

Govt approves 247 forensic officer posts to improve scientific probe | Bhubaneswar News
Bhubaneswar: State govt on Wednesday approved 247 new forensic officer posts to strengthen the criminal justice system, aligning with the evidence gathering requirements specified in the recently enacted criminal More...

Govt appoints retd IAS officer Parida as chief information commissioner | Bhubaneswar News
Bhubaneswar: State govt on Wednesday appointed Manoj Kumar Parida, a retired IAS officer of the AGMUT cadre, as the new chief information commissioner of the Odisha State Information Commission. Parida will succeed More...

Nursing officer, sweeper transferred from Sundargarh DHH for demanding money from patient’s kin | Bhubaneswar News
Rourkela: Sundargarh chief district medical officer (CDMO) Bibhuti Bhusan Padhi has transferred a nursing officer and a lady sweeper from the maternal and child health (MCH) wing of Sundargarh district More...

Med officer gets 3-yr RI for graft; later released on bail | Bhubaneswar News
Berhampur: Special vigilance court, Phulbani, in Kandhamal district on Friday sentenced a medical officer to three years of rigorous imprisonment for taking a bribe from an employee at the community health centre More...

Executive officer of Jatni municipality detained after illegal assets found | Bhubaneswar News
Bhubaneswar: Executive officer (EO) of Jatni Municipality in Khurda district, Surjyamani Pattajoshi (53), was on Tuesday detained after vigilance sleuths found disproportionate assets belonging to him. The total More...

Woman accuses OAS officer of marriage fraud | Bhubaneswar News
Kendrapada: A 26-year-old tribal woman on Friday filed a police complaint against an OAS officer in Jagatsinghpur district alleging he abandoned her after marriage and forced her to undergo two More...

Odisha-born IPS officer appointed SP in Manipur’s border dist
Berhampur: IPS officer Babitarani Swain, a native of Bhanjanagar in Ganjam district, has been appointed as the superintendent of police (SP) of Chandel district in Manipur, which is currently under President’s More...

Sacred groves in Similipal are intact: Officer
Bhubaneswar: Sacred groves belonging to the Munda tribe are intact in Similipal Tiger Reserve (STR), wildlife authorities confirmed on Tuesday while refuting allegations of the Munda community that they were More...

Sacred groves of Mundas in Similipal intact: Officer | Bhubaneswar News
Bhubaneswar: Sacred groves belonging to the Munda tribe are intact in Similipal Tiger Reserve (STR), wildlife authorities confirmed on Tuesday while refuting allegations of the Munda community that they were More...

CBI searches IAS officer Sethi’s home in bribery case probe
Bhubaneswar: CBI officers conducted a search at senior IAS officer Bishnupada Sethi‘s residence here on Tuesday, in connection with his alleged links to Bridge and Roof Company‘s officer Chanchal More...
