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Bhubaneswar, Oct 10 (UNI) The Odisha Vigilance today arrested OAS officer Siba Mallick, Tahsildar of Mahakalpada in Kendrapara, for possessing disproportionate assets (DA) worth 190 percent more than his known sources of income. According to Vigilance sources, the DA uncovered during raids included four buildings, seven valuable plots, bank deposits of Rs 18 lakh, and cash of Rs 1.55 lakh. Mallick failed to provide satisfactory explanations for these assets. He has been arrested and is being f ...Read More >
Bhubaneswar, Oct 8 (PTI) An Odisha Administrative Service (OAS) officer was nabbed on Wednesday while he was allegedly taking a bribe from a subordinate official for relieving him on his transfer, the Vigilance Department said. Banamali Satpathy, the executive officer of Bellaguntha Notified Area Council in Ganjam district, was caught red-handed when he took the bribe of Rs 25,000, it said. The complainant was unable to draw a salary at his new place of posting as Satpathy was not relieving hi ...Read More >
Bhubaneswar: In a significant development, the Odisha Vigilance on Friday arrested three government officials including a 2019-batch topper of Odisha Administrative Service (OAS) officer in separate cases of corruption. "On September 12, Aswini Kumar Panda, OAS, Tahasildar, Bamra, in Sambalpur district has been apprehended by Odisha Vigilance for receiving bribe of Rs 15,000 from the complainant for conversion of agricultural land to homestead land in a mutation case," said a senior Vigilance o ...Read More >
Odisha Vigilance arrested three government officers, including OAS topper Aswini Kumar Panda, for corruption. Panda, a Tahasildar, was caught accepting a bribe for land conversion. Searches at his residence revealed a significant amount of unaccounted cash and gold. Other officials were arrested for accepting bribes for labor cards and misappropriating pension funds. Three government officers from Odisha have been arrested by the state's vigilance department on Friday by Odisha Vigilance in sep ...Read More >
Bhubaneswar, Sep 12 (SocialNews.XYZ) In a significant development, the Odisha Vigilance on Friday arrested three government officials including a 2019-batch topper of Odisha Administrative Service (OAS) officer in separate cases of corruption. "On September 12, Aswini Kumar Panda, OAS, Tahasildar, Bamra, in Sambalpur district has been apprehended by Odisha Vigilance for receiving bribe of Rs 15,000 from the complainant for conversion of agricultural land to homestead land in a mutation case," s ...Read More >
Bhubaneswar/Sambalpur: Odisha Vigilance Friday arrested three government officials, including 2019-batch Odisha Administrative Service (OAS) topper Aswini Kumar Panda, on charges of corruption in separate cases across the state. Panda, currently posted as Tahasildar of Bamra in Sambalpur district, was caught while allegedly accepting a bribe of Rs 15,000 through his office driver for processing a land conversion case, a Vigilance official said. "Panda has been apprehended for demanding and tak ...Read More >
Bhubaneswar, Sep 12 (PTI) Odisha Vigilance on Friday arrested three government officials, including 2019-batch Odisha Administrative Service (OAS) topper Aswini Kumar Panda, on charges of corruption in separate cases across the state. Panda, currently posted as Tahasildar of Bamra in Sambalpur district, was caught while allegedly accepting a bribe of Rs 15,000 through his office driver for processing a land conversion case, a Vigilance official said. "Panda has been apprehended for demanding a ...Read More >
Bhubaneswar: The BJP leader, Jagannath Pradhan, who was arrested in a case involving the physical assault on a senior Odisha Administrative Service (OAS) officer in Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) office, was released from jail after getting bail from a local court here on Wednesday. Pradhan was released from Jharpada jail here on Wednesday evening. The BJP leader was welcomed by his supporters when he walked out of the jail. The BJP leader and Bhubaneswar (Ekamra) MLA Babu Singh also w ...Read More >
Bhubaneswar, Jul 9 (PTI) A local court here on Wednesday granted bail to BJP leader Jagannath Pradhan, who was arrested in a case involving the physical assault of a senior Odisha Administrative Service (OAS) officer in Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) office. The District and Sessions Court, Khurda has granted bail to Pradhan on security of Rs 30,000. The court has asked the government counsel to produce the telephonic conversation between Pradhan and Ratnakar Sahoo, the victim OAS offi ...Read More >
BHUBANESWAR: Days after the obscene remarks of Nilagiri MLA Santosh Khatua against senior BJD leader Lekhashree Samantsinghar sparked widespread outrage, the official stand of the BJP was still not clear on the contentious issue. Neither the state government nor BJP president Manmohan Samal came forward to condemn the uncharitable remarks of the party MLA or hold him to task. None of the ministers and top functionaries of the party including Samal were forthcoming to give the stated position of ...Read More >
Bhubaneswar: The Odisha Administrative Service (OAS) officers on Friday resumed work after the arrest of BJP leader Jagannath Pradhan in connection with the assault on Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation Additional Commissioner Ratnakar Sahoo. The OAS officers were on mass leave since Tuesday following the assault on Sahoo, a senior OAS officer, who was allegedly dragged out of his office and attacked by a group of miscreants on Monday. "The OAS Officers' Association has decided to call off its c ...Read More >
Bhubaneswar, Jul 4 (PTI) Odisha Administrative Service (OAS) officers have resumed work after the arrest of BJP leader Jagannath Pradhan in connection with the assault of Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) additional commissioner, an official said on Friday. The OAS officers were on mass leave since Tuesday following the assault of BMC additional commissioner Ratnakar Sahoo, a senior OAS officer, who was allegedly dragged out of his office and attacked by a group of miscreants on Monday. ...Read More >
Bhubaneswar: The OAS Association called off its cease-work agitation following the arrest of BJP leader Jagannath Pradhan in connection with the assault on Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) Additional Commissioner Ratnakar Sahoo. Association president Jyoti Mishra said all officers will resume duty from Friday as their key demand has been met. Odisha police arrested Pradhan late Thursday night after he appeared at the deputy commissioner of police's office. With his arrest, the total num ...Read More >
Bhubaneswar: In protest against the assault on a senior colleague while on duty, Odisha Administrative Service (OAS) officers continued their 'cease work' agitation for the third consecutive day across the State, excluding Puri and flood-affected areas, an official said on Thursday. The OAS officers are on mass leave in response to the assault on Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) Additional Commissioner Ratnakar Sahoo, who was allegedly dragged out of his office and attacked by a group of ...Read More >
Odisha Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Jagannath Pradhan was arrested on Thursday evening in connection with the alleged assault on Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation additional commissioner Ratnakar Sahu. Pradhan's arrest comes amid cease-work and intense protests by the Odisha Administrative Service Association and mounting pressure from opposition parties The BJP leader, who lost the 2024 Odisha assembly election from Bhubaneswar Central, surrendered before the police at the Bhubaneswar ...Read More >
U.S. and India trade negotiators were pushing on Wednesday to finalise a tariff-reducing deal ahead of President Donald Trump's July 9 negotiating deadline, but disagreements over U.S. dairy and agriculture remained unresolved. WHY ARE FARM GOODS IMPORTS SENSITIVE IN INDIA? Agriculture and its allied areas contribute just 16% to India's $3.9 trillion economy, but sustain nearly half of the country's 1.4 billion population. As farmers remain the most powerful voting bloc, Prime Minister Narendr ...Read More >
The strike, which began on July 1, has disrupted essential public services, leaving citizens grappling with delays in critical administrative processes, from land records to public grievance redressal, as the state government scrambles to address the escalating crisis. The flashpoint of this agitation was the incident on June 30 when Sahoo was dragged from his office chamber and assaulted by a group of miscreants allegedly at the behest of BJP leader Jagannath Pradhan. The attackers reportedly ...Read More >
Bhubaneswar: Three days after the brutal assault on BMC additional commissioner Ratnakar Sahu, police on Thursday arrested BJP member Jagannath Pradhan for allegedly orchestrating the attack. The arrest follows mounting pressure from the Odisha Administrative Service (OAS) officers' association.Five other BJP members, including a corporator, had been previously arrested in connection with the case.Pradhan was arrested after he surrendered at DCP Jagmohan Meena's office. "Prima facie evidence led ...Read More >
New Delhi: The mass strike called by the Odisha Administrative Service (OAS) officers has entered the third day with the OAS Association demanding the immediate arrest of BJP leader Jagannath Pradhan, who is supposed to be behind the attack on Additional Commissioner of Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation, Ratnakar Sahoo. "On Wednesday, we met the chief secretary and submitted our demands. Police have arrested a few people. But the main person behind the attack on the senior officer, BJP leader J ...Read More >
Bhubaneswar, Jul 3 (PTI) Police on Thursday evening arrested BJP leader Jagannath Pradhan from Bhubaneswar in connection with the alleged assault on an on-duty Odisha Administrative Service (OAS) officer. Pradhan surrendered at the DCP office here, following which he was arrested after a medical examination, a police officer said. Also Read | Did India Accept Conditions After US Warned PM Narendra Modi That Pakistan Would Launch Major Attack? PIB Fact Check Reveals Truth As Pakistani Accounts ...Read More >
Bhubaneswar, Jul 3 (PTI) Police on Thursday evening arrested BJP leader Jagannath Pradhan from Bhubaneswar in connection with the alleged assault on an on-duty Odisha Administrative Service (OAS) officer. Pradhan surrendered at the DCP office here, following which he was arrested after a medical examination, a police officer said. Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) Additional Commissioner Ratnakar Sahoo was allegedly dragged out of his office and attacked by a group of miscreants last wee ...Read More >
BHUBANESWAR: Terming the recent assault on BMC Additional Commissioner Ratnakar Sahoo a direct attack on the dignity and sanctity of public service in the state, the Odisha Administrative Service Association (OASA) has given a three-day ultimatum to the government to arrest BJP leader Jagannath Pradhan. The state civil service body alleges that Pradhan is the kingpin behind the incident. Though the Association had earlier decided to defer its 'mass leave' protest over the matter, following assu ...Read More >
Bhubaneswar, Jul 3 (PTI) The Odisha government on Thursday sought information from public regarding the stampede that took place near Shree Gundicha Temple in Puri during a ceremony related to ongoing Rath Yatra festivities in which three persons were killed and 50 others injured. The state government through a public notice urged the people to share information, video footage or any other materials related to the stampede which took place early on Sunday for a proper and transparent inquiry in ...Read More >
BHUBANESWAR: The clamour for arrest of BJP leader Jagannath Pradhan grew louder with the Odisha Administrative Service Association (OASA) submitting a memorandum to Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi in connection with the assault on BMC additional commissioner Ratnakar Sahoo in full public glare. Stating that such a brazen act has destroyed the morale of officers working under challenging circumstances and with limited protection, the OASA members said, unless strong and swift action is taken, ...Read More >
Bhubaneswar: The state government Wednesday formed a four-member team to assist Development Commissioner (DC) Anu Garg to complete an inquiry into the Puri stampede within 30 days. Garg has been asked to conduct the administrative inquiry into the death of three persons and the injury to around 50 people in the stampede near Gundicha Temple in Puri during the Rath Yatra festivities June 29. According to an order issued by the General Administration and Public Grievance (GA&PG) department, four ...Read More >
Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government on Wednesday formed a four-member team to assist Development Commissioner Anu Garg to complete an inquiry into the Puri stampede within 30 days. Garg has been asked to conduct the administrative inquiry into the death of three persons and the injury to around 50 people in the stampede near Shree Gundicha temple in Puri during the Rath Yatra festivities on June 29. According to an office order issued by the General Administration and Public Grievance department ...Read More >
Bhubaneswar: With official work across Odisha paralysed for two days because of a 'cease work' by Odisha Administrative Service (OAS) and Odisha Revenue Service (ORS) officers, the State government on Wednesday appealed to the agitating officers to resume duty. The State government officials launched the protest on Tuesday, a day after Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) Additional Commissioner Ratnakar Sahoo was allegedly dragged out of his office and assaulted by a group of miscreants. Acc ...Read More >
Bhubaneswar, Jul 2 (PTI) With official work across Odisha paralysed for two days because of a 'cease work' by Odisha Administrative Service (OAS) and Odisha Revenue Service (ORS) officers, the state government on Wednesday appealed to the agitating officers to resume duty. State government officials launched the protest on Tuesday, a day after Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) Additional Commissioner Ratnakar Sahoo was allegedly dragged out of his office and assaulted by a group of miscre ...Read More >
Bhubaneswar, Jul 2 (PTI) With official work across Odisha paralysed for two days because of a 'cease work' by Odisha Administrative Service (OAS) and Odisha Revenue Service (ORS) officers, the state government on Wednesday appealed to the agitating officers to resume duty. State government officials launched the protest on Tuesday, a day after Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) Additional Commissioner Ratnakar Sahoo was allegedly dragged out of his office and assaulted by a group of miscre ...Read More >
Puri: The physical assault on an Odisha bureaucrat has acquired astronomical proportions. So much so that the chief minister had to step in to vow strict action against those involved. Chief minister Mohan Charan Majhi was impelled to assure the Odisha Administrative Service Association (OAS) officers of strict action after they had threatened to go on mass leave. As of now, the officers have postponed their mass leave plan. CM Majhi, together with the chief secretary, the Director General of ...Read More >
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