Tag: Corruption

Corruption at peak: Vigilance nets 10 Odisha govt officers in 15 days
Corruption at peak: Vigilance nets 10 Odisha govt officers in 15 days

These two incidents suggest that the Odisha government’s claim of zero tolerance against corruption is nothing but hollow. And, corruption in the State seems to be at its peak despite big promises.

  • Saturday, 14 May 2022
OSSTET aspirants stage protest in Bhubaneswar, demand CBI inquiry into 'corruption' in teacher recru
OSSTET aspirants stage protest in Bhubaneswar, demand CBI inquiry into 'corruption' in teacher recruitment 

Demanding a CBI inquiry into the alleged corruption in teacher appointment, the OSSTET aspirants took out a procession, shouting slogans against the government.

  • Thursday, 12 May 2022
OSSTET aspirants allege corruption in teacher recruitment process, meet Bhubaneswar MP
OSSTET aspirants allege corruption in teacher recruitment process, meet Bhubaneswar MP

The Odisha Secondary School Teachers Eligibility Test (OSSTET) aspirants alleged that corruption in the CBT exam for the same has shattered their dreams of becoming a teacher.

  • Thursday, 28 April 2022
Overhead Water Tank Built Under Basudha Scheme
Odisha Govt’s Basudha Yojana 'Fails' To Serve Purpose, Termed Eyewash

The much touted Basudha yojana, which aims at providing potable water to the rural Odisha, seems to have turned out to be a mere eyewash for the villagers in Dharmashala and Basudevpur.

  • Monday, 11 April 2022
Corrupt Engineer In Vigilance Net
13 Govt Engineers Out Of 30 Officers Arrested In Odisha For Corruption In Last One Year

The Odisha Vigilance has arrested as many as 30 government officials since March 2021, for amassing illegal wealth and surprisingly 13 of them are engineers employed in various State government departments.

  • Friday, 08 April 2022
Odisha Govt
Chief Engineer Among Six Odisha Babus Given Compulsory Retirement

Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Wednesday handed down compulsory retirement to six more State government officials accused of corruption and inefficiency.

  • Wednesday, 23 March 2022
Assistant Civil Supplies Officer In Vigilance Net
Odisha Supplies Official Arrested For Amassing Wealth 570 PC More Than Income

Assistant Civil Supplies Officer (ACSO) of Nuapada district, Ratnakar Sethy was arrested on Thursday by the State Vigilance department for allegedly amassing property disproportionate to his known sources of income.

  • Thursday, 03 February 2022
Teacher Lands In Odisha Vigilance Scanner, Owns Property Worth Over Rs 4.73 Cr
Teacher Lands In Odisha Vigilance Scanner Over Owning Property Worth Over Rs 4.73 Cr

A teacher reportedly owning assets worth over a whopping Rs 4.73 crore has ended up landing under the scanner of Odisha Vigilance authorities for accumulating the wealth through illegal means.

  • Saturday, 29 January 2022
Pakistan
Pakistan Slips Further In Corruption Index

The top countries on the index are Denmark (88), Finland (88) and New Zealand (88), all of which also rank in the top 10 per cent in the world on the Democracy Index civil liberties score.

  • Tuesday, 25 January 2022
Odisha Vigilance Raids ITDA Assistant Engineer For Amassing Illegal Wealth
DA Case: Vigilance Arrests PEO For Possessing Assets Worth Over Rs 1 Crore

The Vigilance wing of the Odisha Police on Tuesday unearthed assets worth around a whopping Rs 1.12 Crore owned by Achyutananda Khuntia, the Panchayat Executive Officer (PEO) of Jhankarpali Gram Panchayat in Sambalpur district.

  • Tuesday, 07 December 2021
Odisha Govt Hands Compulsory Retirement To 4 Coaches
Odisha Govt Hands Compulsory Retirement To 4 Coaches

The Odisha Government on Wednesday ordered compulsory retirement of four Coaches of Odisha Council of Sports on grounds of inefficiency and dereliction of duty.

  • Wednesday, 01 December 2021
Odisha Sarpanch Caught On Cam Demanding Percentage Commission, Video Goes Viral
Odisha Sarpanch Caught On Cam Demanding Percentage Commission, Video Goes Viral

Palpable tension gripped Kabarapali GP under Jujumara block in Sambalpur block after an audio-video clip of a telephonic conversation purportedly between a contractor and the sarpanch over percentage commission went viral on social media platforms. 

  • Monday, 29 November 2021
Damaged road in Odisha
Odisha: Newly-Laid Black Topping Come Off After 3 Days Of Road Construction

Watch how newly-laid black topping on the road is coming off like blankets.

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  • Monday, 29 November 2021
Tainted OPHWC Dy Manager Pratap Samal
Odisha Vigilance Unearths Investment Of Over Rs 1 Cr In Stocks By Suspended Dy Manager Samal

The Odisha vigilance department on Friday dug out over Rs One Crore more illicit money belonging to suspended Deputy Manager of Odisha Police Housing Welfare Corporation (OPHWC), Pratap Samal

  • Friday, 12 November 2021
Ghost Beneficiary
Nine Years Of Public Money Loot: Ghost Beneficiaries Rule Roost In odisha

33 ghost beneficiaries allegedly received government allowances for nine straight years in Tentalapasi Panchayat under Keonjhar’s Harichandanpur block.

  • Saturday, 02 October 2021
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