels. Our priority is to function as a genuine opposition party in Odisha," he said. Venugopal also highlighted t ...Read More >
Bhubaneswar, Sep 14 AICC General Secretary (Organisation) K.C. Venugopal claimed on Sunday that Congress is playing the role ... Bhubaneswar, Sep 14 AICC General Secretary (Organisation) K.C. Venugopal claimed on Sunday that Congress is playing the role of the opposition party in Odisha. Speaking to media persons here on Sunday, Venugopal said, "We are very much into the fight against the BJP government in Central and at the state. Today, we also emphasised that our duty is to work as a real o ...Read More >
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