Tag: Job Scam

A youth allegedly duped several persons to the tune of Rs 15 lakh on fake promise of providing them jobs. The incident has been reported from Nuasahi area under Mohana block in Gajapati district. Accused Mark Pradhan, introduced himself as Ashish Pradhan, had set up Holiness Women’s Welfare Foundation.

He collected Rs 5000 to Rs 6000 from jobseekers promising them jobs of block coordinators and panchayat coordinators in Digapahandi, Hinjilicut, Aska, Shergarh and Patrapur blocks in Ganjam districts, sources informed.

Thakur was referring to the arrest of West Bengal Commerce and Industries Minister Partha Chatterjee by ED in connection with the recruitment irregularities in West Bengal School Service Commission (WBSSC) when he was the state Education Minister.

Chatterjee, who has several health issues, was admitted to the ICCU of the state-run SSKM Hospital hours after the senior minister was remanded to two-day ED custody by a city court.

The Income Tax (IT) department on Tuesday said it has been brought to its notice that some fraudulent persons are misleading candidates by issuing fake appointment letters for joining in the Income Tax Department.

The company somehow convinced the duo to send the money via PhonePay to help process their job applications early.

Khurda: An MBA graduate was arrested yesterday by Khurda Industrial Area Outpost Police from an apartment near Janla on charges of duping Rs 25 lakh in the name of providing admission to a student in a government-run medical college. The accused, identified as Pradosh Dash of Naugaon area in Jagatsinghpur district, used to dupe people […]

Bhubaneswar: Around 200 people have allegedly fallen victim to a major job racket in Khurda district. According to reports, Mega Consultancy Tour and Travels has cheated Rs 30 lakh from various job aspirants by promising them lucrative jobs in the Gulf. The company had set up its office at Mukundaprasad and hatched a plan to […]

Cuttack: The State Administrative Tribunal (SAT), which had passed an interim stay order on the Odisha government’s decision to annul the appointments of revenue inspectors (RIs) and Amins in Bolangir district, today asked the government not to take any stern action till the next hearing. The Tribunal had ordered an interim stay on the government’s […]

Guwahati: As many as 15 civil services officers were arrested on Wednesday in connection with the cash-for-job scam in Assam Public Service Commission (APSC). “During our course of investigation, we sought opinion from experts regarding answer scripts of 25 candidates. The Forensic Science Laboratory gave their views on them,” Assam Director General of Police Mukesh […]

Bhubaneswar: The State BJP today alleged large scale corruption in the implementation of the central flagship livelihood scheme-Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Grameen Kaushalya Yojana (DDU-GKY) in Odisha. While coming down heavily…

Berhampur: A two-member team of the Odisha Crime Branch (CB) reached Berhampur on Sunday night to investigate the alleged involvement of Akash Pathak, son of tainted IFS officer Abhay Pathak, in connection with a job scam in Ganjam district. The Tata Motors Limited (TML) had in May lodged a complaint against Akash with the Crime […]

Cuttack: The Orissa High Court on Thursday allowed Gopalpur MLA Pradeep Panigrahi to meet his lawyer in jail. Panigrahi has been lodged in a special cell at the Jharpada Jail following his arrest by the State Crime Branch on charges of forgery, fraud and criminal conspiracy, on December 3. The High Court’s interim order came […]