Odisha announces 10% quota & five-year age relaxation for Agniveers in Uniform services

Bhubaneswar, July 26: Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi on Friday announced 10 per cent reservation for Agniveers of Odisha who are not absorbed in the defence services. Speaking to media persons at Lokseva Bhawan before leaving for Delhi to attend NITI Aayog Governing Council meeting, the Chief Minister said, “The Agniveers, who are trained […]

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Odisha Budget: BJP’s all pre-poll promises accomodated in CM Mohan Majhi’s maiden budget

Bhubaneswar, July 25: The Bharatiya Janata Party-led Odisha government on Thursday presented Rs.2.65 lakh crore budget for the financial year 2024-25 with more special focus on agriculture, infrastructure, welfare and Odia Asmita (pride). Presenting the budget, Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi, who also holds the finance portfolio, proposed the administrative expenditure at Rs 97, 725 […]

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Chaos continues in Odisha Assembly, BJD member smashes Speaker’s mike

Opposition mounts pressure on Mohan Majhi glGovt for action against Guv’s son Bhubaneswar, July 23: Odisha Legislative Assembly (OLA) continued to witness pandemonium for the second day on Tuesday as the opposition Biju Janata Dal (BJD) members rushed to the well of the House and disrupted the proceedings, seeking legal action against governor Raghubar Das’s […]

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This is a complete neglect of Odisha and her people, BJD supremo Naveen Patnaik on Union Budget 

Bhubaneswar, July 23: BJD president Naveen Patnaik on Tuesday said that there is nothing in the Union Budget for Odisha. Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman presented the Budget 2024-25 in the Lok Sabha today. “BJP had put special category status in their manifesto as a promise to the people of Odisha, however, this promise has […]

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Delay in promotions irks OPSC-recruited DSPs in Odisha

Bhubaneswar, July 19: Deputy Superintendents of Police (DSPs) recruited directly to the Odisha Police Service (OPS) in 2016 in the Odisha Civil Service Examination conducted by the OPSC, are fuming as they have received neither any promotion nor elevated to the IPS even after eight years of posting. Those working under their juniors at the […]

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After actions on seniors, junior ‘BJD-brand’ IPS officers spend anxious moments

Bhubaneswar, July 17: After actions against some top Indian Police Service (IPS) officers who allegedly shared strong bond with V Karthikeyan Pandian, a bureaucrat-turned BJD politician and the “blue-eyed boy” former CM Naveen Patnaik, their junior colleagues — numbering around three to five —are now spending anxious moments, apprehending similar treatment by the Mohan Majhi […]

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