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DGP for wider use of body, dash cameras

Bhubaneswar: Director General of Police (DGP) Vinaytosh Mishra Friday underscored the need to scale up the use of body-worn and dashboard cameras, describing them as important tools for improving the effectiveness, transparency and accountability of police operations. Chairing a high-level review meeting on law and...

Youth rights under threat amid education, jobs crisis: SFI leader

Bhubaneswar: The growing crisis in education and employment and threats to democratic values came under sharp criticism at a memorial meeting for former CPI(M) general secretary Sitaram Yechury Friday, with Students’ Federation of India (SFI) general secretary Srijan Bhattacharyya calling for a collective struggle to...

Polls

Local body elections: Door-to-door survey from October 26

By RABINARAYAN JENA, OP Bhubaneswar: With speculation over the timing of the next panchayat and municipal elections in Odisha gaining momentum, the State Election Commission (SEC) has instructed local body authorities to begin door-to-door surveys from October 26. According to reports, the Urban Development Department...

NGT

NGT penalises Chief Secretary, other officials

By Arindam Ganguly, OP Bhubaneswar: The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has imposed fines of Rs 10,000 each on the Chief Secretary of Odisha and six other government authorities for failing to file their responses in a case concerning alleged illegal mining and environmental violations at...

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Odisha identifies 185 sites for small hydro projects: Official

Bhubaneswar: Odisha government has identified 185 sites for setting up small hydro power projects, Additional Chief Secretary (Energy) Vishal Kumar Dev said Friday. Speaking on the sidelines of a stakeholder dialogue on small hydro power development in Bhubaneswar, Dev said Odisha, which accounts for nearly...

Bribe

Two govt auditors arrested in Mayurbhanj for taking bribe

Bhubaneswar/Baripada: Two government auditors were arrested Friday for allegedly collecting bribes from schools and hostels run by the ST & SC Development Department in Odisha's Mayurbhanj district, officials said. The arrested officials were identified as Prasanta Kumar Pradhan and Pragyan Prakash Patra, both auditors with...

 

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