The March 27 visit of the officials was far from demonstration of Bureaucracy’s undiluted political neutrality. Congratulating the Chief Minister for electoral victory was avoidable; it betrayed allegiance to the party and dented Bureaucracy’s apolitical ethos.
Notably, the Odisha cadre IPS officer of 1987 batch, Bansal took the reins of the State's police force from the outgoing DGP Abhay at a function at the Odisha Police Headquarters in Cuttack on December 31, 2021.
Job and business opportunities continue to be extremely limited in Odisha. A career in UPSC civil services is held in admiration in the state. The real reason behind youths increasingly getting disinterested in IAS, IPS or IFS exams seems to be the growing inadequacy in academic field that has made it increasingly difficult for Odisha candidates to compete.
Bhubaneswar: Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik strongly condemned the attack on the official residence of his private secretary V. Karthikeyan Pandian by BJP activists in Bhubaneswar today. “It’s an absolutely shocking incident particularly as some members of a national party have agreed that they took part in it. It’s truly shocking,” Patnaik said while responding to […]
Cuttack: Senior IPS officer Dr. Rajendra Prasad Sharma took over as the Director General of Police (DGP) from incumbent KB Singh in presence several senior police officials at State police headquarters here today. The newly appointed police chief was given guard of honour before he paid tributes at martyrs’ memorial. Soon after taking charge, Sharma […]
Cuttack: Former Director General of Police (DGP) of Odisha Bana Bihari Panda passed away at the age of 78 at a privately-run hospital in Cuttack where he was undergoing treatment on Thursday. Panda was suffering from Pneumonia due to which he was admitted to the hospital few days back. Dibya Jyoti Panda, son of the […]
Bhubaneswar: The President’s Police Medals were bestowed by Odisha Governor SC Jamir on 16 police personnel including two IPS officers today during a State-level function held at Jayadev Bhawan here. While IG Police (Railways) Vinaytosh Mishra and Inspector CID Prasanna Kumar Dash were given the Police Medal for distinguished service, Malkangiri SP Mitrabhanu Mahapatra and […]
Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government today promoted four IPS officers to the DIG rank and four IPS posted at different places of the State to Selection Grade. Angul SP Kabita Jalan, Sundargarh SP Nikhil Kumar Kanodia, Himansu Lal and Shefeen Ahamed K were promoted to the DIG rank. At present, Lal and Ahamed K are on […]
Cuttack: Arrested IPS officer Joydeep Nayak got a major relief today when the Orissa High Court granted him conditional bail against two sureties of like amount of Rs 1 lakh along with property surety of Rs 50 lakh. The property pledged as surety cannot be sold until the case is finalised, the court directed and […]
Cuttack: The Vigilance department has applied for permission of the court to extend the remand of IPS officer Joydeep Nayak, who has been arrested in connection with a Rs 88 Lakh fraud, by two more days. Joydeep was produced before the special vigilance court after his 3-day remand ended on Saturday. Vigilance sleuths had arrested […]
The Special Vigilance Court here put off its hearing on the petition moved by the Vigilance to take arrested senior IPS officer Joydeep Nayak on a four-day remand till tomorrow
Arrested senior IPS officer Joydeep Nayak was taken to the Choudwar Circle Jail today while the remand application of the State Vigilance for four days will be heard by the Special Vigilance court tomorrow
Bhubaneswar: An unseemly fight has broken out between two top police officers – DG, Fire Services Binay Behera and former ADG, Fire Services and CBI joint director M Nageswara Rao – over an allegation of bungling worth Rs 3 crores in the purchase of uniforms and dungarees for the service during the latter’s tenure. The […]
Bhubaneswar: Joydeep Nayak, the 1991-batch Tripura cadre Odia IPS officer against whom the State vigilance has registered a case for allegedly misappropriating Rs 88 lakh, is untraceable after being discharged from Safdarjung Hospital in New Delhi yesterday. Highly placed sources said despite several attempts, vigilance officials of Odisha have failed to trace the officer, who […]
The Odisha government today effected a massive reshuffle in the Indian Police Service (IPS) cadre
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