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Bhubaneswar: In a powerful show of solidarity, the Odisha Administrative Service (OAS) and Odisha Revenue Service (ORS) officers across all districts have gone mass leave, bringing the state's administrative machinery to a standstill. The strike is in response to the brutal assault on Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) Additional Commissioner Ratnakar Sahoo, which has ignited outrage among bureaucrats. The Odisha Administrative Service Association (OASA), in a critical meeting on Tuesday, ...Read More >
Bhubaneswar: The Odisha Administrative Service (OAS) and Odisha Revenue Service (ORS) began an indefinite mass leave on Tuesday to protest the assault on Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) Additional Commissioner Ratnakar Sahoo on June 30. The protest covers all the districts of the state. It has been decided Tuesday evening in a special meeting at OASA Bhawan that the strike will continue till the main culprit Jaga Pradhan is arrested under non bailable offences. So all OAS officers all ...Read More >
Bhubaneswar (Odisha) [India], July 2 (ANI): The Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) has strongly condemned the assault on its Additional Commissioner Ratnakar Sahoo by a group of individuals. BMC Commissioner Rajesh Prabhakar Patil expressed shock over the incident and assured strict action against those involved. "The incident occurred yesterday while Mr Sahoo was attending to public grievances. We all condemn this ghastly act. An FIR was immediately lodged, and three people have been arre ...Read More >
Jaipur: Police in Didwana have stepped up their probe into a cross-border smuggling case in which they arrested two arms and drug smugglers on June 27 for supplying Austrian Glock and Chinese Norinco pistols. It has emerged that the case has links to a massive Rs 300-crore heroin consignment seized by Punjab's Amritsar police near the India-Pakistan border in Barmer on June 30. Canada-based Joben Kaler was identified as the main overseas handler of the heroin consignment. Didwana-Kuchaman police ...Read More >
Bhubaneswar: BJP on Tuesday suspended the primary membership of five of its members for their alleged role in Monday's brutal assault on BMC additional commissioner Ratnakar Sahu. The five suspended included the three apprehended on Monday and two more who were arrested on Tuesday. "BJP president Manmohan Samal suspended the five from their primary membership based on allegations of their indulgence in violence in BMC," a communication from BJP state headquarters read.The two arrested on Tuesday ...Read More >
Bhubaneswar, July 1 (SocialNews.XYZ) The Commissionerate Police on Tuesday arrested two more persons in connection with the case related to the assault on a senior Odisha Administrative Service (OAS) Officer and Additional Commissioner of Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) Ratnakar Sahoo inside the BMC premises by BJP workers allegedly linked to senior leader Jagannath Pradhan here on June 30. The accused persons arrested on Tuesday were identified as Sanjeev Mishra of Jharpada area and Sa ...Read More >
Bhubaneswar, July 1 (UNI) Odisha BJP President Manmohan Samal today suspended five party workers for their involvement in the assault of senior OAS officer and Additional Commissioner of Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC), Ratikanta Sahoo. The suspended members include Corporator Aparup Narayan Raut, Rashmi Ranjan Mohapatra, Debashish Pradhan, Sachikanth Swain, and Sanjeev Mishra.All of them have been suspended from the primary membership of the party. Of the five, three -- Raut, Mohapat ...Read More >
Bhubaneswar, July 1 (SocialNews.XYZ) A day after Odisha Administrative Services (OAS) officer and Additional Commissioner of Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) Ratnakar Sahoo was assaulted by some alleged supporters of senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Jagannath Pradhan, the party state unit president Manmohan Samal on Tuesday suspended five BJP workers, including a corporator from the primary membership of the party. The suspended party workers include Corporator Aparup Narayan R ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], July 1 (ANI): Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) MP Manoj Jha on Tuesday sharply reacted to the assault of Ratnakar Sahoo, Additional Commissioner of the Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC), and questioned whether the incident would be viewed as an example of 'jungle raj' by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Home Minister Amit Shah. Speaking to ANI in Delhi, Jha criticised what he described as selective outrage over law-and-order issues across different states. He said, 'I want to ...Read More >
Bhubaneswar (Odisha) [India], July 1 (ANI): Biju Janata Dal (BJD) Vice President Prasanna Acharya on Tuesday condemned the brutal assault on BMC Additional Commissioner Ratnakar Sahoo and called for swift action against those involved. Speaking to ANI, Acharya said, 'This is quite an unprecedented incident that happened yesterday. I have no words to condemn this. This is unpardonable. And how could this happen in the capital itself? If this could happen in a government office in the capital its ...Read More >
Bhubaneswar (Odisha) [India], July 1 (ANI): Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) Mayor Sulochana Das on Tuesday strongly condemned the brutal assault on BMC Additional Commissioner Ratnakar Sahoo, saying that she felt unsafe in her workplace and demanded strict action against those involved. Some miscreants have allegedly assaulted Ratnakar Sahoo inside the office of the civic body during a grievance redressing meeting on Monday. While speaking to ANI, the Mayor said, 'What happened yesterd ...Read More >
Bhubaneswar (Odisha) [India], July 1 (ANI): Biju Janata Dal (BJD) Vice President Prasanna Acharya on Tuesday condemned the brutal assault on BMC Additional Commissioner Ratnakar Sahoo and called for swift action against those involved. Speaking to ANI, Acharya said, "This is quite an unprecedented incident that happened yesterday. I have no words to condemn this. This is unpardonable. And how could this happen in the capital itself? If this could happen in a government office in the capital its ...Read More >
The Odisha Administrative Service Association (OAS) on Tuesday postponed a mass leave after chief minister Mohan Charan Majhi assured strict action against those involved in the assault on Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation additional commissioner Ratnakar Sahu. A group of men, including ruling Bharatiya Janata Party BJP corporator Jeevan Rout, assaulted Sahu in his office during a grievance redressal meeting on Monday. Majhi met OAS members late Monday and said the accused, regardless of their ...Read More >
Bhubaneswar, Jul 1 (PTI) An association of Odisha Administrative Service (OAS) officers has decided to put their 'mass leave' protest on hold after they got an assurance from Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi that strong action will be taken against all culprits involved in the alleged assault of their senior colleague, an official said on Tuesday. The Odisha Administrative Service Association has called for its members to go on a 'mass leave' from Tuesday to protest against the alleged assault ...Read More >
The Odisha Administrative Service (OAS) officers have deferred their planned 'mass leave' demonstration following assurances from Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi that decisive measures will be taken against those implicated in the assault of a senior officer, confirmed an official source on Tuesday. According to OAS Association President Jyoti Ranjan Mishra, the Chief Minister has committed to ensuring that all perpetrators, regardless of their influence, will face severe legal consequences. ...Read More >
BHUBANESWAR: The Odisha Administrative Service (OAS) Association announced to go on mass leave from Tuesday to protest the attack on BMC additional commissioner Ratnakar Sahoo by alleged BJP-supported hooligans on the corporation premises on Monday. The state civil services body in its letter to all the OAS officers termed the brutal assault on Sahoo in broad daylight an attempt to humiliate government servants and instill fear among them. "The incident is not an isolated one. A narrative has ...Read More >
The attack reportedly took place during a grievance hearing High drama gripped the Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) office on Monday after a group of men violently attacked a senior official. A video shows the attackers dragging Ratnakar Sahoo, the additional commissioner of the BMC, hitting and kicking him repeatedly. A First Information Report (FIR) has been filed in the case, with three arrests made so far, according to a report by NDTV. BMC employees staged a sit-in protest within ...Read More >
Sangareddy (Telangana) [India], July 1 (ANI): Telangana Governor Jishnu Dev Varma has expressed grief over the tragic fire accident that occurred at the Pashamylaram industrial area in Sangareddy district that killed 12 people. The Governor paid condolences to the families of those who lost their lives in the incident and wished a speedy recovery to the injured. Also Read | Rules Changing From July 1, 2025: From LPG Cylinder Prices and Railway Fares to Aadhaar-PAN Link, Check Key Rule Changes ...Read More >
Bhubaneswar: Senior Odisha Administrative Service (OAS) officer and Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) Additional Commissioner Ratnakar Sahoo was allegedly dragged from his office and assaulted by a group of miscreants on Monday, police said. Sahoo has lodged an FIR at Kharvel Nagar police station. "An FIR has been registered at the Kharvel Nagar police station by the officer. We have arrested three persons so far," Bhubaneswar DCP Jagmohan Meena said. The police have so far arrested Jeeva ...Read More >
Bengaluru: Scientists from Indian Institute of Science (IISc) have developed a simple, glowing paper sensor that could help detect liver cancer early -- using the green glow of a rare earth metal called terbium.The sensor works by detecting an enzyme called "β-glucuronidase", which is found in many living organisms. While it has normal biological roles, high levels of this enzyme are linked to liver cancer, as well as colon, breast, and kidney cancers, and even infections and AIDS."Traditional d ...Read More >
OAS officer and Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) Additional Commissioner Ratnakar Sahoo was allegedly dragged from his office and assaulted by a group of miscreants on Monday, police said. In a letter to district associations, the apex body said: "This is to formally inform you that the Odisha Administrative Service Association has unanimously resolved to proceed on a mass leave with effect from 1st July, 2025 in protest against the appalling and deplorable attack on the Additional Commi ...Read More >
Bhubaneswar, Jun 30 (PTI) The Odisha Administrative Service Association on Monday said its members will go on a "mass leave" from Tuesday to protest against the alleged assault of a senior OAS officer. The decision in this regard was taken at a meeting of the association chaired by its president Jyoti Ranjan Mishra here. OAS officer and Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) Additional Commissioner Ratnakar Sahoo was allegedly dragged from his office and assaulted by a group of miscreants on ...Read More >
Bhubaneswar: Senior Odisha Administrative Service (OAS) officer and Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) Additional Commissioner Ratnakar Sahu was allegedly dragged from his office and assaulted by a group of miscreants Monday, police said. Sahoo has lodged an FIR at Kharvelnagar police station. "An FIR has been registered at the Kharvel Nagar police station by the officer. We have arrested three persons so far," Bhubaneswar DCP Jagmohan Meena told PTI. Also Read: Video: BMC Additional Co ...Read More >
Bhubaneswar, June 30 (UNI) The Commissionerate Police today arrested three individuals, including a BJP corporator, for assaulting Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) Additional Commissioner Ratnakar Sahu inside the corporation office. The incident sparked widespread resentment among BMC employees, who, along with several BJD corporators and leaders, staged a road blockade on the busy Bani Vihar-Master Canteen stretch in the evening. The protest brought vehicular movement to a standstill f ...Read More >
Bhubaneswar, Jun 30 (PTI) Senior Odisha Administrative Service (OAS) officer and Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) Additional Commissioner Ratnakar Sahoo was allegedly dragged from his office and assaulted by a group of miscreants on Monday, police said. Sahoo has lodged an FIR at Kharvelnagar police station. Also Read | Indian Railways Fare Hike: Will Mumbai Local Train Ticket Prices Increase From July 01? Check New Ticket Slabs, Tatkal Reservation Changes and Other Key Details. "An FI ...Read More >
Bhubaneswar, Jun 30 (PTI) Senior Odisha Administrative Service (OAS) officer and Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) Additional Commissioner Ratnakar Sahoo was allegedly dragged from his office and assaulted by a group of miscreants on Monday, police said. Sahoo has lodged an FIR at Kharvelnagar police station. "An FIR has been registered at the Kharvel Nagar police station by the officer. We have arrested three persons so far," Bhubaneswar DCP Jagmohan Meena told PTI. The police have so ...Read More >
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