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In a big opportunity for candidates, the Odisha Power Transmission Corporation Limited has come up with a notification for induction of graduates as Trainees

Bhubaneswar: Government of Odisha, Odisha Power Transmission Corporation Limited (OPTCL) has recently released a notification for the recruitment of 60 Office Assistant Grade-III (Trainee) on contractual basis. While thousands of eligible aspirants have already applied for it, here comes the last week to apply as the deadline to apply ends on December 23, 2017. Note: […]

Baripada/ Balasore: Vigilance officials today arrested the Odisha Power Transmission Corporation Limited (OPTCL) Mayurbhanj branch DGM Yashwant Choudhry while he was demanding and accepting a bribe of Rs 3,000. The DGM had demanded Rs, 5000 bribe from a local allegedly to make a bill for a rented vehicle at his office. Later, a trap was […]

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government today effected a minor reshuffle in the senior IAS cadre and appointed Rajesh Verma as Principal Secretary to Chief Minister. “I will work hard to give best services to the people,” Sharma told the media. An Odisha cadre IAS officer of 1987 batch, Verma replaced UN Behera who took oath as […]

Bhubaneswar: Retired IAS officer UN Behera was administered oath of office and secrecy as the new chairman of Odisha Electricity Regulatory Commission (OERC) by Governor SC Jamir at the Raj Bhawan here today. Agriculture Production Commissioner Gagan Kumar Dhal, Principal Secretary Home Asit Tripathy, Principal Secretary, Energy, Rajesh Verma, Principal Secretary, Higher Education, GVV Sarma, […]

Bhubaneswar: Odisha has asked the central government to allocate Chhendipada and Chhendipada-II coal blocks for Odisha Thermal Power Corporation Ltd’s (OPTCL) 3×800 mw thermal power plant in Dhenkanal district. The issue was raised by Odisha Energy Minister Pranab Prakash Das while attending the two-day power ministers’ conference held in South Goa on June 16 and […]

Bhubaneswar: With the State-run energy utility Odisha Power Transmission Corporation Limited (OPTCL) going to put in place the ERS (Emergency Restoration System) structures in Fani hit Chandaka grid, power supply to the Capital city will likely to be restored fully in next 48-72 hours. According to Uttam Kumar Samal, Director, OPTCL, a 400KV transmission tower […]

Bhubaneswar: In a bid to improve data connectivity in rural pockets of the state, Odisha government has taken up 2925 gram panchayats for broad band connectivity through optical fiber under Bharat Net phase-II program. The decision in this regard was taken at the state level implementation committee meeting chaired by Chief Secretary AP Padhi Wednesday. […]

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government on Thursday set a target of completing the advanced and disaster-resilient power supply system in the twin cities of Bhubaneswar and Cuttack by December 2020, official sources said. The decision in this regard was taken at a high-level review meeting chaired by Chief Secretary A K Tripathy. “Work out advanced implementation […]

Bhubaneswar: State public sector undertaking Odisha Power Transmission Corporation Limited has signed an MoU with Indian Institute of Technology, Bhubaneswar for the establishment of OPTCL Chair in the premier engineering institute. It is indeed a historic moment for Odisha to collaborate with a premier institute like IIT for development of Odisha power sector, Energy Minister […]

Dhenkanal: A major fire broke out at OPTCL (Odisha Power Transmission Corporation) power grid near Meramundali in Dhenkanal district on Sunday. The reason of fire has not immediately been ascertained. It is suspected that blast in feeder due to over heating might lead to the mishap. No human casualty or injury has been reported so […]

The last date to apply for the one-year Apprenticeship training under the Apprentices Act 1961 in the Odisha Power Transmission Corporation Limited (OPTCL) ends today. The candidates, who want to apply for the post, must register for the same by 5.30 PM on Saturday through the prescribed application format. The OPTCL had earlier invited applications […]

Dhenkanal: A major fire broke out at the grid substation of Odisha Power Transmission Corporation Ltd (OPTCL) near Meramundali in the district on Sunday. The incident took place during noon after a high voltage cable went off suddenly. There was no report of any casualty in the incident. The reason behind the burst of cable […]