Adversities bring the best out of us and the success that follows, feels all the more worth. In one such inspiring tale, a truck driver’s son in Jajpur district cracked the Odisha Civil Services examinations this year.
The Odisha Cabinet headed by Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Wednesday announced creation of 220 new OAS posts in the state. The Chief Minister approved 11 different proposals including restructuring of the OAS Cadre.
Bhubaneswar: The Odisha Public Service Commission (OPSC) has released an official notification inviting applications from eligible candidates for recruitment to the posts and services under the Odisha Civil Services (Group-A and Group-B). The registration process for the civil services exam would begin on January 12, 2021, and the link for registration and payment of examination […]
Bhubaneswar: Only six new Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officers have been allotted to Odisha cadre this year, Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik said on Monday. The chief minister said this in a written reply to a question in the Assembly. Patnaik said to run the administration the state government has promoted many senior Odisha Administrative Service […]
Bhubaneswar: Odisha government on Thursday effected a bureaucratic rejig in the senior Odisha Administrative Officer (OAS) cadre transferring as many as seven officials. The State government has appointed senior OAS officer Sarat Chandra Mishra as Special Secretary of Labour and ESI department and Banani Mohanty as Additional Secretary of Agriculture and Farmers’ Empowerment department. OAS […]
Bhubaneswar: Following Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik’s decision to dismiss 15 government employees for alleged involvement in graft cases, both BJP and Congress today questioned the State government’s inaction against 11 IAS and 227 OAS officers with corruption charges. The Opposition said the State government’s ‘zero tolerance towards corruption’ policy is only an eyewash as it […]
Bhubaneswar: Female candidates made it to the top three positions of Odisha Civil Services Examination 2017, the the results of which were declared by the Odisha Public Service Commission (OPSC) on Wednesday. While Ayushi Mahapatra has topped the OCS Examination, Sanjita Mohapatra and Poonam Mahapatra have secured the second and third rank respectively. Pravati Jhodia […]
Keonjhar: The members of Odisha Administrative Service (OAS) officers’ association in Keonjhar district today wore black badges to work protesting thrashing of Harichandanpur BDO a couple of days back. Demanding arrest of persons who thrashed BDO Bijay Sethi and seeking security for OAS officers, the members of the association launched their strike today. The protestors […]
Bhubaneswar: Urging the newly-recruited civil servants to come forward and live up to the responsibilities, Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik said it is essential to maintain people’s confidence and faith on public service delivery system and it can be achieved through ‘determination, dedication and devotion’ – 3Ds. Congratulating the newly recruited-candidates, Naveen urged them to provide […]
Bhubaneswar: The State Administrative Tribunal (SAT) on Friday issued a notice to Odisha government in connection with the suspension of Odisha Administrative Service (OAS) officer Deba Prasad Dash. In an order, the SAT sought for the disciplinary file which resulted in the suspension of Dash as a part of the departmental disciplinary action. Dash who […]
By Kasturi Ray Our bureaucrats seemed disturbed, worried and a harried lot. They felt threatened after what Union Minister Dharmendra Pradhan said to one of the senior officers at the NIC event on Monday. So much so that in a show of strength they gathered at the Secretariat the next day to apprise the Chief Minister. […]
Bhubaneswar: The State government on Monday put senior Odisha Administrative Officer (OAS) Deba Prasad Dash under suspension as a part of departmental disciplinary action. Dash has been asked by the General Administration (GA) department to stay in his headquarters, Cuttack, during the period of suspension. Without the permission of Revenue Divisional Commissioner (RDC) Central, Dash […]
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 […]
Bhubaneswar: The Odisha Public Service Commission has decided to conduct the Odisha Civil Services (Preliminary) Examination- 2017 on February 18, 2018 in five zones, i.e. Balasore, Berhampur, Bhubaneswar, Cuttack and Sambalpur. As per the notification issued by OPSC, the duration of Paper-I and Paper-II will be of two hours each. While Paper-I will be from […]
Puri: Sanyasi Behera of Puri district had never thought that his life would turn out this way as he became the first 100% visually-impaired person from the state to join the elite Odisha Administrative service (OAS). Despite all odds and after a prolonged legal battle, Sanyasi cracked the civil service examination conducted by the Odisha […]
Bhubaneswar: The Odisha Cabinet on Thursday cleared the proposal to increase the number of posts in Odisha Administrative Service (OAS) and Odisha Finance Service (OFS) cadres. While OAS posts have been increased from 1,550 to 1,700, the number of OFS posts have increased from 723 to 800, informed Chief Secretary, Aditya Prasad Padhi. The Cabinet […]
Bhubaneswar: In a minor reshuffle, Odisha government today appointed Nirmal Chandra Mishra as the new collector of Khurda. Mishra was earlier serving as the collector and district magistrate of Cuttack. Additional secretary of Home department, Susant Mohapatra, will take over as the collector of Cuttack. Similarly, Madhab Chandra Bariha, Secretary to RDC (North Zone) has […]
Bhubaneswar: The Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) has written to the Chief Secretary to initiate probe into the 2015 incident of an IAS officer allegedly sending obscene videos to a woman OAS officer. The OAS officer had recorded her statement before the Odisha State Commission for Women on July 10. As per the letter from PMO, […]
Bhubaneswar: The female OAS officer who had brought allegations against a senior OAS officer, now promoted to IAS, of sending obscene videos and photos on personal chat, has today recorded her statement with chairperson of Odisha State Commission for Women. She has also reported before the Commission that she and her children are being mentally […]
Bhubaneswar: The incident of an IAS official sending obscene texts and videos to a female OAS officer that shook the third floor of the Secretariat is again hitting the headlines after the intervention of the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) into the matter. The PMO has sent a letter to the Chief Secretary of the State […]
Bhubaneswar: Serving people is on top of the list for Suman Sourav Mohanty and Avishyant Panda, the two Odias who have made it to the top 100 of the civil service exams. The future administrators have plans to work for the people of the state. Similarly, tribal youth Sunanda Jhoria who cracked the exams, dreams […]
Bhubaneswar: Odisha govt today effected a major reshuffle in OAS officers level appointing senior officer Rudra Prasana Sahu as joint secretary of Board of Revenue and Saroj Patel as joint secretary of Panchayatiraj department. Similarly, Manoj Padhi was posted as the deputy secretary of Sports and Youth Affairs department. Judhistir Nayak became Additional District Magistrate […]
Bhubaneswar: Sanyas Behera, a 42-year-old blind man from city here has set an example for all after he cracked the Odisha Civil Service (OCS) 2015 examinations, the premier entrance for recruitment into OAS, state’s top administrative cadre. Braving all odds, Sanyas finally came out as a winner by clearing the examinations in his very first and […]
Bhubaneswar: Muddling the controversy regarding assault of the Begunia MLA on the local Tehsildar further, the State Revenue Minister Bijayshree Routray today said Prasant Jagdev did not throw the lantern aiming at OAS officer Niharika Nayak and the issue is not a serious one. Talking to newsmen here, Routray stated, “When the legislator came to […]
Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government today effected minor reshuffle in the senior Odisha Administrative Service (OAS) cadre. According to a General Administration notification, Debendra Prasad Das and Ranjan Kumar Das have been posted as collector of Kendrapada and Jajpur respectively. Apart from this, Hemant Kumar Padhi is the new director, Panchayati Raj while Debaraj Senapati will […]
Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government today effected a massive reshuffle in the IAS and OAS cadre.
The Odisha government today effected a massive reshuffle in the senior Odisha Administrative Service (OAS) cadre
Dr Puspanjali Panda, who has secured top rank in the Odisha Administrative Service (OAS) examination for the year 2011,has said the young officers should try to bring a change in the system so that corruption does not become a hindrance in development work and becomes an inspiration for others
Quashing an order of the State Administrative Tribunal on the 2011 Odisha Civil Service examination, the Orissa High Court today referred back the matter to the tribunal for fresh adjudication by a division bench
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