Day after arrest by Vigilance, DGP suspends Cuttack CRRI police station IIC Bijay Kumar Barik

Bhubaneswar, January 5: CRRI Police Station IIC Bijay Kumar Barik was suspended by Director General of Police (DGP) Yogesh Bahadur Khurania on Monday, a day after the Vigilance Directorate arrested him for taking Rs 40,000 bribe from a licenced liquor trader on Sunday. During the suspension period, Barik will remain under the disciplinary control of […]

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Odisha Police makes mockery of CM’s Public Grievance Redressal Initiative

Bhubaneswar, November 17: The Odisha Police has come under sharp criticism for allegedly undermining Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi’s people-centric grievance redressal mechanism, despite the Government’s repeated claims of prioritising quality disposal of public complaints lodged at the Chief Minister’s Grievance Cell. Fifteen years after the last in-person grievance hearing by a serving Chief Minister, […]

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IPS YB Khurania appointed new DGP of Odisha

Bhubaneswar, August 16: After his repatriation from Central Deputation to Odisha, 1990-batch IPS YB Khurania was appointed as the next Director General of Police (DGP) of Odisha. Recently, the State Government sought bio-data of three senior Odisha cadre IPS officers – YB Khurania, AK Ray and SM Narvane – for selection of Odisha’s DGP. On […]

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