Bhubaneswar: Senior IAS officer Roopa Roshan Sahoo has assumed the role of Commissioner cum-Secretary to the Governor of Odisha.Prior to this appointment, Sahoo served as the Revenue Divisional Commissioner (RDC) of the southern range, where she demonstrated exceptional leadership and administrative skills.With a distinguished career spanning various positions, Sahoo, a seasoned 2006-batch IAS officer, has […]
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Bhubaneswar: Snehasis Das, who bagged 60th rank, is the state topper for Odisha in National Eligibility cum Entrance Test – Undergraduate (NEET UG 2025), the results of which were declared on Saturday.A student of DPS Kalinga, he achieved a remarkable 99.9972390 percentile in the fiercely competitive national exam.Set to pursue MBBS at AIIMS, Snehasis aspires
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Bhubaneswar: Pranati Nayak did Odisha and India proud by clinching a bronze medal in the vault final at the 12th Senior Women’s Asian Artistic Gymnastics Championships in South Korea’s Jecheon on Saturday.Pranati scored 13.466 points to finish third behind Chinese gold-medallist Yihan Zhang (13.650) and Vietnam’s Thi Quynh Nhu Nguyen (silver with 13.583).Another Indian competitor,
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Bhubaneswar: The Commissionerate Police on Friday busted a major interstate arms trafficking racket with the arrest of five persons.According to sources, police intercepted a suspicious vehicle in Pokhariput area and detained five individuals, including four interstate arms traffickers from Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh, who were found in possession of illegal firearms. One local associate
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Bhubaneswar: In a significant breakthrough, the Crime Branch of Odisha Police has successfully apprehended five persons involved in a fake certificate racket.The accused, identified as Kulamani Rana, Ajaudin Kumbhar, Rajat Ku Naik, Sudhir Bhue, and Tophan Bag, allegedly submitted forged educational certificates to secure jobs as Grameen Dak Sevaks (GDS).The case was registered based on
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Bhubaneswar: Armed miscreants looted cash and gold from two different banks in Odisha, police said Thursday.According to police, five miscreants looted Rs 10 lakh and gold ornaments from Odisha Gramya Bank in Joda town in Keonjhar creating a panic among the customers and bank staff Thursday.The robbers threatened the bank employees. Under duress, the bank
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Bhubaneswar: It was on this day (June 11) a year ago that the BJP sprung a surprise by announcing Keonjhar MLA Mohan Majhi as the Chief Minister of its maiden government in Odisha.Till a day prior to that, he was not even among the top two contenders among the state leaders for the top post.The
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Bhubaneswar: Five Grameen Dak Sevaks (GDSs) have been arrested in Odisha for allegedly submitting forged educational certificates to secure government jobs. According to sources from the CID Crime Branch, which is investigating the GDS recruitment fraud, the arrested individuals have been identified as Kulamani Rana of Muribahal, Ajaudin Kumbhar of Ktumdola, Rajat Kumar Naik of
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Bhubaneswar: Governor of Odisha Dr. Hari Babu Kambhampati on Tuesday highlighted the alarming issues of low hemoglobin levels among women and adolescent girls, as well as increasing vision problems among children, during his visit to the State Institute of Women and Children (SIWC) in Bhubaneswar.Emphasising the need for regular testing and nutritional support, the Governor
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Bhubaneswar: Acting on the directive of Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi, the State Government has suspended IAS officer Dhiman Chakma with immediate effect. The suspension follows his arrest on bribery charges.Chakma, a 2021-batch IAS officer serving as Sub-Collector of Dharamgarh in Kalahandi district, was arrested for allegedly accepting a bribe of ₹10 lakh from
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